Oct. 5(*71*)
1941 — Brooklyn catcher Mickey Owen dropped a 3rd strike on Tommy Henrich of what would had been the closing out of a Dodgers victory in opposition to the New York Yankees. Given the second one likelihood, the Yankees scored 4 runs for a 7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead within the World Series, which they ended up successful.(*71*)
1947 — Al Gionfriddo’s catch in left box robbed Joe DiMaggio of a game-tying home run in Game 6 of the World Series. The Dodgers beat the Yankees 8-6.(*71*)
1966 — Baltimore aid pitcher Moe Drabowsky fanned 11 and gave up one hit in 6 2-3 innings to overcome the Dodgers 5-2 within the opening recreation of the World Series.(*71*)
1967 — Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox pitched a one-hit, 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the World Series 1-1. Carl Yastrzemski drove in 4 runs with hit two homers.(*71*)
1984 — Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez mix on a baseball (generic term) to provide the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win and a sweep of the Kansas (*72*) Royals within the American League Championship Series.(*71*)
1996 — Bernie Williams homered from each and every facet of the plate and Cecil Fielder broke a tie with a seventh-inning unmarried because the New York Yankees beat Texas 6-4 to win the AL collection 3-1 and advance to the ALCS.(*71*)
2001 — Barry Bonds set a brand new mark for home runs in one season, hitting Nos. 71 and 72, however San Francisco was once eradicated from the playoffs with an 11-10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The recreation time was once 4 hours, 27 mins, environment a report for the longest nine-inning recreation.(*71*)
2001 — The Mariners received their a hundred and fifteenth recreation of the 12 months to change into the winningest crew in American League historical past, passing the report the Yankees set 3 years previous.(*71*)
2002 — The wild-card Anaheim Angels roughed up Yankees starters Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina and David Wells in succession to win the AL department collection 3-1 and finish New York’s four-year run as league champions.(*71*)
2003 — The Chicago Cubs received their first postseason collection since 1908 after they beat Atlanta 5-1 within the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS.(*71*)
2014 — Nelson Cruz sliced a two-run homer for his newest large postseason hit, and the Baltimore Orioles swept Detroit’s Cy Young Award winners to carry off the Tigers 2-1 and achieve the AL Championship Series for the primary time since 1997.(*71*)
2016 — Madison Bumgarner pitched a 4-hitter in his newest postseason gem, Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run homer off Jeurys Familia within the 9th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the protecting NL champion New York Mets 3-0 within the wild-card recreation.(*71*)
2017 — Jose Altuve hit 3 home runs in an extraordinary display of energy for the 5-foot-6 main league batting champion because the Houston Astros roughed up Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox 8-2 in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.(*71*)