While pitching duels have made for some of the greatest World Series games ever played, with all respect to the classic pitchers' duel, the slugfest can be thrilling to the same degree. Don't miss some of the best postseason slugfests of recent memory Thursday on MLB Network. Here's the full programming schedule.
7 a.m. ET -- 2011 World Series Game 6, Rangers at Cardinals
It's one of the greatest World Series games ever played. The Cardinals were down to their final strike on two separate occasions in this extra-inning thriller, which meant the Rangers were one strike away from the first World Series title in franchise history twice. But this was the "David Freese Game" -- Freese delivered a game-tying, two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth inning, and after Lance Berkman tied the game again in the 10th with an RBI single, Freese won it with a homer to lead off the bottom of the 11th.
10 a.m. ET -- 2017 NL Wild Card Game, Rockies at D-backs
This game really put the "Wild" in "Wild Card Game." The D-backs jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, thanks to a three-run homer by Paul Goldschmidt, an RBI triple by Ketel Marte and a two-run homer by former Rockie Daniel Descalso. But Colorado answered with a four-run fourth inning, and a Charlie Blackmon squeeze bunt in the seventh got the Rockies to within a run, at 6-5. In the eighth, perhaps the most symbolic moment in this wild contest came as reliever Archie Bradley hit for himself and delivered a two-run triple. The Rockies wouldn't go quietly, though, with Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story launching back-to-back homers in the eighth. But Arizona tacked on two more in the ninth and won, 11-8.
Noon ET -- 2006 NLCS Game 2, Cardinals at Mets
By the top of the fourth inning at Shea Stadium, eight runs had been scored -- four by each team -- and the scoring included a three-run homer by Carlos Delgado and a solo shot by Jim Edmonds. While innings four through six were fairly quiet, things got going again in the seventh, when St. Louis scored twice on a two-run triple from Scott Spiezio that tied the game, 6-6. Then in the top of the ninth, with the contest still tied, So Taguchi homered, Spiezio delivered again with an RBI double, and Juan Encarnacion scored Spiezio with a single. All the damage came against fireballing left-hander Billy Wagner, and the Cards won it, 9-6.
3 p.m. ET -- 1997 World Series Game 5, Marlins at Indians
Outside of some trouble in the second inning, Orel Hershiser was cruising into the sixth inning having retired nine straight while holding a 4-2 lead. But that's when the Marlins broke through with a go-ahead, three-run homer by Moises Alou to make it 6-4 for Florida. Alou would drive in another run in the ninth with an RBI single, and it proved to be crucial because despite holding a four-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Marlins would give up three runs but hold on to win, 8-7.
7 p.m. ET -- 1989 World Series Game 4, Athletics at Giants
The A's had their hearts broken by Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers the year before, but they wouldn't let that happen again in 1989, when they swept the Giants in an earthquake-interrupted "Bay Bridge Series." In Game 4 at Candlestick Park, Oakland jumped out to an 8-0 lead, and it looked as though the club would easily clinch its first World Series title since 1974. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson hit a home run to lead off the game, had an RBI single and a triple. Terry Steinbach added a two-run triple.
But the Giants answered with two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh to claw back into the game. Still, the Athletics added another insurance run in the eighth before Hall of Fame closer Dennis Eckersley closed out the Series in the ninth.
Midnight ET -- Padres at Giants on June 25, 2014 (Tim Lincecum throws a no-hitter)
Following a day of postseason slugfests, sit back and watch a no-hitter to cap the evening. Six years after "The Freak" no-hit San Diego for the second time inside one calendar year, re-live the 4-0 Giants victory in San Francisco. Though the two-time Cy Young Award winner wasn't as dominant at this point in his career as he had once been, Lincecum still showed flashes of his former self from time to time, including on this day.