| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| OPENER | First game, as in the World Series |
| STOLEHOME | What Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series |
| ENOS | First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series |
| SWEEP | Win every game, as in the World Series |
| AGEE | First of three Mets to hit a lead-off home run in a World Series Game 3 (he did it in '69, Garrett in '73, and Dykstra in '86) |
| REDSOX | Winner of the first World Series (as the "Americans") |
