40. 1995 AL Champion Cleveland Indians v. 105. 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers
Just 3 spots remain. The '48 Indians have gone through, this is the last chance for a Cleveland club to join them. The '42 Dodgers and the 2017 Dodgers are in to the next round; they'll get one more shot after this.
Indians 100-44 Mgr. Mike Hargrove (3rd AL Mgr of Year)
1st in AL Central
d. Red Sox ALDS
d. Mariners ALCS
lost to Braves WS
d. #89. 1923 Yankees (MVP-Kenny Lofton)
All-Stars: 2B Carlos Baerga, OF Albert Belle (2nd AL MVP) OF Kenny Lofton, SP Dennis Martinez, RP Jose Mesa (2nd AL Cy Young, 4th AL MVP) OF Manny Ramirez
Hall of Famers: Eddie Murray, Jim Thome, Dave Winfield
Dodgers 98-55 Mgr. Walter Alston
Won NL Pennant
d. Yankees in WS
d. #25 1908 Cubs (MVP-Jackie Robinson/Don Newcombe)
All-Stars C Roy Campanella, 1B Gil Hodges, SP Don Newcombe OF Duke Snider
Hall of Famers: Roy Campanella (NL MVP) Sandy Koufax, Tommy Lasorda, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider (2nd NL MVP) Walter Alston
Dodgers-Walter Alston
3B Robinson (36) 95 2.5
CF Snider (28) (LH) 169 7.4
C Campanella (33) 152 5.6
RF Furillo (33) 130 4.1
1B Hodges (31) 127 4.4
LF Amoros (25) (LH) 95 1.4
SS Reese (36) 103 3.7
DH Walker (29) (LH) 84
2B Gilliam (26) (SH) 83 2.2
P Newcombe (29) 128 6.2
Bench
DH Hoak (27) 87
2B Zimmer (24) 88
SP2 Loes (25) 114 1.7
SP3 Erskine (28) 108 1.8
Every starting pitcher in this series is RH, so we are unlikely to see a lot of substitutions. Dodgers would let Newcombe hit instead of a DH if I had the ability to do that.
Indians-Mike Hargrove
CF Lofton (28) (LH) 110 3.4
3B Thome (24) (LH) 157 5.6
LF Belle (28) 177 8.2
RF Ramirez (23) 147 3.7
DH Murray (39) (SH) 129 2.7
1B Sorrento (29) (LH) 116 1.1
2B Baerga (26) (SH) 108 3.4
C Alomar (29) 107 1.7
SS Vizquel (28) (SH) 78 2.4
P Martinez (41) 152 4.3
Bench
C Pena (38) 75
OF Kirby (31) 45
1B Perry (25) 117
IF Espinoza (33) 51
DH Winfield (43) 49
SP2 Ogea (24) 154 2.3
SP3 Hershiser (36) 121 3.5
See Dodger comment; Murray might play first when the series shifts to Brooklyn, that's probably dependent on performance in games 1-2.
WAR:
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WAR: Indians 7 Dodgers 6, Indians have seed advantage and WAR advantage, they also have the best position player, Belle. They're favored here.
GAME ONE
1st: Jacobs Field, Cleveland - 41 year old Dennis Martinez takes the ball for the Indians. 12-5, 3.08. Dennis Martinez broke in way back in 1976 and spent the first 11 years of his career with the Orioles (he's been on three teams that lost in this round) He was 5th in the Cy Young in '81. In '86, Martinez goes to Montreal and spends the next 8 years with the Expos. He's 5th in the Cy Young in '91. In '94 - he comes to Cleveland, he was on the AL All star team this year. He spends 3 seasons in Cleveland and he finishes with the '98 Braves. He gives up a one out single to Duke Snider, that's it.
1st: 29 year old RH shared the MVP for Brooklyn's round one win, 20-5, 3.20. Newcombe was Rookie of the Year in '49, missed '52 and '53 for the military, he was 7th this year in the MVP. Next year - he will win it. Newcombe's dealt to the Reds during the Dodgers first season in LA - he spends the last 20 games of his career with the Indians in 1960. He gets 2 - but then gives up a bomb to Albert Belle, a massive shot to dead center and the Indians are on the board. Dodgers 0 Indians 1
2nd: Gil Hodges singles. Hodges was 19 when he broke in in '43, missed 2 years for WWII, he's 8th in the MVP in '50. 10th in '54. He's 31 this year and was on the All Star team. He's 7th in the MVP in '57, Hodges spends 4 seasons with the club in Los Angeles and then heads to the Mets in the expansion draft, spends the last two years of his career in New York and stops in '63. That's it.
