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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.
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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.
With his walk-off home run and leaping grab in the third inning, he had given the Twins exactly what they needed – a Game 7. With the series now tied at three games apiece, and a final game to be played in Minnesota’s beloved Metrodome, a World Series win didn’t seem too far out of reach.
Kirby Puckett homered in the seventh to make it 4–2, one inning after two Twins hits and two other fly outs to the warning track. Atlanta manager Bobby Cox reluctantly sent Avery out for the eighth inning.
Sep 28, 2022 · With the score tied 3-3, Twins superstar Kirby Puckett led off the bottom of the 11th inning and walloped Charlie Leibrandt's fourth pitch over the left-field fence to extend the Series to seven games.
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. The two stadiums in which the Series...
Minnesota Twins beat Atlanta Braves (4-3). Oct 26, 1991, Attendance: 55155, Time of Game: 3:36. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability.
Nov 15, 2016 · The Twins needed a win to force Game 7, and Puckett tried to rally the crew in a clubhouse speech before the game.
