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Morris's win was his third World Series win in as many starts, as he won Games 1 and 4 of the 1984 Series. Leibrandt's poor performance resulted in his being removed from the rotation, although he did pitch in Game 6, facing just one batter and giving up the game-winning home run to Puckett.
Congratulations to the Minnesota Twins on their postseason wins! Keep the excitement going and relive Kirby Puckett's thrilling home run during the 1991...
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Atlanta Braves beat Minnesota Twins (5-4). Oct 22, 1991, Attendance: 50878, Time of Game: 4:04. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability.
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.
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.
Oct 27, 1991 · Puckett’s first-inning triple scored Chuck Knoblauch with Minnesota’s first run, and he scored the second when Shane Mack ended a 15-at-bat World Series drought with a single against starter...
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That honor belongs to Jack Morris, who topped Puckett the very next night by pitching a 10-inning, 1-0 shutout to win Game 7 a couple miles from his boyhood home.
