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With the Minnesota Twins facing elimination against the Atlanta Braves, and with the score tied 3–3 in the bottom of the 11th inning, Kirby Puckett stepped up to the plate and drove the game-winning home run off of Charlie Leibrandt into the left field seats to force a decisive Game 7.
Puckett played hero and the Twins went home winners in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series.
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The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68).
Oct 26, 2012 · Twins starter Scott Erickson cruised through the first four innings, helped in no small part by Puckett’s third inning leaping grab that Radio announcer John Gordan called “the defensive play of...
Oct 26, 1991 · 10/26/1991: Kirby Puckett hits a dramatic walk-off homer in the 11th inning to win Game 6 and send the 1991 World Series to a Game 7.
Oct 26, 2018 · Puckett put on his cape, flew against the Metrodome's outfield wall for one of the greatest leaping grabs in MLB history, and then put the Twins on his back with a walk-off home run in the bottom...
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Kirby Puckett sprinted, leaped and extended his glove two feet above the Plexiglas fence in left-center field – right over Tony Oliva’s retired No. 6 – to rob Ron Gant of the Braves of an extra-base hit, before a Game 6 World Series crowd of 55,155 at the Metrodome.