2nd: Carlos Baerga walks with 2 out, he broke in in '90, 10th in the MVP in '93, he made his 3rd All Star team this year at the age of 26 and next season he's on the move, sent to the Mets for Jeff Kent (as a 19 year old prospect, he was sent from the Padres organization with Sandy Alomar for Joe Carter). Baerga will wind up back in San Diego - and the Padres will again send him to Cleveland, for 22 games in '99. Baerga's last year is '05 in DC. That's it.
3rd: Jim Gilliam singles. Gilliam spends all 14 years of his career with the Dodgers, Rookie of the Year in '53, next year he will finish 5th in the MVP. Gilliam will lead the league in walks in Los Angeles in '59, finishes 6th in the MVP in '63 and stops in '66. That's all.
3rd: Omar Vizquel doubles. Vizquel broke in with the Mariners in '89 at 22, they shipped him to Cleveland last year for Felix Fermin and Reggie Jefferson. Viquel won his 3rd straight Gold Glove this year (he wins 11) He's an All Star in '98, '99, and '02 and he'll leave for San Francisco in '05. Vizquel finishes with the Jays in '12. Newcombe gets two -- but then there's Albert Belle again - he bombs a 2nd homer of the day - a 2 run bomb to left center. Albert Belle has all the RBI today, Dodgers 0 Albert Belle 3
4th: Roy Campanella singles; Campy's 33, broke in back in '48, was MVP in '51 and '53 and then again this season. His final season is Brooklyn's final season, '57. And then Carl Furillo follows with a 2 run shot to put the Dodgers right back in this one. Carl Furillo 2 Albert Belle 3
4th: 1-2-3
5th: 1-2-3
5th: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Newcombe.
6th: Campanella singles again, this time with one out, that's all.
6th: Belle singles with one out -- and this time it's Manny Ramirez, crushing a 2 run homer to center. Manny is just 23, he broke in 2 seasons ago, 2nd in Rookie of the Year last year, he made his first All Star team this year, 3 years from now he's 6th in the MVP, in '99 he's 3rd, in '00 he's 6th again and then he's gone, off to the Red Sox. 9th place finishes in '01 and '02, 6th in '03, 3rd in '04, 4th in '05 and '08 - that's his last year with the Sox, he'd moved to the Dodgers. Manny finishes in Tampa in '11. Dodgers 2 Indians 5
7th: Pee Wee Reese hits a one out single. 13 years prior, Reese was the shortstop for the '42 team that already advanced, so we've discused him. Reese is 36 this year, finished 9th in the MVP. Rube Walker follows with a walk - Jim Gilliam and Jackie Robinson hit back to back run scoring singles to the bring the Dodgers within a run. Mike Hargrove has a deep pen, he goes to it now, 31 year old RH Eric Plunk has a 2.67 ERA - he walks Snider to load the bases, and then Campanella singles again -- it scores two runs - the Dodgers have gone out in front here in the big 7th inning. Plunk gets the second out, then walks Hodges. The Dodgers send 10 men to the plate. Dodgers 6 Indians 5
7th: Carlos Baerga hits Newcombe's first pitch over the wall in right center and it is all tied at 6. Wild, wild game 1. 28 year old RH Clem Labine has 13 wins, 11 saves and he enters now for the skipper Alston. Dodgers 6 Indians 6
8th: 22 year old RH Julian Tavarez has 10 wins and a 2.44 ERA and he's next for Cleveland, Pee Wee Reese hits his first pitch for a double and Brooklyn's got the go ahead run in scoring position. Tavarez gets the next 2 and then walks Robinson - and then Duke Snider hits a 3 run homer! Duke Snider hits a 3 run bomb to right center and the Dodgers have taken a 3 run lead! Hargrove is back out to the mound and it's the 29 year old lefty Jim Poole who gets the call with his 3.75 ERA. He's greeted with base hits from Campanella and Furillo - but that's it. Dodgers 9 Indians 6
8th: Jim Thome singles. Thome's a 24 year old third baseman, he came up in '91, this is his first season as an everyday player. Two years from now he's 6th in the MVP, he leads the league in walks in '99, he'll have back to back 7th place MVP finishes in '01 and '02 and then he's gone, leaving for the Phillies when he's 32. He's got a 4th place MVP finish in '03 and he makes the AL All Star team with the White Sox in '06. Thome comes back to Cleveland for 22 games in '11 and finishes with the Orioles the following season. That's all though - the Dodgers are about to win game one.
