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Article: NL Series Looks Even To the End ;Reds, Pirates Play Give-and-Take Ball
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- The Washington Post
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- October 7, 1990
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It is just two days into the National League Championship Series,
but already the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates find it
difficult to imagine that this turn-back-the-clock playoff encounter
will be decided any time before the ninth inning of Game 7. Or
perhaps even later than that.
"The way it looks," Pirates center fielder Andy Van Slyke said,
"this thing is going to come down to the 22nd inning of the last game
at 3 o'clock in the morning, when some outfielder loses a fly ball in
the full moon to let the winning run in."
As the teams worked out today-the Pirates in Pittsburgh, the Reds
here-each bemoaned the fact that, with a bit more good fortune, it
could hold a 2-0 series ...