World Series Game Three:
With the series tied at one game apiece, the games shifted to Miami. Pittsburgh jumped out to a quick lead. An error by Miami short-stop
Bill Tovar with two outs in the first inning allowed
Aaron Quijada to score a run. A couple batters later,
Tony Francois ripped a three-run double to give the Pirates a 4-0 lead.
Edmond McGurk crushed a three-run homerun in the bottom of the first, cutting the Pirates' lead to a single run. That was as close as the Dolphins would get.
Quijada drove in a run in the second inning with a base hit to make it 5-3.
Jose Arruza drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning, and
Francois followed with a sacrifice fly, giving Pittsburgh a 7-3 lead. In the eighth inning, Miami reliever
Christopher Lain suffered a complete meltdown.
James Sequeira ripped a one out, three-run homer off of him to make it 10-3. A few batters later, still with only one out,
Francois blasted a three run homerun as well. That completed the scoring in a 13-3 Pittsburgh rout.
Francois collected 7 runs batted in.
Pittsburgh leads the series, 2 games to 1.