2025 MLB In-Game Thread

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.
 
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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