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OAKLAND, Calif.--Mark McGwire hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning as the Oakland Athletics finally broke through and beat Los Angeles, 2-1, last night, cutting the Dodgers' lead in the World Series...
...Athletics escaped a basesloaded, no-out jam in the sixth inning and Rick Honeycutt allowed one hit in the final two innings for the victory. Howell entered in the ninth and retired Jose Canseco on a pop-up before McGwire homered...
...Marshall contributed a three-run homer and a triple as the Dodgers again did everything right against the heavily favored Athletics. This time, Los Angeles didn't need miracle man Kirk Gibson, who won the series' opener with a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth but did not play last night because of hamstring and ligament damage...
...Dodgers' ninth pennant since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 and their first since 1981, when they went on to beat the New York Yankees in the World Series...
With two outs in the ninth, Gibson beat out an infield hit, then appeared to reinjure his left hamstring stealing second and left the game. Jose Gonzalez ran for Gibson and scored the Dodgers' seventh run when Mike Marshall tripled to right-center...