1995 Division Series: Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox by Baseball Almanac

1995 Division Series: Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox

The inaugural American League Divisional Series matched the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Indians, who were hosting their first postseason game since October 2, 1954, as well as the Seattle Mariners, who were making their first postseason appearance ever, against the New York Yankees. Game 1 of the "Beantown versus C-Town" series resulted in the longest postseason game in Major League Baseball history clocking in at just over five hours. Indians catcher Tony Pena ended the marathon with a homer in the bottom of the thirteenth-inning to seal the 5-4 win. Cleveland maintained their momentum for the next two outings resulting in a sweep and a ticket to their first American League Championship in franchise history.

The Seattle Mariners lost their first game 9-8 at Yankee Stadium despite two home runs by Ken Griffey, Jr., but somehow managed to battle back again and again against their favored opponents. With New York scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the eleventh in Game 5, Yankee skipper Buck Showalter called on starter Jack McDowell to close the deal. McDowell however, stumbled on the mound and was unable to record a single out. Seattle slugger Edgar Martinez took advantage of the struggling pitcher and knocked a clutch, two-run double down the left-field line, scoring Ken Griffey, Jr. and clinching the Divisional series victory for Seattle.

"And not surprisingly, the Curse of the Rocky Colavito fell in three straight to the Curse of the Bambino-in other words, the Tribe won." - Total Baseball VII (2001)

1995 Division Series Kenny Lofton, Albert Belle & Carlos Baerga
1995 Division Series Fast Facts
Game 1	Date / Box Score	10-03-1995
	Location	Jacobs Field
	Attendance	44,218
Game 2	Date / Box Score	10-04-1995
	Location	Jacobs Field
	Attendance	44,264
Game 3	Date / Box Score	10-06-1995
	Location	Fenway Park
	Attendance	34,211
1995 Division Series Fast Facts

1995 Division Series Game 1 Line Score / Box Score
1995 Division Series Game 1 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	2
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	10	2
Boston Pitcher(s)									Cleveland Pitcher(s)
Roger Clemens Rheal Cormier (8^th) Stan Belinda (8^th) Mike Stanton (8^th) Rick Aguilera (11^th) Mike Maddux (11^th) Zane Smith (13^th, L)									Dennis Martinez Julian Tavarez (7^th) Paul Assenmacher (8^th) Eric Plunk (8^th) Jose Mesa (10^th) Jim Poole (11^th) Ken Hill (12^th, W)
Boston Home Runs									Cleveland Home Runs
John Valentin (3^rd) Luis Alicea (8^th) Tim Naehring (11^th)									Albert Belle (11^th) Tony Pena (13^th) -
1995 Division Series Game 1 Capsule

1995 Division Series Game 2 Line Score / Box Score
1995 Division Series Game 2 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	x	4	4	2
Boston Pitcher(s)						Cleveland Pitcher(s)
Erik Hanson (L) - - -						Orel Hershiser (W) Julian Tavarez (8^th) Paul Assenmacher (8^th) Jose Mesa (9^th)
Boston Home Runs						Cleveland Home Runs
None						Eddie Murray (8^th)
1995 Division Series Game 2 Capsule

1995 Division Series Game 3 Line Score / Box Score
1995 Division Series Game 3 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	8	11	2
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1
Cleveland Pitcher(s)						Boston Pitcher(s)
Charles Nagy (W) Julian Tavarez (8^th) Paul Assenmacher (9^th) -						Tim Wakefield (L) Rheal Cormier (6^th) Mike Maddux (6^th) Joe Hudson (9^th)
Cleveland Home Runs						Boston Home Runs
Jim Thome (2^nd)						None
1995 Division Series Game 3 Capsule

1995 Division Series Hitting Statistics
Name	Pos	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	Avg	BB	SO	SB
Sandy Alomar, Jr. Paul Assenmacher Carlos Baerga Albert Belle Alvaro Espinoza Orel Hershiser Ken Hill Wayne Kirby Kenny Lofton Dennis Martinez Jose Mesa Eddie Murray Charles Nagy Tony Pena Herb Perry Eric Plunk Jim Poole Manny Ramirez Paul Sorrento Julian Tavarez Jim Thome Omar Vizquel	c p 2b of 3b p p of-2 of p p dh p c ph p p of 1b p 3b ss	3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3	11 0 14 11 1 0 0 1 13 0 0 13 0 2 1 0 0 12 10 0 13 12	2 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2	1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0	1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2	1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4	.182 .000 .286 .273 .000 .000 .000 1.000 .154 .000 .000 .385 .000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 .000 .154 .167	0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2	1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 2	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals			114	25	4	1	4	17	17	.219	13	22	1
1995 Division Series Hitting Statistics
Name	Pos	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	Avg	BB	SO	SB
Rick Aguilera Luis Alicea Stan Belinda Jose Canseco Roger Clemens Rheal Cormier Mike Greenwell Erik Hanson Bill Haselman Dwayne Hosey Joe Hudson Reggie Jefferson Mike Macfarlane Mike Maddux Willie McGee Tim Naehring Zane Smith Matt Stairs Mike Stanton Lee Tinsley John Valentin Mo Vaughn Tim Wakefield	p 2b p dh-2,of-1 p p of p c of p dh c p of 3b p ph p of ss 1b p	1 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 1	0 10 0 13 0 0 15 0 2 12 0 4 9 0 4 13 0 1 0 5 12 14 0	0 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0	.000 .600 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 .333 .000 .250 .308 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 .000 .000	0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0	0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals			114	21	2	0	3	6	6	.184	11	26	2

1995 Division Series Pitching Statistics
Name	W	L	G	GS	CG	S	Sh	IP	ERA	H	SO	ER	BB
Paul Assenmacher Orel Hershiser Ken Hill Dennis Martinez Jose Mesa Charles Nagy Eric Plunk Jim Poole Julian Tavarez	0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3	0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	1.2 7.1 1.1 6.0 2.0 7.0 1.1 1.2 2.2	0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 1.29 0.00 5.40 6.75	0 3 1 5 0 4 1 2 5	3 7 2 2 0 6 1 2 3	0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2	0 2 0 0 2 5 1 1 0
Totals	3	0	14	3	0	0	0	31.0	1.74	21	26	6	11
1995 Division Series Pitching Statistics
Name	W	L	G	GS	CG	S	Sh	IP	ERA	H	SO	ER	BB
Rick Aguilera Stan Belinda Roger Clemens Rheal Cormier Erik Hanson Joe Hudson Mike Maddux Zane Smith Mike Stanton Tim Wakefield	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1	0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0.2 0.1 7.0 0.2 8.0 1.0 3.0 1.1 2.1 5.1	13.50 0.00 3.86 13.50 4.50 0.00 0.00 6.75 0.00 11.81	3 0 5 2 4 2 2 1 1 5	1 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 4 4	1 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 7	0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 5
Totals	0	3	12	3	1	0	0	29.2	5.16	25	22	17	13

The normally powerful 1995 Boston Red Sox lineup featured Jose Canseco (.306 batting average with twenty-four homers in the regular season) & Mo Vaughn (.300 batting average with thirty-nine homers in the regular season) going 0-27.

After Indians slugger Albert Belle hit a game tieing home run during the eleventh inning of Game 1, the Boston Red Sox accused him of using a corked bat. American League officials confiscated the bat, sawed it in half, and found no cork in the slugger's bat.

Did you know that Game 1 of the 1995 Division Series was the first ever extra-inning contest in American League Division Series playoff history?

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