A-rod's home run was the most talked about play of tonight's game. However, Rodriguez also tied a World Series record by being hit  by 2 pitches. Rodriguez should be happy he escaped with a win. All of the previous 5 players who suffered through this fate also had to deal with their team losing :

  Cnt Player            Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO **HBP** SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+-------+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Jeff Bagwell      2005-10-22    WS     1 HOU @CHW L  3-5   4  2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  1     2    0  0   0   0  0  0 6th DH
    2 Todd Pratt        2000-10-21    WS     1 NYM @NYY L  3-4   5  2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1   0  2     2    0  0   0   0  0  0 8th C
    3 Frank Robinson    1961-10-08    WS     4 CIN  NYY L  0-7   4  1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1   0  0     2    0  0   0   0  0  0 4th RF
    4 Yogi Berra        1953-10-02    WS     3 NYY @BRO L  2-3   4  1  0  1  0  0  0   0  1   0  0     2    0  0   0   0  0  0 4th C
    5 Max Carey         1925-10-07    WS     1 PIT  WSH L  1-4   4  2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  1     2    0  0   0   0  0  1 2nd CF

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