Toronto Makes History, Takes World Series, 4-3

The national pastime now has dual citizenship.

The Toronto Blue Jays turned the Atlanta Braves and the rest of the baseball world upside down Saturday by becoming the first Canadian team ever to capture a World Series championship, with a 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Braves in Game 6.

The Blue Jays overcame a game-tying rally by the Braves with two out in the ninth inning to score on Dave Winfield’s two-run double in the 11th inning and win the best-of-seven series, 4 games to 2.

The Braves were hoping for another miracle like the one that landed them in the World Series, a ninth-inning comeback in the final game of the National League playoffs with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

With the support of most 51,763 tomahawk-chopping fans at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, they nearly got it.

Otis Nixon’s two-out, two-strike single against Tom Henke tied the score 2-all in the ninth before Ron Gant’s fly ball ended the inning with runners on second and third.

Charlie Leibrandt, the Braves’ pitcher, started the Blue Jays’ rally in the 11th inning by hitting Devon White in the side with a one-out pitch.

Roberto Alomar singled to center, then, one out later, Winfield hit a full-count pitch down the third-base line and into the left-field corner to score what became the game-winning run.

The Braves scored once in the bottom of the 11th, but Mike Timlin retired Nixon on a surprise bunt attempt to end the game and send the Blue Jays streaming to the center of the diamond, where they engaged in a mass hug of joy and relief.

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