2025 MLB In-Game Thread

The longest Game 7 in World Series history occurred on November 2, 2016, when the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings.
 
After that shitfest a few nights ago, it would be awesome if one of these teams actually won the game instead of waiting for the other to lose it.
 
i'm cheering for the blue jays simply because they haven't won it in forever and if the dodgers win it'll just keep dave roberts employed longer than he should be
 
From MLB.com - (I think this series slides in comfortably at #7 and arguments are there for higher.)

In 1909, the Pirates beat the Tigers in the first seven-game World Series. It was uninspiring. Only one game was within a run, none went into extras, and Game 7 was a blowout.
Three years later, the Red Sox and Giants played their own seven-game series (eight, if you count Game 2, which ended in a tie), and this one was a classic. There were four one-run games and two extra-inning games (including the tie). And Game 7 was an all-timer, with Boston scoring two runs to walk off vs. Christy Mathewson in the 10th.

The point is, a seven-game World Series can be many things. In that spirit, we came up with a system to rank every seven-game Fall Classic. We ask five questions:
• No. 1. What was the overall score differential?
• No. 2. How many one-run games were there?
• No. 3. How many extra-inning games were there?
• No. 4. Was Game 7 a classic?
• No. 5. How many memorable things happened in the series?

Much of this is subjective, but we did the math and ranked all 39 seven-game World Series.
1. 1975: Reds over Red Sox
The perfect World Series, complete with five one-run games and the most famous extra-inning game in World Series history, Game 6, which ended with Carlton Fisk's down-the-line blast. Game 7 is one of the more underrated games in World Series history.
2. 1991: Twins over Braves
Everyone recalls Game 7, when Jack Morris threw 10 shutout innings to outduel John Smoltz. But that whole series was incredible, with five one-run games and three extra-inning affairs, including a Game 6 that ended with Kirby Puckett's walk-off in the 11th.
3. 1924: Senators over Giants
Game 7 was a crazy 12-inning affair; the legendary Walter Johnson pitched four scoreless innings with one day of rest, and the Giants made a couple errors in the final frame to allow the winning run to score.
4. 2001: D-backs over Yankees
This would have ranked higher except the D-backs outscored the Yankees, 37-14. All three Yankees wins were one-run affairs, two of them extraordinary late-inning comebacks. The D-Backs, perhaps fittingly, had a comeback of their own in the breathtaking Game 7
5. 1912: Red Sox over Giants
The decisive game featured heroes and goats. The Giants' Fred Merkle, already infamous for a baserunning mistake four years prior, hit what looked like the game-winning single in the top of the 10th, but exoneration was not meant to be. Boston scored a pair in the bottom of the frame after two Giants errors.
6. 2016: Cubs over Indians
Who can forget Game 7 -- the Cubs taking control, the Cleveland comeback, and the rain delay that altered the entire dynamic?
7. 2017: Astros over Dodgers
This series included two of the craziest contests in World Series history, Games 2 and 5. It would have been higher on the list if Game 7 had been more memorab
8. 1971: Pirates over Orioles
This was Roberto Clemente's series. He hit .414 with a couple of home runs, made some dazzling defensive plays and gave America a full sense of his greatness.
 
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