1995 American League Division Series 1

1995 American League Division Series
Cleveland Indians 100 - 44 in the AL	3 - 0 Series Summary	Boston Red Sox 86 - 58 in the AL

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
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The Teams

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians advanced to the series by winning the American League Central Division. The team was managed by Mike Hargrove.

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox advanced to the series by winning the American League East Division. The team was managed by Kevin Kennedy.

Umpires

• Games 1 and 2: Tim Welke, John Hirschbeck, Joe Brinkman, Rocky Roe, Don Denkinger, Dan Morrison
• Game 3: Jim McKean, Larry McCoy, Rich Garcia, Jim Joyce, Mike Reilly, Dale Scott

From 1995 to 2003, each league used two umpiring crews for its division series. The crews changed series at the change of venues (after Game 2).

The Games

Game 1

October 3, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 44,218)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Boston Red Sox 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 2 Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 10 2 Win: Ken Hill (1-0) Loss: Zane Smith (0-1) Home Runs: BOS - John Valentin (1), Luis Alicea (1), Tim Naehring (1); CLE - Albert Belle (1), Tony Pena (1)

Game 1 was a classic 13-inning game. In the 13th inning Tony Pena, one of the worst hitters on either team, homered to left on a 3-0 pitch. Bob Costas announcing the game seemed very disinterested and had been talking about unrelated things throughout the game. Costas had apparently given up on the game ever ending when he suddenly snapped out of it and yelled "And Pena sends everyone home!". The Red Sox thought they had the game won in the 11th, when Tim Naehring homered off Jim Poole for a 4-3 lead, but Albert Belle replied with a homer off Rick Aguilera to lead off the bottom of the inning.

Game 2

October 4, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 44,264)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x 4 4 2 Win: Orel Hershiser (1-0) Loss: Erik Hanson (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Eddie Murray (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1995 at Fenway Park II in Boston, MA; night game (Attendance: 34,211)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 11 2 Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 Win: Charles Nagy (1-0) Loss: Tim Wakefield (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Jim Thome (1)

Series Summary

Game	Score	Date	Ballpark, City	Attendance
1	Red Sox 4 - 5 Indians (13 innings)	October 3	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	44,218
2	Red Sox 0 - 4 Indians	October 4	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	44,264
3	Indians 8 - 2 Red Sox	October 6	Fenway Park II, Boston, MA	34,211

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