00:00And look who's coming up.
00:30All year long they look to him to light the fire and all year long he answered the demands until he was physically unable to start tonight with two bad legs.
00:52The bad left hamstring and the swollen right knee and with two out you talk about a roll of the dice this is it if he hits the ball on the ground I would imagine he would be running 50 percent the first base so the Dodgers trying to catch lightning right now.
01:13He was you know complaining about the fact that with the left knee bothering him he can't push off well now he can't push off and he can't land he's going to use all arms look at his crowd on his feet.
01:36What a tribute for three A's two out ninth inning not a bad opening act.
01:46Mike Davis by the way has stolen seven out of ten if you're wondering about was sort of throwing the dice again.
02:01Oh and one.
02:06Fouled away again.
02:10And he's staying on an outside corner he's not going to give him a ball to pull with Davis he just missed but here's two quick strikes both fastballs that kind of tail away the outside part has he is not even flirted with the inside part of that play.
02:23You saw Dave Duncan gesturing he was gesturing to Carney Lansford at third.
02:28Oh and two to Gibson the infield is back.
02:30With two out and Davis at first.
02:37Now Gibson during the year not necessarily in this spot but he was a threat to bunt.
02:43No way tonight no wheels.
02:47They're plenty deep in the outfield and a lot of room they're playing him straight away in the center field.
02:53Look at it right down the line.
02:55He's a threat now with two strikes.
03:09No balls two strikes two out.
03:14Little number.
03:15Foul.
03:16And it had to be an effort to run that far.
03:21Gibson was so banged up.
03:24He was not introduced.
03:26He did not come out onto the field before the game.
03:29You can really see the limp.
03:32He's not driving that ball.
03:33It was by him.
03:35Let's see.
03:36He's really on.
03:36He almost has to talk to his legs and say hey let's go we got to get out of here.
03:40It's one thing to favor one leg but you can't favor two.
03:43No way.
03:43And that's what he's trying to do.
03:45He really is.
03:470-2 to Gibson.
03:564-1.
03:57And a throw down to first.
03:58Davis just did get back.
04:00Good play by Ron Hasse using Gibson as a screen.
04:04He took a shot at the runner and Mike Davis didn't see it for that split second and that made it close.
04:10A lot of times what you do is you'll give a sign to the first baseman and say now be there.
04:14They call it now be there play.
04:15If I get the ball I'm going to throw it.
04:1914 fastballs in a row.
04:20That's all he's been throwing.
04:21There goes Davis.
04:23And it's fouled away.
04:25So Mike Davis who had stolen 7 out of 10 and carrying the tying run was on the move.
04:30They wanted to give Gibson a good shot at it with two strikes but with the two strikes Davis a threat as we said.
04:40Because the blue pin will score that big run.
04:43Gibson shaking his left leg making it quiver like a horse trying to get rid of a troublesome fly.
04:48Two and two.
04:57Mike Socia can only sit now and sweat it out.
05:02He let off the inning and popped up.
05:04Tony La Russa is one out away from win number one.
05:09Here's the big pitch.
05:10He's got to make it happen on this one.
05:12Two balls and two strikes with two out.
05:18Those extra steps that Davis will get if the count goes to 3 and 2 are very big.
05:24So Hasse and Eckersley want that pitch of decision right here.
05:33There he goes.
05:34Way outside.
05:36He's stolen it.
05:37Hasse started throwing kind of bumped Gibson but it was way too late.
05:46Davis was way down there almost as if he could have walked in.
05:50Not a bad pitch to handle for Hasse outside.
05:53Now watch when he starts to throw.
05:54Look at Gibson.
05:55And Harvey says, no, no, he had the base stolen.
06:00So Mike Davis, the tying run is at second base with two out.
06:06Now the Dodgers don't need the muscle of Gibson as much as a base hit.
06:11And on deck is the leadoff man, Steve Sachs.
06:193 and 2.
06:20Sacks waiting on deck.
06:38But the game right now is at the plate.
06:44High fly ball into right field.
06:46She is gone.
06:47She is gone.
06:50High fly ball into right field.
06:51High fly ball into right field.
06:52High fly ball into right field.
06:53High fly ball into right field.
06:54High fly ball into right field.
06:55High fly ball into right field.
06:56High fly ball into right field.
06:57High fly ball into right field.
06:58High fly ball into right field.
06:59High fly ball into right field.
07:00High fly ball into right field.
07:01High fly ball into right field.
07:02High fly ball into right field.
07:03High fly ball into right field.
07:04High fly ball into right field.
07:05High fly ball into right field.
07:06High fly ball into right field.
07:07High fly ball into right field.
07:08High fly ball into right field.
07:09High fly ball into right field.
07:10High fly ball into right field.
07:11High fly ball into right field.
07:12High fly ball into right field.
07:13High fly ball into right field.
07:44In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.
08:14And now the only question was, could he make it around the base paths unassisted?
08:37I'll tell you, there are those who say that it's what happens after the base on balls,
08:47but it's the base on balls that makes it so bad.
08:50A home run would have tied it, but the walk gives him the win.
08:55And Eckersley, who doesn't walk that many, really gets burned here.
08:59Watch Lasorda.
09:00You know, I said it once before, a few days ago, that Kirk Gibson was not the most valuable player.
09:16That the most valuable player for the Dodgers was Tinkerbell.
09:20But tonight, I think Tinkerbell backed off for Kirk Gibson.
09:26And look at Eckersley.
09:28Shock to his toe.
09:35They are going wild at Dodger Stadium.
09:38No one wants to leave.
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