Only four of them are, but nine of the eighteen starting position players in this game could be in the Hall of Fame. Pat Rapp and Charlie Nagy had battled 2-2 through five, but the game was decided in the bottom of the sixth. After Harold Baines lined out, Cal Ripken and Will Clark singled and Charles Johnson hit a three-run homer. Apparently Tribe skipper Charlie Manuel thought one of the balls to Johnson had been a strike, as he was tossed during Mike Bordick’s at-bat. He was lucky he didn’t see Bordick’s solo homer which chased Nagy. Cleveland mustered very little against Buddy Groom who recorded a three-inning save.
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