Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was rocking as Game 6 of the 1991 World Series entered the 11 th inning with the scored tied at 3.

Somehow, Twins slugger Kirby Puckett was able to hear teammate Chili Davis before he stepped up to the plate against Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Leibrandt.

“He said, ‘Make Leibrandt get the ball up,’” Puckett told the Los Angeles Times . “I turned around after I took the first one, and Chili nodded like, ‘Yeah, that’s it.’”

Puckett lifted Leibrandt’s fourth pitch of the at-bat, a high change-up, into the left-field seats, clinching a 4-3 win and sending the World Series to Game 7.

Played on Oct. 26, 1991, Game 6 was the finest moment of Puckett’s Hall of Fame career. With his Twins facing elimination, Puckett went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored and made a leaping catch to rob Atlanta’s Ron Gant of an extra-base hit in the third inning.

“This game, I’ll never forget right here. It’s pretty awesome. Our backs were against the wall.…