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Game 1
In their first World Series appearance, the Florida Marlins look like seasoned October veterans. The Marlins slam Cleveland starter Orel Hershiser with back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning and capture Game 1 with a 7-4 victory. Charles Johnson's mammoth home run follows Moises Alou's three-run blast in the fourth as the Marlins take the lead and never look back. Marlins' rookie Livan Hernandez follows up his MVP performance in the NLCS with an impressive outing, settling down after a rocky first inning and giving way to the bullpen in the sixth.
Game 2
A different Cleveland team shows up at Pro Player Stadium for Game 2 of the World Series. And it leaves Miami with a very different result -- a 6-1 win, tying the Fall Classic at one game apiece. The Tribe's bats come alive after a lethargic performance Saturday to thump Florida starter Kevin Brown. The big blow is Bip Roberts' two-run single in the fifth, capping a three-run uprising that snaps a 1-1 tie. Chad Ogea gets the win, and CBS SportsLine national columnist Ray Buck says now the Indians have the Marlins right where they want them.
Game 3
It isn't pretty. Heck, it isn't even close. But the Florida Marlins escape the frigid air of Jacobs Field Tuesday with a 14-11 victory over Cleveland in Game 3 of the World Series. Gary Sheffield homers, doubles and drives in five runs, and Bobby Bonilla avenges two errors by scoring the go-ahead run in a seven-run Marlins ninth that's marred by three Cleveland miscues. With a combined six errors and 17 walks, CBS SportsLine staff writer Ian Browne says this game is hardly a fall classic.
Game 4
With temperatures in the mid-30s and a wind chill of 15 degrees, Game 4 is the coldest setting for a Series game since baseball started keeping track of such things in '75. CBS SportsLine staff writer Ian Browne says Jaret Wright's cool demeanor has kept the Indians hot through the postseason as Cleveland takes Game 4 by a score of 10-3. In all, 38 runs are scored in two days at the Jake. And there's more good news for Clevelanders -- the temperature could reach the balmy 50s for Game 5.
Game 5
The Florida Marlins are running home to sunny South Florida with a 3-2 advantage after an 8-7 win over Cleveland in Thursday night's Game 5. However, CBS SportsLine staff writer Ian Browne says the Marlins aren't getting ahead because of their starting pitching -- it's the bats. The Indians look tough after Sandy Alomar's record-setting three-run homer in the third. But Moises Alou answers with a three-run homer of his own in the sixth and keeps on hitting, scoring in the eighth and hitting home Alex Arias in the ninth. The Indians battle back in the ninth, but come just two runs short of a win.
Game 6
The Florida Marlins enter Saturday night's Game 6 with thoughts of wrapping up their first World Series title, but the Cleveland Indians have other plans. The Indians, behind the heroics of starting pitcher Chad Ogea, force the Series' first Game 7 since 1991 with a 4-1 victory. Ogea not only pitches five strong innings, but gives the Indians the lead with a two-run single in the second inning. He later adds a double and scores the Indians' fourth run. And CBS SportsLine national columnist Ray Buck says with his performance, Ogea makes Marlins starter Kevin Brown look bad for the second time this series.
Game 7
Florida Marlins, World Champions! Unbelievable but true. Just five years old, the Marlins dramatically tie the score on Craig Counsell's sac fly in the bottom of the ninth and win the game on Edgar Renteria's RBI single in the 11th. The 3-2 victory gives manager Jim Leyland what he calls 'a total fantasy for me,' and extends Cleveland's championship drought to 49 years. CBS SportsLine national columnist Ray Buck gives Leyland more credit for the accomplishment than the Marlins' skipper will accept.
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