![]() West division was tied between the Mariners and Angels who both had 78-66 won-lost records. With a strike interrupted season, the 1995 campaign was scheduled for 144 games since the first 18 contests for each team of that year were not going to be made up due to the strike being resolved from the previous year. West - Seattle Mariners vs. California Angels The Brewers would win the pennant over the California Angels before falling to the Cardinals in their only World Series appearance in an exciting seven game series. ![]() Late-season acquisition Don Sutton pitched eight innings and earned his 17 thvictory of the season to help lead Milwaukee to their second consecutive postseason appearance. Shortstop Robin Yount put the final touches on his MVP season with a 3-for-4 performance that included a triple, two home runs, four runs scored, and three RBIs. In that game, the Brewers revived their offensive fire power with a 10-2 thumping of the Orioles. The Orioles crushed the Brewers in all three games-8-3, 7-1, and 11-3-to set up a one-game playoff in Baltimore on Sunday, Oct. Just as in the Astros/Dodgers season-ending dramatics in 1980, the Orioles trailed the Brewers by three games with Milwaukee coming into Baltimore for the final three games of the regular season. 6 and with 19-game winner Joe Niekro on the mound against Dodgers left-hander Dave Goltz, the Astros defeated the Dodgers, 7-1, with Niekro picking up his 20 thvictory.īut in a dramatic five-game NLCS, the Astros fell to the eventual World Series-winning Philadelphia Phillies three-games-to-two with the final four games being determined in extra-inning affairs. The one-game playoff was played in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. Los Angeles stunned Houston with a three-game sweep-winning the first game, 3-2, in extra innings, beating the Astros in the second game, 2-1 and the third game, 4-3. Going into the final weekend of the regular season, the Astros held a three-game lead over the Dodgers in the division race and traveled to LA to play their final three games of the year with the Dodgers. The Yankees went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals three-games-to-one in the best-of-five ALCS and capture the World Series in six games over the Dodgers. The Yankees scored one more run in the inning to take a two-run lead that they would hold on to for a 5-4 victory and the A.L. The Red Sox held a 2-0 lead going into the top of the seventh inning when Boston starter Mike Torrez surrendered a two-out, three-run home run to Bucky Dent. 2 a one-game playoff was scheduled at Fenway Park to determine the division champs. ![]()
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