In
three close games, the 1990 San Diego Padres kept their post season
hopes very much alive by taking games one and three of the series.
In
a shocking ending to game two, which also looked to be a Padre victory.
Protecting a 7-5 lead with one on and one out and Mike Dunne pitching,
Red Schoedienst just barely beat out an infield grounder after a force
out at second. A double play would have ended the game. Light-hitting,
but decent OBP batter Solly Hemus then grounded a single to right,
sending Schoendienst to third. Up stepped Stan Musial, which prompted a
change of pitchers, right-hander Greg Harris replacing Dunne, also a
righty. Musial took a strike, then timed an inside fastball that was not
in enough, and sent the final-home-game crowd off happy with a 3 run
homer to win the game.
The Cards trailed by that same 7-5 score in the 9th
of the finale in San Diego, and had a run in, but this time Craig
Lefferts was on the hill, facing lefty hitting rookie Wally Moon. Moon
grounded out, ending the Cardinals season and keeping the Padres hoping
for more baseball.
--submitted by BikeMike--
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