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[size=18:370c4114cd]Buckner Saves Boston: Hits 2-Run Walkoff HR in 7-6 Comeback Win[/size:370c4114cd]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/bill_buckner_1_150x217.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="217" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Bill Buckner homered with Wade Boggs aboard in the bottom of the 9th with the Red Sox losing 6-5 to the White Sox, to send Fenway Park into a frenzy and Boston to a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=133][b:370c4114cd]7-6 walkoff victory[/b:370c4114cd][/url] on Saturday night.

Buckner had a team-leading 110 RBIs last year with the Red Sox, but none were as big as the 2 he picked up here. "I'm on top of the world," he said, as he reveled in the adulation from the Boston fans, "I don't think I'll ever come down."

[b:370c4114cd]Staying hot:[/b:370c4114cd] The surging Oakland A's won their 7th straight game in Saturday night's [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=139][b:370c4114cd]3-0 shutout of the Mariners[/b:370c4114cd][/url], and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/stats/team.php?league=AL&order_by_b=ops+DESC]lead the American League with an .864 team OPS[/url]. In the NL, the Expos kept up their dominant pitching, as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=127][b:370c4114cd]Bob Sebra pitched a gem against the Cards in Montreal's 7-0 win[/b:370c4114cd][/url]. The Expos [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/stats/team.php?league=ML&order_by_p=era+ASC]lead the majors with a amazing 1.92 team ERA[/url].

[i:370c4114cd]photo: Rich Pilling, SN Archives[/i:370c4114cd]

I fully expect the winning ways of the A's to continue; especially after Kingman begins to explode.

Pity the fool that plays this team