2019 World Series Game 6

Silveran Kanan Bonis took the ball once more and hit in the cleanup spot, with New York going to 20 game winner and strikeout champion Stephen Hamburg as the OOTP schedule reached into November.

Bonis found himself in trouble quickly as Thompson doubled to start the game and Sun singled him to third.  Bonis got Bear to pop up, Ken Jones struck out, and Sandusky grounded to second.

In the second Chicago put runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out, but Hamburg got Ross to pop up and struck out Minion.  Hamburg pitched out of a similar jam in the 3rd, striking out Bonis and Clegane.

In the 3rd, Thompson doubled again and came around to score on a 2 out single by Bear, barely beating the throw home from Clegane.  Ken Jones followed with a homer, putting New York up 3-0.

Neither pitcher allowed more runs to score until the 6th, when Byron Jones hit a solo homer.  Bonis pitched into the 7th.  After a one out single Phil Pepsi came in to relieve him, with Bonis moving to left field and Jones to the bench.

Bryan Avila and Steven Jiannetti handled the 7th and 8th innings. With the score still 3-1 in the 9th, it was time for Papelbrad to finish things.  Pinch hitter Ryan Freeman struck out, followed by a Tommy Ross walk.  Batting for Minion, Max Thomas flew out to left.

One more out to go, Yasuhiko Nishi stood in.  With 25 playoff hits, he had tied Darin Erstad's 2002 mark and was one away from Pablo Sandoval in 2014.  Nishi lifted a high fly ball to medium right field.  Victor Jacobs, in the game as a defensive replacement, settled under it.  The ball came down, and popped out of his glove.  That sent Ross to third and put the tying run on second.  Jacobs was looking at Nelson Cruz style infamy.

John Hafner took strike one.  He swung through strike two.  Then hit the ball right back to the mound.  Papelbrad fielded it, threw to first, and New York retained the trophy.

With this win, New York has achieved the 3-peat, only the second team in league history to do so, after the 1990s Utes.  With strong pitching and an overpowering offense, they put themselves on a short list of the greatest teams to ever take the field.