Oakland A’s stage a dramatic comeback to win Game Four of the World Series
Oakland A’s stage a dramatic comeback to win Game Four of the World Series
On October 19, 1972, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the Oakland A’s stage a dramatic comeback to win Game Four of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Trailing 2-1 in the ninth inning, the A’s string together four consecutive hits, including three by pinch-hitters Gonzalo Marquez, Don Mincher, and Angel Mangual, who provides the game-winning run with an opposite-field single. The Series is even at two games apiece.
“Get a good pitch you can drive” said Oakland Manager Dick Williams “Try to gel the ball some place.”
Pinch-hitter Angel Mangual got the pilch he wanted and put it in the right place— a single to right field that scored the winning run for the A’s Thursday night The dramatic base hit through a drawn-in infield capped a two-run rally in the last of the ninth inning as Oakland beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 and took a solid 3-1 lead in the 1972 World Series “I prayed that the ball would go through” said Mangual after driving in Gene Tenace from third base with the winning run.
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