{"id":4033,"date":"2025-07-18T15:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:48:51","slug":"oakland-edges-yankees-advances-to-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4033","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Edges Yankees, Advances to World Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Oakland Athletics topped the New York Yankees for the 4th straight time, winning 3-2 and advancing to the World Series to face the 1998 Atlanta Braves in the Baseball Maelstrom Best of the 1990s Tournament. Game 6 followed the same formula that was a common theme in the series: Oakland scored first and forced New York to play from behind. The Athletics scored 1st in every game of the series, scoring in the 1st inning in the last 5 games. This time it was Rickey Henderson again. Henderson hit a leadoff homer off David Wells – a mammoth 466′ shot. Dave Stewart retired the 1st 11 hitters he faced, but the Yankees scored 2 in the 6th on back-to-back doubles from Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez. Dave Henderson tied things back up with a solo shot in the 7th. In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees had their best chance when they loaded the bases with one out after Stewart hit Scott Brosius and walked Chuck Knoblauch. But Derek Jeter grounded right to Walt Weiss for the inning-ending double play. In the 8th, it was Rickey again with his 2nd homer of the game, giving Oakland a 3-2 lead. Wells lost his 3rd game, giving up 3 homers, which was a common problem for him in the Tournament. Dennis Eckersley pitched a perfect 9th for his 5th save. Rickey finished 2 for 3, and is hitting .393 in the leadoff spot. As the top-seeded 1998 Yankees head home, the 1990 Athletics get a day off before facing the Braves to see who will win it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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