The Red Sox mounted one last effort. Bill Buckner and Jim Rice each singled off Roger McDowell. Then Evans, who preceded a homer by Gedman in the second with his own homer, drove a double into the gap in rightfield to score both runners. Orosco then replaced McDowell. Working with the tying run at second base, he retired Gedman, Dave Henderson and pinch hitter Don Baylor to end the inning.
Men become men.
Jesse became a man in the postseason. The Mets eased Orosco's task with two more runs. The first scored on a towering homer by Darryl Strawberry, the rightfielder who had questioned his manager for removing him from Game 6. To go out with a big hit like that made me happy. The last run scored on another daring move by Johnson, the manager who had been second-guessed for not having his team work out on the off day before Game 3 and for disdaining a bunt in the ninth inning of Game 6.