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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.
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).
Nov 15, 2016 · The series had gone according to form over the first five games, with the home team winning all of them, when the squads returned to the Metrodome on Oct. 26, 1991, for Game 6. The Twins...
Keep the excitement going and relive Kirby Puckett's thrilling home run during the 1991... | By TPT - Twin Cities PBS | 2:00 -- 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE SIXTH GAME OF THE '91 WORLD SERIES, I BELIEVE I WAS THE ONLY MEDIA PERSON IN THE METRODOME. KIRBY WAS OUT HITTING EARLY.
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This Wheaties box came out after Kirby Puckett's outstanding performance in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, during which he hit a walk-off home run and robbed Ron Gant of an extra-base hit with a leaping grab in left-center field.
Oct 26, 2018 · Puckett went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI in the game, finishing a double shy of the cycle while also padding his stats with a stolen base.
Oct 31, 2016 · The Series' greatest star—Twins centerfielder Kirby Puckett, who forced Game 7 by winning Game 6 almost single-handedly—has been dead for 10 years now.
