Who in their right mind would have pegged Goose Gossage to deliver the deciding hit in an All-Star Game?
Certainly, he could be a prime candidate to steal a late-inning win out of the pen, yet it was Gossage who slapped an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth that pushed the American League past the Nationals, 5-4, in the Midsummer Classic at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.
Gossage pulled double duty, hurling the last two innings to pick up the win for the AL, which trailed, 4-0, heading into the bottom of the seventh. That change when White Sox catcher Ron Hassey belted a three-run homer off Mets' hurler Storm Davis as part of a four-run outburst that tied the game.
