In the bottom of the 11th inning, Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Seattle Mariners to a 6 – 5 win and the Division Series over the Yankees. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI in the best-of-five series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, belts five home runs in the series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 15th greatest game of the past fifty years.

In the bottom of the 11th inning, Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Seattle Mariners to a 6 – 5 win and the Division Series over the Yankees. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI in the best-of-five series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, belts five home runs in the series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 15th greatest game of the past fifty years.

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1995 – In the bottom of the 11th inning, Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Seattle Mariners to a 6 – 5 win and the Division Series over the Yankees. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI in the best-of-five series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, belts five home runs in the series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 15th greatest game of the past fifty years.

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With a 10-4 victory over Colorado, the Braves win their Division Series behind the solid pitching of Greg Maddux and the power provided by Fred McGriff’s two home runs

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With a 10-4 victory over Colorado, the Braves win their Division Series behind the solid pitching of Greg Maddux and the power provided by Fred McGriff’s two home runs. The eventual World champs will sweep Cincinnati in the NLCS before beating Cleveland in the Fall Classic

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Yankees and Rockies are first non first place teams to play in MLB playoffs

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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…

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 first ALDS

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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.

Yankees and Rockies become the first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system

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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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The Rockies post best record for 3rd year team in MLB History

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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.

San Diego pummels Colorado, 15 – 4, as 3B Ken Caminiti drives home eight runs with four hits, including a pair of homers, again from each side of the plate. Caminiti has now hit a pair of homers, right and left-handed, in three of his last four games. He’s the only major leaguer to ever to do it three times in a month. Jody Reed has four hits and four runs for the Pads. Andres Galarraga connects for his 30th homer, giving the Rockies four players with 30+ homers. This matches the 1977 Dodgers.

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San Diego pummels Colorado, 15 – 4, as 3B Ken Caminiti drives home eight runs with four hits, including a pair of homers, again from each side of the plate. Caminiti has now hit a pair of homers, right and left-handed, in three of his last four games. He’s the only major leaguer to ever to do it three times in a month. Jody Reed has four hits and four runs for the Pads. Andres Galarraga connects for his 30th homer, giving the Rockies four players with 30+ homers. This matches the 1977 Dodgers.

Gary Sheffield follows up his 5-for-5 performance of yesterday with three hits in three at bats – 8 straight hits – for seven RBIs, in Florida’s 13 – 10 loss to Philadelphia. Sheffield, who was on the disabled list, will hit 10 homers and a club record 27 RBI in September.

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Gary Sheffield follows up his 5-for-5 performance of yesterday with three hits in three at bats – 8 straight hits – for seven RBIs, in Florida’s 13 – 10 loss to Philadelphia. Sheffield, who was on the disabled list, will hit 10 homers and a club record 27 RBI in September.

Florida’s Pat Rapp one-hits Colorado as the Marlins trounce the Rockies, 17 – 0. It’s Rapp’s 7th win in a row as a bloop single by Dante Bichette is Colorado’s only safety. The Marlins pound six Rockies pitchers for 21 safeties, including five for OF Gary Sheffield, who drives in four runs before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 8th. Rapp will shut out the Mets in five days in a rain-shortened game, the first Marlin to toss two shutouts in a row.

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Florida’s Pat Rapp one-hits Colorado as the Marlins trounce the Rockies, 17 – 0. It’s Rapp’s 7th win in a row as a bloop single by Dante Bichette is Colorado’s only safety. The Marlins pound six Rockies pitchers for 21 safeties, including five for OF Gary Sheffield, who drives in four runs before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 8th. Rapp will shut out the Mets in five days in a rain-shortened game, the first Marlin to toss two shutouts in a row.