Jim Leyritz hits a two-run home run in the 15th inning to give the Yankees a dramatic victory and a two games to none American League Division Series lead over Seattle.
In their NLDS, the Atlanta Braves defeat Colorado for the second straight day, 7 – 4, in a game featuring home runs by former Expo teammates Larry Walker of Colorado and Marquis Grissom of Atlanta.
Cincinnati take a 2 games to 0 lead in their National League Division Series, defeating the Dodgers, 5 – 4. Eric Karros hits two home runs and Chad Fonville gets four hits in a losing cause.
Behind the pitching of Orel Hershiser, Cleveland shuts out the Boston Red Sox, 4 – 0, for their second victory in their ALDS.
On October 3, 1995.00 1995 – Tony Peña hits a home run to left field in the 13th inning to give the Indians a 5 – 4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of their AL division series. It is Cleveland’s first postseason victory since the 1948 season.
On October 3, 1995.00 The Yankees, 9-6 victors over the Mariners in the Bronx, and the Rockies, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Braves in Colorado, become the first clubs to participate in the postseason not having been a first-place team. The two wild-card clubs will not advance further in the playoffs, both losing their…
In a one-game playoff for the American League West title, Mariners’ southpaw Randy Johnson throws a three-hitter and beats the Angels, 9-1. The ‘Big Unit’ finishes the shortened season of 145 games with an 18-2 record to establish a new AL mark for a winning percentage of .900, surpassing the record set of .893 by Ron Guidry in 1978.
1995 – The Colorado Rockies become the first major league team to reach the postseason before their seventh year in existence. Colorado also becomes the National League’s first wild card winner following a 10 – 9 win over the San Francisco Giants. Colorado’s .535 winning percentage (77-67 record) is the best-ever for a third-year team. The New York Yankees become the first wild card winner in the American League.
The Yankees and Rockies become the first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system. Both sides will lose in the first round of the new format, with Colorado bowing to the NL East’s Braves in four games, and the Bronx Bombers eliminated in extra innings of Game 5 in a classic ALDS against the AL West’s Mariners.
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