1995 American League Championship Series

1995 American League Championship Series
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Cleveland Indians		Seattle Mariners
100-44 in the American League		79-66 in the American League

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The Teams

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians advanced to the series by winning in their Divisional Series matchup against the Boston Red Sox, 3 games to none. The team was managed by Mike Hargrove. The Indians were playing in an American League Championship Series for the first time.

Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners advanced to the series by winning in their Divisional Series matchup against the New York Yankees, 3 games to 2. The team was managed by Lou Piniella. The Mariners were also playing in an American League Championship Series for the first time.

Umpires

• Games 1-4: Dave Phillips, Derryl Cousins, Rick Reed, Dale Ford, Tim McClelland, Drew Coble,
• Game 5: Tim McClelland, Drew Coble, Derryl Cousins, Rick Reed, Dale Ford
• Game 6: Drew Coble, Ken Kaiser, Derryl Cousins, Rick Reed, Dale Ford, Tim McClelland

Crew chief Dave Phillips came down with the flu after Game 4 and had to be replaced, but a spare umpire was not available until Game 6.

The Games

Game 1

1995 MLB Postseason
LG	Division Series	League Champ.	World Series
AL	CLE - BOS	CLE - SEA	ATL - CLE
	SEA - NYY
NL	CIN - LAD	ATL - CIN
	ATL - COL
<< 1994		1996 >>

October 10, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 57,065)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 1 Seattle Mariners 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 0 Win: Bob Wolcott (1-0) Loss: Dennis Martinez (0-1) Save: Norm Charlton (1) Home Runs: CLE - Albert Belle (1); SEA - Mike Blowers (1)

Game 2

October 11, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 58,144)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 5 12 0 Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1 Win: Orel Hershiser (1-0) Loss: Tim Belcher (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Manny Ramirez 2 (2); SEA - Ken Griffey (1), Jay Buhner (1)

Game 3

October 13, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,643)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 Win: Norm Charlton (1-0) Loss: Julian Tavarez (0-1) Home Runs: SEA - Jay Buhner 2 (3)

Game 4

October 14, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,686)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Cleveland Indians 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 7 9 0 Win: Ken Hill (1-0) Loss: Andy Benes (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Eddie Murray (1), Jim Thome (1)

Game 5

October 15, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,607)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 Cleveland Indians 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 3 10 4 Win: Orel Hershiser (2-0) Loss: Chris Bosio (0-1) Save: Jose Mesa (1) Home Runs: CLE - Jim Thome (2)

Game 6

October 17, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 58,489)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 8 0 Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Win: Dennis Martinez (1-1) Loss: Randy Johnson (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Carlos Baerga (1)

Series Summary

Game	Score	Date	Ballpark, City	Attendance
1	Indians 2 - 3 Mariners	October 10	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	57,065
2	Indians 5 - 2 Mariners	October 11	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	58,144
3	Mariners 5 - 2 Indians (11 innings)	October 13	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,643
4	Mariners 0 - 7 Indians	October 14	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,686
5	Mariners 2 - 3 Indians	October 15	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,607
6	Indians 4 - 0 Mariners	October 17	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	58,489

The Series MVP was Orel Hershiser of the Cleveland Indians.

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