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“Ohhh my! What an afternoon in Baltimore! On a crisp October day, the Orioles live to fight another day, edging out the Mariners by a final score of 2 to 1. And how about Sal Cantu? The young left-hander was simply magnificent. Seven innings, three hits, nine strikeouts—he had that fastball dancing and the Mariners never quite solved him.
Seattle scratched across their lone run in the third, thanks to a clutch two-out double from McCall, but after that—silence. It was as though Cantu slammed the door and said, ‘Not today.’
And Baltimore? They did their damage the old-fashioned way. A solo home run from Herrera in the second inning got them on the board, and later, the catcher, Huerta, launched a towering drive over the wall in left in the fifth—ohhh my! That proved to be the difference.
You can just feel the tension in this series. The Orioles, who won a hundred games this year, were staring elimination right in the face, and now we go to a decisive Game 3 tomorrow right here at Camden Yards. The Mariners, who have waited so long for October glory, and the Orioles, who carry that rich tradition—one game, winner take all.
Ohhh my, what a matchup it will be.”
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