Reggie Jackson Steals Home & Extra Innings. Oct 12 - This Day In Baseball

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Oct. 12, 1972 -- In game 5 of the American League Championship Series the A's, win 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers. The deciding run comes in the second inning with Mickey Lolitch on the mound, Mike Epstein on first, and Reggie Jackson on third when A's Manager Dick Williams flashes the sign for a double steal. Reggie bounded down the third base line on the delayed steal as Tiger's shortstop Dick McAuliffe cut off the throw to second and fired it back to A's Catcher Bill Freehan. Reggie and Freehan collided and Jackson was called safe at the plate. Sal Bando, A's Captain, recalled that "Reggie had an unusual way of sliding. He would jump up, then leave his feet." Whether it was the slide or the collision, this time it would result in a torn left hamstring that would force Reggie to leave the game and keep him from appearing in the '72 World Series. Jackson is the only player to ever steal home in league championship play. After the chaos of that hard fought series Dick Williams was quoted as saying that he slept like a baby. That is, he "woke up every two hours crying".

October 12, 1980 - The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Houston Astros, 8 - 7, to capture the NLCS in 6 games. In the 10th inning, Garry Maddox drives in Del Unser to end a dramatic playoff series that featured four extra-inning games. The game and series ended with Tug McGraw striking out Willie Wilson at 11:29 p.m. Wilson set a World Series record by striking out twelve times in the six-game set. Ryan Howard, also of the Phillies, would break that record by striking out 13 times in the 2009 World Series. Steve Carlton would get the win, Tug McGraw would get the save and Mike Schmidt was named the World Series MVP. The Phillies became the last of the original AL and NL franchises to win a World Series title. This was also the first World Series to be played on artificial turf.

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