9th: Sandy Amoros singles. The 25 year old Dodger LF broke in 3 seasons prior, except for the final 65 games of his career in Detroit in 1960, Amoros plays his entire career with the Dodgers. That's it.
9th: Labine is just 3 outs away from the Dodgers taking game one.
1-2-3
Dodgers 9
Indians 6
WP Labine
LP Tavarez
Brooklyn scores 7 in the 7th and 8th to take game 1.
For the Dodgers...
Robinson 2x
Snider 2x w/game winning 3 run HR
Campanella 4x
Furillo 2x w/HR
Hodges 2x
Reese 2x w/double
Labine throws 3 scoreless
For the Indians
Belle 3x/w 2HR
Ramirez HR
Baerga 2x w/HR
Vizquel double
One more in Cleveland - Indians need this one.
3B Robinson (36) 95 2.5
CF Snider (28) (LH) 169 7.4
C Campanella (33) 152 5.6
RF Furillo (33) 130 4.1
1B Hodges (31) 127 4.4
LF Amoros (25) (LH) 95 1.4
SS Reese (36) 103 3.7
2B Gilliam (26) (SH) 83 2.2
DH Hoak (27) 87
SP2 Loes (25) 114 1.7
CF Lofton (28) (LH) 110 3.4
3B Thome (24) (LH) 157 5.6
LF Belle (28) 177 8.2
RF Ramirez (23) 147 3.7
DH Murray (39) (SH) 129 2.7
1B Sorrento (29) (LH) 116 1.1
2B Baerga (26) (SH) 108 3.4
C Alomar (29) 107 1.7
SS Vizquel (28) (SH) 78 2.4
SP2 Ogea (24) 154 2.3
GAME TWO
1st: 24 year old RH Chad Ogea takes the mound at the Jake. 8-3, 3.05. This is the only season in his 6 year career where Ogea has an ERA under 4.50 - this is his second season, his last year is '99 with the Phillies. He gets one - but then Duke Snider hits his second homer of the series, his 3 run shot won game 1 and he puts the Dodgers in front here. Dodgers 1 Indians 0
1st: 25 year old RH Billy Loes has the early 1-0 lead. 10-4, 3.59. Loes came up in '50, lost a year with the military, this is his last full season with the Dodgers, next year he's sold to the Orioles, he finishes in San Francisco in '61. He gives up a one out double to Jim Thome, that's it.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: Eddie Murray singles. Murray is now 39, he's been on two teams that lost in this round. Murray hit 9 homers in 9 career postseason series. Paul Sorrento walks, Loes gets the next two - but gives up an Omar Vizquel base hit that ties this one at 1. Dodgers 1 Indians 1
3rd: 1-2-3, Ogea sets down 8 straight
3rd: Albert Belle hit 2 game 1 homers and he singles with one out. Belle was 22 when he came up in '89, he's 7th in the MVP in '93, 3rd in '94, he was 2nd this year, finishes third next year and then he's gone. Belle signs with the White Sox in '97 and finishes 8th in the MVP and his last year in the league is '00 in Baltimore. Ramirez follows with a single and here's Eddie Murray - singling home a run. Loes gets the second out - then gives up another run scoring single to Baerga. Dodgers 1 Indians 3
4th: Campanella singles with one out - he had four game 1 singles. That's it.
4th: Vizquel walks, Kenny Lofton singles. Lofton's 28, broke in with the Astros in '91, Cleveland stole him in an offseason deal and he's 2nd in Rookie of the Year in '92. Lofton leads the league in steals in '93 and was 4th in the MVP last season. This year, he led the league in steals and triples. He leads the league in steals again next year and then he's off to Atlanta for a season, he and Alan Embree are dealt for David Justice and Marquis Grissom. Back he comes to Cleveland in '98 and adds two more All Star appearances. Lofton leaves for the White Sox in '02, he has a stint with the Dodgers in '06 and comes back to Cleveland one more time to finish up in '07. Thome grounds out and it scores a run. Belle walks - and here's Manny again, he doubles in 2 runs and the Indians are steamrolling Brooklyn today. Murray walks, That's it. Dodgers 1 Indians 6
5th: Gilliam draws a two out walk, that's it.
