1995 Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners ALCS Highlights
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- October 10-17, 1995
The Indians defeat the Mariners in 6 games to advance to the World Series against the Atlanta Braves
ALCS MVP: Orel Hershiser
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I miss SportsCenter back then....
When the ALCS began, the Indians came to Seattle with a major edge. They had veteran Dennis Martinez ready to go for Game 1 along with a rested bullpen. The Mariners, after surviving the epic 5-game battle with the Yankees, went with Bob Wolcott, their #5 pitcher, and a very tired 'pen. And in the first inning, Wolcott walked the first three batters on 13 pitches. But somehow, Bob escaped with NO runs scoring. Wolcott pitched into the 7th and the Mariners rode the momentum to a 3-2 Game 1 win.
Orel Hershiser and Tim Belcher were teammates on the 1988 champion Dodgers. Now, they opposed each other in Game 2. Orel got the best of Belcher in a 5-2 Cleveland win. Manny Ramirez helped the Tribe cause with two home runs.
TIed at a game apiece, the scene moved to the Jake for Game 3. Tied at 2-2 in the 11th, Jay Buhner belted a three-run blast, and the Mariners handed the Indians their first extra inning loss all year long, 5-2.
Eddie Murray and Jim Thome each hit two-run jacks to make Ken Hill's pitching performance in Game 4 an easy one. Hill pitched 7 shutout innings in the 7-0 triumph to even the series at two games.
Speaking of Thome, he was just getting warmed up. He turned Game 5 around with another Thome dinger to put Cleveland ahead, 3-2. Orel Hershiser and four relievers made it stand and went back to Seattle needing just one win for the pennant.
The Big Unit wasn't as sharp as he was all year long, but held Cleveland to one run through 7 innings of Game 6 at the Kingdome. Trouble was, El Presidente--Dennis Martinez--shut out the M's. And in the 8th, a passed ball led to two runs scoring--Kenny Lofton from 2nd on a mad dash. The clock struck midnight for the Mariners, and for the Cleveland Indians, they won 4-0 to capture their first AL pennant since 1954. Now it was on to the World Series to face the potent Braves.
All was not lost for the Mariners, as the miracle run was enough to pave the way for the Washington State legislature to grant the team the funding needed for construction of a brand new ballpark. The Mariners are here to stay in Seattle.
In my humble opinion, the 95’ Tribe was the best team to not win the World Series. I believe they also had a real shot in 94’ but that darn strike meant no postseason. Man was that 95’ team stacked!
Have to agree..the hitting power with the best closer won 100 games--in a short season!😊❤
Sweet memories
The Indians' first AL pennant since 1954.
Find all the Hall of Famers in this series: Griffey, Thome, Johnson, Martinez, Murray...(more?)😊❤
I predict that in the year 2842 the mariners will finally get over the hump and make it to a World Series.
Jim Thome did not play in game 3 because he hits left-handed and Randy Johnson is a left-hand pitcher. I noticed that alot about Thome, when Cleveland was in the postseason from 95 to 2001, when a left handed starting pitching would start, Cleveland would sit Thome. WOW
2:53 Great play by Vizquel
4:02 Another great play by Vizquel
the Mariners offense just disappeared in this series, especially when they got shut down in games 4 and 6
Was this before they used music ?
From a historical perspective, this might be the most unlikely League Championship Series matchup of all time. You had Cleveland which had not played in the postseason since 1954, and Seattle which had never even been to the playoffs before. These were two franchises that had NO recent history of success whatsoever.
wrong. the Indians very well could have won it all in 1994 without the strike.