- Game 6 of the 1985 World Series , October 26, the Kansas City Royals were facing elimination at Home . The St. Louis Cardinals were up 1-0 going into the bottom of the 9th inning. The lefthander Jorge Orta hit a grounder towards first baseman Jack Clark who fielded the ball and tossed it to picther Todd Worrell . Umpire Don Denkinger Called Orta safe. St. Louis Manager, Whitey Herzog argued the call and replays showed Orta out by a step, but the officials did not overturn the call. After a single by Steve Balboni on a dropped ball by Clark, a forceout at third, a passed ball by St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter , Hal McRae was given an intentional walk loading the bases. Pinch-hitter Dane Iorg hit a single into right field, driving home Onix Concepcion and Jim Sundberg , who slid safe into home base winning Game 6 for the Royals, 2-1. The Royals went on to win the 1985 World Series with a 11-0 win in Game 7 .
- Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS where the Mets in sixteen innings defeated the Houston Astros to clinch the NL Pennant had they lost they would have faced Mike Scott a pitcher that had dominated them in his two starts game 1 and 4.
- Game 6 of the 1991 World Series , October 26, with the Minnesota Twins facing elimination. During this Game 6, Twin and future Baseball Hall Of Fame r Kirby Puckett would put together one of the finest individual single-game performances of modern times, virtually single-handedly defeating the Atlanta Braves in an 11-inning 4-3 contest. The night was capped off in the bottom of the 11th, when Puckett came to the plate and launched a Walk-off Blast off of a weak hanging Changeup from Braves pitcher Charlie Leibrandt (pitching as a reliever in extra innings due to Braves manager Bobby Cox running out of relief pitchers). The Twins would go on to win the World Series on a masterful ten-inning complete-game shutout by Jack Morris the following night.
- Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS featured the Chicago Cubs vs. the Florida Marlins. The Cubs were playing for a trip to the World Series, where they hadn't been in nearly 60 years. Up 3-0 in the 8th inning, they were 5 defensive outs away from winning the game when things started to unravel. Cub fan Steve Bartman interfered with outfielder Moises Alou, and shortstop Alex Gonzales committed a rare error that led to an 8-run Marlin 8th inning. Eventually, the Cubs ended up losing the game and eventually the series in 7 games, and the Marlins went on to win the World Series.
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