I'm a former Associated Press sportswriter whose journalism career began in 1969 after graduating from Syracuse University with B.A. degrees in newspaper journalism and political science. My 38 books include ghostwritten autobiographies of Ron Blomberg, Milo Hamilton, and Al Clark plus The New Baseball Bible, a 424-page offbeat illustrated history published in 2017. My byline has appeared in The Sporting News, Baseball Digest, USA TODAY Sports Weekly, and the official All-Star and World Series programs. I received five first-place prizes from the Garden State Journalists Association at its annual dinner on May 23, 2018.
Seizing the opportunity, Clark also smashed a home run, scoring both runners ahead of him, to put the Cards up, 7-5. That turned out to be the final score in the final game, as St. Louis needed only six games to wrap up the best-of-seven series.
Blake Treinen, the last of a string of Dodgers relievers, started the inning by fanning Freddie Freeman, the defending Most Valuable Player in the National League but a victim of strikeouts four times in the NLCS opener.Ozzie Albies, the shortest player in the Senior Circuit, blooped a single to center and proceeded to steal second. That brought up Austin Riley, who had hit a solo home run to left field to tie the game, 2-2, in the fourth inning.
But Dave Roberts, who this year became the only manager in Dodgers franchise history with three 100-win seasons, wasn’t worried. After he failed to order an intentional walk for Riley, the slugging third baseman ripped a game-winning hit to left, scoring the fleet Albies with the winning run.
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