mike greenwell comes up to hit for clemens. two pitches, two strikes.
dave henderson stands at the plate to lead off the red sox tenth.
dave henderson has hit a home run and the red sox now lead 4-
the red sox push across another run when barrett singles, driving home boggs.
backman flies out to jim rice. one out.
hernandez flied out to henderson.
carter singles to left.
bob stanley trots in from the bullpen.
mookie wilson stands in against bob stanley.
stanley winds up and throws. it's a wild pitch. mitchell comes in from third with the tying run.
stanley delivers to wilson. sound fades away. action is in super slow motion.
nicky's viewpoint. an image of bill buckner in silvery light expanding out of the tv screen to fill the larger environment. moving soundlessly in slow motion, buckner fields the bouncing ball and heads toward the bag. he beats wilson to the base by an eyelash and the inning ends with the teams tied at 5-5.
wilson hits the ball. it bounces twice, then goes under buckner's glove. knight scores from the third with the winning run. a 6-5 victory for the mets.