Schilling Thrilling - Curt Pitches, Hits SF to Game 7

He saved the best for last.

And perhaps saved the Giants season as well. Curt Schilling, in what may be his last game as a Giant, went the distance AND knocked in the game-winning RBI as the SF Giants clobbered the Seattle Mariners 8-4, coming back from a 4-0, 1st inning hole to win Game Six of the MBL World Series. The Pre-Winter Classic now stands at 3-3, Schilling's heroics forcing game seven.

There were questions whether he fully healed from his injury that forced him out of Game Two. In the 1st inning, it looked almost over before it started. Rent-A-Ichiro's triple and Raphael Furcal's SF made it 1-0 before the fans were settled in their seats. After Drew popped out, Konerko walked, Griffey singled and Michael F-Ing Barrett cracked a 3 run HR to give Seattle a huge 4-0 1st inning lead.
Schilling then shut the door and hoped his teammateds bats would finally awake. They did by scoring in the each of the next 5 innings.

Jim Thome's single made it 4-1 after 1. Schilling, with a runner on 1st w/one out, was HBP, infurtiating manager Trade Jack Buchanan. David Newhan's double and Mark Loretta's SF made it 4-3 after 2. Thome struck again with a 3rd inning solo shot to tie it a 4-4, but the turning point came in the home 4th.

After Javier Valentin double to lead off, Curt Schilling came up and with the infield in at the corners, smashed a single to CF to give the Giants the lead for good. Robb Quinlan's SF and Valentin's 2 RBI triple cracked the game open in th 5th and there ended the scoring. Schilling went on to scatter 3 hits from the 2nd inning on to the end, needing only 103 pitches give the Giants a shot at their 2nd title in the last three years. Game 7. It gets no better than this.

It is now up to Pat Barry's favorite player and celebrity impersonator, David Wells, to bring the MBL Championship back home to the Bay Area.