European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                College pro football football seminoles survive saints fall a Page 22 a Page 26 the stars and stripes Orts october 28,1991 c pre 28twins Force 7th game Puckett or beats braves in 11th 4-3 by Ben Walker Minneapolis a this already was one of the closest world series Ever. Then Kirby Puckett came along and made it closer. Puckett the latest hero Lor a leaping run saving catch and two hits and two Bis led off the Bottom of the Lith inning with a Home run saturday night to give the Minnesota twins a 4-3 Victory Over the Atlanta braves and Force a decisive seventh game. Four times this week a team has won in its final at Bat. Twice the twins and braves have gone into extra innings the world series game 6 first time that s happened in the series since the 1975 series Between Boston and Cincinnati. Now the first last to first world series will go Down to the last game because Puckett provided even More drama. He became just the ninth player in 519 series games to end one with a Home run. A this was an amazing game Quot Puckett said. Quot the whole season has been that  Puckett sent Charlie Leibrandt s 2-1 change up on a line Over the left Center Field Fence making him the first player since Mark Mcgwire in 1988 to end a series game with a smash. A a they be been throwing me a lot of Chang ups the whole series a Puckett said. A a in a such an aggressive Type hitter. I just go up there and Hack. I just wanted to make him get the Ball up. A the got it up and i got it  Atlanta manager Bobby Cox gambled in bringing in Leibrandt who started and was hit hard in losing game 1. Leibrandt was making his first Relief appearance in two years and was defying baseball Odds As a left hander facing the righty hitting Puckett. A Why not Charlie lie s a 15-game Winner a Cox said. A the had handled Puckett in the first  True Leibrandt had struck out Puckett twice swinging in the opener. This time Puckett a first swing against Leibrandt was the last one of the game. Quot i feel like in be been in a 15-round fight Quot Puckett said. A a in a so drained you can to believe  the twins returned Home after three straight losses in Atlanta and improved to 7-0 in series games at the metronome. The braves lost one Ball in the roof but the Ballpark did not beat them Puckett and the twins did. Jack Morris among baseball a Best big game pitchers was to Start for Minnesota on sunday night against John Smoltz who shut out Pittsburgh in game 7 of the no playoffs. Of the 31 previous series to go seven games the Road team has won 17. Minnesota a Kirby Puckett watches his game winning blast then jumps with Joy As he touches All bases in the Lith inning  sports world series Box score a Page 23 top 25 Grid summaries Page 23 Rhein main drubs Ramstein a Page 25 Becker ends win drought a Page 27 the world series has not gone seven games since 1987, when the twins beat St. Louis. That was the Only time the Home team won every game the same scenario this one has followed. Morris is 6-1 lifetime in the postseason and 3-0 in the world series including a Victory in game 1. He a also 15-3 at the metronome. Smoltz 24, is 12 years younger than Morris. He grew up in Detroit and was raised rooting for the tigers especially Morris. �?o1 just never Ever dreamed this was possible a Smoltz said. A i got to pitch against Jack once but this is game 7.�?� Morris and Smoltz each started game 4, and neither got a decision in Atlanta a 3-2 Victory in the Bottom of the ninth. A this is just How we set it up to have Jack pitching three times a twin manager Tom Kelly said. The braves had hoped to Clinch it behind 21-year-old Steve Avery. He had been wingless in four starts with an Era Over 4.00 on three Days rest this season and the playoff map was not Able to close it out allowing three runs in six innings. Puckett the map of the Al playoffs began this game in a 3-for-18 slump. He changed his Luck and that of the twins with a run scoring triple in the first inning and a go ahead sacrifice Fly in the fifth. He also kept Minnesota ahead with a leaping catch at the Fence in the third inning that robbed Ron Gant of extra bases. A a it a something you can to practice a Puckett said of his catch. A it just  Puckett however saved his Best for last. Four years ago Leibrandt made one of his worst starts Ever while with Kansas City giving up three Home runs and getting knocked out in the first inning at the metronome. Puckett was one of those who Home red. Rick Aguilera worked around Lead off singles in the 10th and Lith innings for the Victory. Twins relievers were she lacked in Atlanta but shut out the braves in the final five innings. Terry Pendleton led off the Atlanta 10th with a single for his fourth hit. He was running on the first pitch when Gant lined to shortstop Greg Gagne for an easy double play. After Sid Bream started the Lith with a single into the right Field Corner a anyone but the slow Bream would be had a double a Cox gambled again and lost when Pinch runner Keith Mitchell was caught stealing. Cox brought in closer Alejandro Pena to Start the ninth and the right hander struck out left handed sluggers Mike Pagliarulo and Kent Hrbek. When Cox again went against the percentages by bringing in Leibrandt Puckett who hit .406 against lefties this season ruined him and Atlanta. Mark Lemke keyed the braves three victories at Home and sparked Atlanta a rally in the seventh inning that tied it 3-3. Lemke led off with a single making him 9 for 19 in the series and Mark Guthrie relieved Scott Erickson. Guthrie struck out Pinch hitter Jeff Blauser but a walk and Pendleton s squib single to the right Side of the Mound loaded the bases. Carl Willis replaced Guthrie and got Gant to hit the grounder the twins needed. But the Ball was hit too slowly for Minnesota to turn a double play and Gant was waved Safe As be crossed first a Shade ahead of the relay As Lemke scored