5th: The Dodgers go to the pen - calling on 19 year old lefty Sandy Koufax for his very first apperance in the tournament. Koufax had a 3.02 ERA in 41 innings. It's Koufax's rookie season, he starts being Sandy Koufax six years later in '61 when he leads the league in Ks. In '62, he will lead in ERA, he wins the Cy Young in '63, 3rd in '64, wins in both '64 and '65 and then retires. 1-2-3, Koufax strikes out 2.
6th: Robinson walks with one out, that's it. Just 2 hits for Brooklyn off Ogea today.
6th: Belle doubles with one out and here's Manny again, doubling him home. Dodgers 1 Indians 7
7th: Campanella doubles, an out later Hodges doubles him home. Amoros follows with a run scoring double and the Dodgers have a little something going. Eric Plunk enters, ends it. Dodgers 3 Indians 7
7th: Sandy Alomar singles with one out, Alomar is 29, - up with the Padres in '88, dealt to the Indians in the Baerga deal previously discussed. Rookie of the Year in '90 with Cleveland, Alomar makes 6 All Star teams with the Indians. Alomar is 35 when he heads to the White Sox in '01, he finishes as a Met in '07. That's it.
8th: Duke Snider hits a 2 out triple, scores on a Campanella double, the Dodgers get a little closer. And when Carl Furillo reaches on an error - it scores Campanella and now it's 7-5 and this sold out Cleveland crowd is reeling. Julian Tavarez took the game 1 loss and he comes on to end it. Dodgers 5 Indians 7
8th: Jim Thome has a long at bat against Koufax, on for his 4th inning in relief, and it ends with a homer to right - that probably nails this one down. Clem Labine is on for the Dodgers, he gets one, then walks Ramirez/Murray - Sorrento is aboard on an error and then a Baerga single scores two more. We'll be heading to Ebbets, all tied up. Dodgers 5 Indians 10
9th: Amoros walks, that's it.
Dodgers 5
Indians 10
WP Ogea
LP Loes
Indians kept the power bats going in game two and it paid off as they even the series.
For the Indians
Belle 6x/w 2HR, double
Ramirez 5x w/HR, 2 doubles
Baerga 4x w/HR
Vizquel 3x w/double
Thome 2x in game 2 w/HR, double
Murray 4x in game 2
For the Dodgers...
Robinson 3x
Snider 4x w/ 2HR
Campanella 7x w/2 doubles
Furillo 2x w/HR
Hodges 3x w/double
Reese 2x w/double
Amoros game 2 double
We head to Ebbets where a future Dodger Hall of Famer looks to give Cleveland the series lead.
CF Lofton (28) (LH) 110 3.4
3B Thome (24) (LH) 157 5.6
LF Belle (28) 177 8.2
RF Ramirez (23) 147 3.7
1B Murray (39) (SH) 129 2.7
2B Baerga (26) (SH) 108 3.4
C Alomar (29) 107 1.7
SS Vizquel (28) (SH) 78 2.4
SP3 Hershiser (36) 121 3.5
3B Robinson (36) 95 2.5
CF Snider (28) (LH) 169 7.4
C Campanella (33) 152 5.6
RF Furillo (33) 130 4.1
1B Hodges (31) 127 4.4
LF Amoros (25) (LH) 95 1.4
SS Reese (36) 103 3.7
2B Gilliam (26) (SH) 83 2.2
SP3 Erskine (28) 108 1.8
GAME THREE
1st: The series shifts to Brooklyn and the Dodgers turn to Carl Erskine, 28 year old RH, 11-8, 3.79. Erskine broken in 7 years prior, was 9th in the MVP in '53, made his only All Star team in '54. Next season will be his last with double digit wins and he's done following the '59 LA season. 1-2-3
1st: Attempting to stifle the Dodgers today - Orel Hershiser. 36 year old RH, 16-6, 3.87. Hershiser spent the first dozen years of his career with the Dodgers, broke in in '83, 3rd in Rookie of the Year in '84. third in the Cy Young in '85, 4th in '87, he wins it in '88 and is 4th in '89. That's the end of his real run - he's with the Dodgers through '94 and this year he signed with the Indians. He has a nice bounce back in Cleveland and heads to San Francisco in 1998. He comes back to LA to finish in '00. Hershiser gives up a leadoff single to Jackie Robinson, that's it.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Omar Vizquel walks with one out, Lofton singles after the second out - that's all.
