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Entering the final day of the season on Sunday, October 1, the Yankees had a one-game lead; they lost 9–2 to Cleveland while Boston shut out Toronto 5–0 to force the playoff. The Red Sox were the home team by virtue of a coin toss. In baseball statistics, the tie-breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game for both teams, with all ...
The 1995 American League Division Series ( ALDS ), the opening round of the 1995 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. As a result of both leagues realigning into three ...
1995 Major League Baseball postseason. The 1995 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1995 season. This was the first postseason to be played under the expanded format, as the League Division Series (LDS) was played in both the American and National leagues for the first time since 1981.
The Yankees overcame a midseason deficit of 14 games and went on to win a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to win the Eastern crown and finish with 100 wins. Unlike the prior two ALCS which went five games, this one took the Yankees only four games to wrap up, and the Yankees went on to represent the American League in the 1978 World ...
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 ...
2002 →. The 2001 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2001 season. The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series . In the American League, the New York Yankees made their ...
In the first World Series games played in the Bronx in 15 years, the Braves blew out the Yankees by a 12-1 score, and then prevailed in Game 2 by a 4-0 shutout thanks to a stellar pitching performance by Greg Maddux to go up 2-0 in the series headed back to Atlanta. However, the Yankees would take Game 3 by a 5-2 score to get on the board in ...
The Yankees won Game 1 by a 4–1 score, and then narrowly prevailed in a 13-inning Game 2 to go up 2–0 in the series headed to Anaheim. In Game 3, the Angels narrowly prevailed after 11 innings to get back in the series. In Game 4, the Yankees blew out the Angels by a 10–1 score to go up 3–1 in the series.