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The 1995 American League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1995 regular season, played between the California Angels and Seattle Mariners to determine the winner of the American League's (AL) West Division. The game was played on October 2, 1995, at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. The game was necessary after both teams finished the strike-shortened 144-game season with identical win–loss records of 78–66. Seattle won the game by a score of 9–1, securing its first postseason berth in franchise history. The game matched two highly unlikely teams: the Angels had not been to the postseason since 1986, and had not finished above third place in the AL West since.〔 On the other hand, the Mariners had never been to the postseason, and before 1995 only had two seasons with a winning percentage above .500.〔 With less than two months left in the 1995 regular season, the Angels held a comfortable lead in the AL West standings, 11 games ahead of the second-place Texas Rangers〔 and 13 games ahead of the third-place Mariners.〔 However, the Mariners mounted a late-season comeback, coupled with a late-season collapse by the Angels, to force the tie-breaker. After winning the tie-breaker, the Mariners advanced to play the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series. They won the series in five games on an 11th-inning double by Edgar Martínez in Game 5. After advancing to the AL League Championship Series, they lost to the Cleveland Indians in six games. The Angels, meanwhile, did not earn a trip to the postseason until 2002. ==Line score and summary== As per normal MLB practice at the time, the home team for this game was determined by a series of coin tosses held on September 18 to determine home teams for all potential one-game tiebreakers.〔 〕 All statistics compiled during the game were added to each player's and/or team's regular season statistics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historical Standings – Monday, Oct 2, 1995 )〕 The game was nationally televised on ESPN with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan making the call.〔 〕 The first six innings of the game were largely a pitchers' duel between Seattle staff ace Randy Johnson and California's Mark Langston, the Mariners' former staff ace who was traded to Montreal for Johnson in .〔 Seattle put runners in scoring position in the first and fifth innings, but only scored one run in the fifth when Dan Wilson scored on a single by Vince Coleman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=October 2, 1995 California Angels at Seattle Mariners Box Score and Play by Play )〕 Johnson was perfect—that is, he allowed no runners to reach base—until the 6th inning when Rex Hudler singled but was stranded at second base.〔 In the seventh inning, Langston allowed a single to Mike Blowers, then allowed Tino Martinez on base via fielder's choice, then hit Joey Cora to load the bases with two outs.〔 Luis Sojo followed with a double to right field that glanced off of first baseman J. T. Snow's glove and rolled under the Angels' bullpen bench, scoring Blowers, Martinez, and Cora. Sojo himself scored on the play as a result of Langston's throwing error,〔 and Langston was replaced by relief pitcher Bob Patterson.〔 Now trailing by five runs, the Angels threatened again in the 8th inning with runners on second and third, but Hudler grounded out to end the threat.〔 In the bottom of the 8th, the Mariners again had the bases loaded when Tino Martinez singled to score Edgar Martínez, followed by a Dan Wilson double that scored Jay Buhner and Blowers, and finally a sacrifice fly double play hit by Cora that scored Tino Martinez but got Wilson thrown out at third.〔 Tony Phillips led off the 9th for the Angels with a home run to avoid a shutout, but Johnson retired the next three Angels hitters〔 to record his sixth complete game and 18th win of the season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1995 American League West tie-breaker game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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