3rd: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Hershiser.
4th: Manny Ramirez singles with one out and Eddie Murray follows - Murray reached 4 times in game two and that earned him a start at first base in LA, that sends Manny to third - and he scores the game's firt run on a Baerga groundout. Indians 1 Dodgers 0
4th: 1-2-3, 11 straight for Hershiser
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Carl Furillo ties the game with a home run. It's his second homer of the series - Furillo's 33, he broke in in '46, 6th in the MVP in '49, 9th in '53, he'll go to LA with the club and stop in '60. Gil Hodges follows with a base hit - and Sandy Amoros triples him home and the Dodgers take the lead. Hershiser walks Reese -- and then gives up a 3 run jack to Jim Gilliam -- the Dodgers have broken through against Orel Hershiser here in the 5th. 29 year old RH Ken Hill comes on, he's got a 3.98 ERA - he gets 2, then gives up a Duke Snider double, that's all -- big inning for Brooklyn. Indians 1 Dodgers 5
6th: With Newcombe set to come back against them tomorrow, Cleveland really needed this one today, it's not out of hand, but it's a long climb back. 1-2-3, 8 straight for Erskine.
6th: Furillo singles, an out later Amoros draws a walk - that's all.
7th: Only 3 Cleveland hits today; Baerga is the 4th, doubling with one out. After the second out Vizquel plates him with a single. Clem Labine comes on for Brooklyn - he ends it. Indians 2 Dodgers 5
7th: Eric Plunk again for the Indians; Labine hit 3 homers this year -- and he hits a 4th right now, just clearing the left field wall - and that might be the insurance Brooklyn needs and Ebbets Field explodes in joy. Indians 2 Dodgers 6
8th: 1-2-3
8th: Plunk gets 2 - but then Sandy Amoros homers to give the Dodgers anothe run. 38 year old lefty Bud Black makes an appearance now for Hargrove to end it. Indians 2 Dodgers 7
9th: Murray walks with one out, Baerga singles - Alomar walks and the bases are loaded.
Vizquel singles. Scores a run.
Herbert Perry is a 25 year old first baseman and he's the hitter now - He singles. It scores a run - the Indians still have the bases loaded and now are down 3.
23 year old RH Ed Roebuck comes on for the Dodgers, he's got a 4.71 ERA - he gets Lofton to line hard to center - it holds up for Snider -- and then Thome hits a ball to the track - but Furillo snags it and it's over.
Indians 4
Dodgers 7
WP Erskine
LP Hershiser
Some 9th inning fun here in Brooklyn - but the Dodgers hold on and now take a 2-1 series lead.
For the Dodgers...
Robinson 4x
Snider 5x w/ 2HR, double
Campanella 7x w/2 doubles
Furillo 4x w/2HR
Hodges 4x w/double
Reese 3x w/double
Amoros 4x in games 2-3 w/ HR, triple, double
Gilliam game 3 3 run HR
For the Indians
Belle 6x/w 2HR, double
Ramirez 6x w/HR, 2 doubles
Baerga 6x w/HR, double
Vizquel 6x w/double
Thome 2x in game 2 w/HR, double
Murray 6x in game 2-3
One more in Brooklyn - game 1 starters return, Dodgers looking to claim spot #30.
