New York Yankees 1 at Boston Red Sox 13, F — The highly anticipated match-up between Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez ended in disappointment for the Yankees as Clemens lasted only two innings after giving up four runs, while Martinez allowed only two hits in seven innings pitched. The Yankee bullpen didn’t help much, allowing
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San Diego Padres 2 at Atlanta Braves 0, F — San Diego’s “Brave Killer” Kevin Brown pitched a complete game shut-out against Atlanta, allowing only three hits with eleven strikeouts to lead the Padres to a 2-0 Series lead.
Cleveland Indians 3 at Boston Red Sox 10, F — Boston’s 20-game winner, Josh Beckett bested future Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia in the series opener when Beckett allowed only two runs, while Sabathia allowed eight in the 10-3 victory for the Red Sox.
Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Oakland Athletics 6, F — Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart was stellar in Game 5 of the 1992 ALCS, allowing only two runs in a complete game victory over the Blue Jays
Oakland Athletics 9 at Boston Red Sox 1, F — A pitchers duel opened the first game of the ALCS between Oakland and Boston, as 2-time Cy Young Award winner, Roger Clemens faced 20-game winner Dave Stewart. Clemens kept Oakland scoreless for six innings, but Oakland managed to break through against the bullpen, scoring one
Montreal Expos 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers 0, F — Expos pitcher Dennis Martinez becomes the first Latin American pitcher to throw a perfect game when he blanks the Dodgers during a day game at Dodger Stadium
Cleveland Indians 15 at Tampa Bay Rays 10, F — Just one day after Tony Gwynn had reached the milestone, Wade Boggs was sitting three hits away from 3,000. Fans not sure they were going to witness history that night became restless as he rapped out hits #2,998 and #2,999 early in the game… anticipation
Atlanta Braves 5 at Colorado Rockies 4, F — The Colorado Rockies, in just their third season of existence, won the NL Wild Card and drew perennial powerhouse Atlanta as their inaugural playoff opponent. The Rockies gave the Braves all they could handle in Game 1, loading the bases in each of the last three
Florida Marlins 9 at Chicago Cubs 6, F — The Series ending Game 7 starting off poorly for the Chicago Cubs, who were still reeling for a devastating Game 6. Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood allowed three runs to score for the Marlins in the first inning. But the Cubs rebounded in the 2nd inning to
Baltimore Orioles 0 at New York Mets 5, F — With the Series tied one and one, the “Miracle Mets” were back at Shea Stadium and ready to take the lead. Tommie Agee got the momentum going with a home run to lead off the bottom of the first. In the fourth inning, with runners
San Francisco Giants 6 at Florida Marlins 7, F — Rookie pitcher Dontrelle Willis faced Jerome Williams in this Series-winning game on October 4th. The Giants scored first in the top of the 2nd of a sacrifice fly, but the Marlins came back in the third and fourth innings before the Giants tied it up
San Francisco Giants 11 at Chicago Cubs 3, F — Giants first baseman Will Clark lived up to his nickname of “The Thrill,” going 4-for-4 with six RBIs as the Giants crushed the Cubs in the opener of San Francisco’s second NLCS appearance in three years. Facing 23-year-old Greg Maddux in the right-hander’s first postseason
St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Kansas City Royals 2, F — The Royals were on their way to a comeback after starting the Series down two games. Now back at home again, they had the momentum to even up the Series and force a Game 7. The game was scoreless until the eighth inning, with
St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Minnesota Twins 4, F — The 1987 World Series between the Twins and Cardinals brought a whole new meaning to the term “home-field advantage.” It marked the first time that the home team won all of its games in a series. It was also the first time that World Series
Baltimore Orioles 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 0, F — Eddie Murray hit a pair of homers and Rick Dempsey added a solo shot to back the five-hit pitching of Scott McGregor as the Orioles wrapped up their first World Series title in 13 years with a 5-0 shutout of the Phillies. Murray and Dempsey hit
Atlanta Braves 6 at Houston Astros 7, F/18 — The 2005 Houston Astros needed just about everyone on their 40-man roster to land their Wild Card berth, so it is also fitting that the heroics came from a melting pot of Astros players. The Braves were ahead 6-1 in the eighth, when Lance Berkman launched
San Diego Padres 4 at Detroit Tigers 8, F — Game 5 started out poorly for the Padres when Mark Thurmond gave up three runs in the first inning. But they managed to rally back and were within one run of the Tigers in the eighth inning when Kirk Gibson came up to bat to
Minnesota Twins 0 at New York Yankees 4, F — The season, up to this point, had not been an easy one for David Wells. Being yanked from his previous start in the third inning, despite a 9-0 Yankee lead, had Boomer openly contemplating retirement. Not an irrational thought for someone two weeks shy of
St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Kansas City Royals 11, F — The “Show-Me Series” came to an end on October 27, 1985 at Royals Stadium when the night after becoming a father, Royals pitcher Bret Saberhagen threw a five-hitter while leading his team to victory. The Royals became the only team to ever come from
Houston Astros 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 6, F/12 — Returning to St. Louis and down 3-2 in the series, the Cardinals needed this win if they wanted to force a Game 7. The Cardinals went into the 9th inning leading by one, but Jeff Bagwell came through for the Astros with game-tying single scoring