Since then, only one player has gotten more in a World Series (Sandy Alomar Jr. had 10 for Cleveland in 1997).

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In 1997, Rivera famously gave up a game-tying homer to Sandy Alomar Jr. in the eighth inning of Game 4 of the AL division series.

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But the damage reports are ominous, and at a minimum, Sandy promises more power outages than that seen in the Detroit Tigers lineup this World Series so far.

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