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Home > Baseball > World Series History > (1993) Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2
(1993) Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2
The 1993 World Series games were played between the rival teams of Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. Both the teams revealed a good winning streak in their previous matches. Owing to this, the match was believed to be an absolute thriller. However, the Toronto Blue Jays team proved to be more dominating over the Philadelphia Phillies and won the match by an impressive 4-2 mark. The Phillies finished last in 1992, so their presence in the World Series was something of a shock. The Blue Jays, on the other hand, entered as defending World Champs.
The first game saw Toronto team in a tight affair until the seventh round, when the Blue Jays scored three times to make the score 8-4. The Phillies came up with an unearned run in the ninth off Jays closer Duane Ward, but the final was 8-5. The National Leaguers came back to capture the second game, as they scored five times in the third highlighted by Jim Eisenreich's three run homer and held on for a 6-4 victory.
The series shifted to the City of Brotherly Love, and the Blue Jays loved the Philly pitchers. Jays’ Paul Molitor tripled home two runs in the first inning and later singled and homered, pacing Toronto to an easy 10-3 victory. Pat Hentgen compiled six strong innings to gain the victory. The fourth game was the highest-scoring game in postseason history. Neither starting pitcher survived the third inning, after which the Jays led 7-6. The Phillies piled up the runs and after scoring another run in the seventh, they held an apparently superior 14-9 lead. But in the top of the eighth, Toronto hammered first Larry Andersen and then Mitch Williams for six runs. Duane Ward dispatched the Philly hitters in the ninth, and the Jays had an incredible 15-14 victory.
Owing to the exertion in previous games, the hitters were simply tired out after the fourth game, but the fifth game was a pitchers' duel, Curt Schilling topping Juan Guzman with a five-hitter, thus keeping the Phillies' hopes alive. Trailing by 5-1 in the sixth game, the Phillies broke through with five runs in the seventh, the outburst highlighted by Dykstra's three-run homer, his fourth round-tripper of the Series.
The World Series game of 1993 was thrilling and a true entertainer for the audience. It marked new records with Toronto Blue Jays winning the game with a fair margin.
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