After his parents divorced when he was 13, young Pedro Borbón left home at 14 and settled in New York City with two of his mother's brothers.

In the spring of his freshman year at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Borbón cut class, heading for the lunch room.

Borbón pitched well enough to earn an athletic scholarship to Ranger Junior College outside Houston but not before parting with his uncles and living for a while in a cheap apartment in the Bronx with two high school buddies that cost them $540 a month.

However, Braves' closer Mark Wohlers was fatigued after having pitched two and two-thirds innings the previous day.

Wohlers allowed the Indians to score a run and put a runner on second in that ninth inning without recording any outs.