CF Lofton (28) (LH) 110 3.4
3B Thome (24) (LH) 157 5.6
LF Belle (28) 177 8.2
RF Ramirez (23) 147 3.7
1B Sorrento (29) (LH) 116 1.1
2B Baerga (26) (SH) 108 3.4
SS Vizquel (28) (SH) 78 2.4
C Pena (38) 75
P Martinez (41) 152 4.3
3B Robinson (36) 95 2.5
CF Snider (28) (LH) 169 7.4
C Campanella (33) 152 5.6
RF Furillo (33) 130 4.1
1B Hodges (31) 127 4.4
LF Amoros (25) (LH) 95 1.4
SS Reese (36) 103 3.7
2B Gilliam (26) (SH) 83 2.2
P Newcombe (29) 128 6.2
GAME FOUR
1st: Don Newcombe takes the Ebbets Field mound, 9 innings from moving the Dodgers to the next round. Newcombe was not good in limited postseason action, 8.59 ERA in 22 IP. Kenny Lofton hits his first pitch over the wall in right center to put the Tribe on the board. Newcombe gets 2 - then hits Manny Ramirez; Hargrove went with Paul Sorrento at first today and it works - he triples home a second run. Sorrento broke in with the Twins in '89 (as a prospect, he was traded for Bert Blyleven) and the Indians got him in '93 for Curt Leskanic. He'll be here until '98 when he moves to Tampa and finishes the following season. Indians 2 Dodgers 0
1st: Dennis Martinez is staked to a 2-0 lead. In 43 career postseason innings he had a 3.32 ERA, 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Lofton walks - steals second - Jim Thome singles him home and it's 3-0. Newcombe gets the next two - but then it's Paul Sorrento again - he hits a two run blast and it's 5-0; there was a lot of talk headed into this one about the decision to go with Sorrento over Eddie Murray today - but it was a good one and the Tribe has the big lead. Baerga singles - that's all. Indians 5 Dodgers 0
3rd: Pee Wee Reese doubles; he's on third after an out and then scores on a wild pitch. Robinson walks after the second out - that's all. Indians 5 Dodgers 1
4th: Lofton singles with 2 out, that's it.
4th: Campanella doubles. Nothing else.
5th: Ramirez singles with 2 out - and then there's Sorrento again, he doubles him home - Paul Sorrento is the easiest part away from a cycle today - Indians 6 Dodgers 1
5th: 1-2-3, just 2 hits allowed today by 41 year old Dennis Martinez.
6th: Vizquel singles. That's it.
6th: 1-2-3, what a game from Martinez.
7th: 1-2-3
7th: 1-2-3, that's 11 straight from Dennis Martinez.
8th: 24 year old RH Don Bessent has a 2.70 ERA and he comes on for Brooklyn; Vizquel singles with 2 out, that's all. Sorrento does not hit for the cycle today.
8th: 1-2-3, 14 straight for Martinez!
9th: Martinez is left in to hit for himself and he singles; an out later Thome walks, and the second out later Ramirez singles home one more for the Indians. Indians 7 Dodgers 1
9th: Martinez gets his 15th - then Duke Snider homers to dead center. Campanella follows with a single, it ends.
Indians 7
Dodgers 2
WP Martinez
LP Newcombe
A 4 hitter for Martinez, strikes out 6, walks just one - Dennis Martinez had to win, he did, and now we head to Cleveland for Game 5.
For the Indians
Belle 6x/w 2HR, double
Ramirez 8x w/HR, 2 doubles
Baerga 7x w/HR, double
Vizquel 8x w/double
Thome 4x in game 2-4 w/HR, double
Murray 6x in game 2-3
Lofton 3x in game 4 w/HR
Sorrento 3x in game 4 w/HR, triple, double, 4 RBI
For the Dodgers...
Robinson 5x
Snider 6x w/ 3HR, double
Campanella 9x w/2 doubles
Furillo 4x w/2HR
Hodges 4x w/double
Reese 4x w/double
Amoros 4x in games 2-3 w/ HR, triple, double
Gilliam game 3 3 run HR
The 1951 Yankees await the winners of Game 5.
3B Robinson (36) 95 2.5
CF Snider (28) (LH) 169 7.4
C Campanella (33) 152 5.6
RF Furillo (33) 130 4.1
1B Hodges (31) 127 4.4
LF Amoros (25) (LH) 95 1.4
SS Reese (36) 103 3.7
2B Gilliam (26) (SH) 83 2.2
DH Zimmer (24) 88
SP2 Loes (25) 114 1.7
CF Lofton (28) (LH) 110 3.4
3B Thome (24) (LH) 157 5.6
LF Belle (28) 177 8.2
RF Ramirez (23) 147 3.7
DH Murray (39) (SH) 129 2.7
1B Sorrento (29) (LH) 116 1.1
2B Baerga (26) (SH) 108 3.4
C Alomar (29) 107 1.7
SS Vizquel (28) (SH) 78 2.4
SP2 Ogea (24) 154 2.3
GAME FIVE
1st: The 30th of 32 slots remaining in this tournament is about to be filled. Chad Ogea's right arm carries the hopes of the Jacobs Field faithful. In 38 career postseason IP Ogea had a 3.26 ERA. He opens by walking Robinson/Snider - but Ogea escapes.
