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Steve Garvey’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gives the Padres a 7-5 walk-off win over the Cubs in Game 4 of NLCS. After losing the first two contests of the best-of-five NLCS, the victory brings the series to a decisive fifth game that San Diego will win to capture the National League pennant.

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Steve Garvey’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gives the Padres a 7-5 walk-off win over the Cubs in Game 4 of NLCS. After losing the first two contests of the best-of-five NLCS, the victory brings the series to a decisive fifth game that San Diego will win to capture the National League pennant.

1984 – Pitchers Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Detroit Tigers a 1 – 0 win and a sweep of the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS.

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1984 – Pitchers Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Detroit Tigers a 1 – 0 win and a sweep of the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS.

1984 – The San Diego Padres take a lead in an NLCS game for the first time, and they go on to down the Chicago Cubs, 7 – 1, in Game 3.

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1984 – The San Diego Padres take a lead in an NLCS game for the first time, and they go on to down the Chicago Cubs, 7 – 1, in Game 3.

Peter Ueberroth takes over the reins of major league baseball as the sport’s sixth commissioner

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Peter Ueberroth takes over the reins of major league baseball as the sport’s sixth commissioner. The former L.A. Olympic president will immediately face a crisis when he needs to arbitrate the labor disagreement with the umpires’ union, who have threatened to strike before the start of the League Championship Series.