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The Yankees won the American League pennant, the first of five consecutive pennants. The New York Yankees headed into the World Series with a 15-game winning streak, the 8th longest streak in the American League this century, after Dale Long's two-run 9th-inning home run gave them an 8–7 win over the Boston Red Sox. The 193 home runs are an ...
The 1978 American League East tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1978 regular season. The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston on the afternoon of Monday, October 2 between the rival New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to determine the winner of the American League 's (AL) East Division .
ALCS. 2005 →. The 2004 American League Championship Series was the Major League Baseball playoff series deciding the 2004 season American League champion earning the privilege to play in the 2004 World Series. A rematch of the 2003 American League Championship Series, it was played between the Boston Red Sox, who had won the AL wild card and ...
The last time the Yankees were swept by Cincinnati was in the 1976 World Series, but these fourth-place Reds (42-45) built leads of 5-0, 3-0, and 5-0 in each of the three games. “Trying to score ...
1961 →. The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1960 season. The series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League (NL) and the New York Yankees of the American League (AL) from October 5–13, 1960. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the ...
Carlos Rodón gave up two more homers over three-plus innings on Wednesday in the New York Yankees' 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. AL batting champion Yandy Díaz homered on the game’s first ...
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and ...
Aug 10, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) hits a two RBI double against the Texas Rangers during the third inning at Yankee Stadium.