1st: Billy Loes is his opponent - in 22 postseason IP he had a 4.91 ERA. Lofton singles, Thome singles him to third - Belle grounds into a double play, but that scores the game's first run. And then Manny hits a big home run to left -- the roar - the roar from this Cleveland crowd - the Indians go up 2-0. Loes walks Murray, that's all. Dodgers 0 Indians 2
2nd: Reese walks with one out - a second out moves him to third and then he scores on a Don Zimmer base hit. Zimmer's seeing his first action of the series as the DH, Zim's 24, in his second season, prior to the '60 season he be dealt to the Cubs for Ron Perranoski, he makes his only All Star team in '61, he winds up finishing with the Senators in '65. Dodgers 1 Indians 2
2nd: Vizquel singles with 2 out, that's all.
3rd: Campanella singles with one out, Furillo follows with a single and Hodges then walks. Bases loaded for Brooklyn - big spot in this series. Ogea gets the second out - then Reese singles, it scores 2 - and Gilliam then reaches on an error to score another. Big inning for the Dodgers 4 Indians 2
3rd: Thome walks, Loes gets one -- but then Manny Ramirez does it again - Manny hits a two run rocket to left -- his second homer of the day, third of the series - and he has tied this one at 4. Murray singles - Loes gets the second then walks Baerga. That's all. We got one today, folks. Dodgers 4 Indians 4
4th: All tied up - game 5 - Duke Snider doubles with one out. That's it.
4th: Loes gets 2 - and then Jim Thome homers to dead center and now the Indians regain this lead. Dodgers 4 Indians 5
5th: Cleveland goes to their pen right now. Ken Hill enters - 1-2-3
5th: Loes gets 2 - then Sorrento doubles, Baerga doubles - thats one more Cleveland run. Dodgers 4 Indians 6
6th: Gilliam walks. Zimmer singles. Okay - Dodgers in business. Jackie grounds out - it scores a run. Eric Plunk is on for the Indians; he walks Snider - but gets through it. Dodgers 5 Indians 6
6th: Clem Labine for the Dodgers - Vizquel triples and Lofton singles him home and the Indians get that run back. Labine gets one - then walks Belle and Ramirez to load them up - a Murray sac fly gets Cleveland one more. Dodgers 5 Indians 8
7th: 1-2-3, big inning here for Plunk and the Indians are 6 outs from the win.
7th: Alomar singles with one out - that's it.
8th: The Dodgers need to get going. Julian Tavarez is on for the Indians - 1-2-3.
8th: Ed Roebuck comes on - he gets two, then walks Ramirez and gives up a Murray base hit - tha'ts it. One more inning.
9th: Jose Mesa makes his first appearance in the series. Mesa is a 29 year old RH, 46 saves and a 1.13 ERA. Mesa was virtually unhittable in 1995. Mesa was 21 when he broke in with the Orioles in '87. Cleveland acquires him in '92,he was 4th in the MVP and 2nd in the Cy Young this year and makes the All Star team again in '96. In '98 he's gone, he and Shawon Dunston sent to the Giants for Jacob Cruz and Steve Reed, Mesa finishes with the Phillies in '07.
Duke Snider is first. K.
Roy Campanella is next. K.
Carl Furillo is next -- grounder to Thome -- onto Sorrento. Ballgame.
Dodgers 5
Indians 8
WP Hill
LP Loes
Belle 7x/w 2HR, double
Ramirez 12x w/3HR, 2 doubles
Baerga 9x w/HR, 2 doubles
Vizquel 10x w/double
Thome 7x in game 2-5 w/2HR, double
Murray 9x in game 2-5
Lot of offensive stars for the Indians in this series - but Manny reached more times and hit more homers than anyone in the series, including 2 today. He's the MVP.
