it happened one october, take 2
On this date in 2014, McComb native Jarrod Dyson, inserted as a pinch runner, scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning for Kansas City in a 2-1 win against Baltimore in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. The win put K.C. up 3-0 in the series, and the Royals would eliminate the Orioles the next day at Kauffman Stadium, advancing to the World Series. Southwest Mississippi Community College alum Dyson, a .269 hitter with 36 steals that season, played in all four ALCS games as a sub but did not get a hit. Baltimore was managed by ex-Mississippi State star Buck Showalter.