Now let's look at the action for Tuesday, September 20. We begin with Desmond's report from Baltimore:
Baltimore 11, Minnesota 9 (10 innings)
W - Alan Mills (4-3)
L - Carl Willis (5-5)
HR - MIN: Kirby Puckett 2 (29) , Dave Winfield (13)
BAL: Chris Hoiles (28), Jeffrey Hammonds (18)
Hoiles won it with a walk-off home run in the tenth inning and kept the Orioles alive in the wild card race, at least temporarily.
Now for my report from Chicago:
White Sox 13, Angels 3
The American League season is over, as the Pale Hose scored thirteen runs on twenty-two hits to win the wild card for themselves and hand the Western Division crown to the Rangers. Robin Ventura homered as part of a four-RBI evening, and reserve outfielder Bob Zupcic got the start in right field and went four for five, drove in two runs, and scored two more. Left fielder Tim Raines topped him, though: five for six, three runs scored and two RBIs. J.T. Snow homered for the Angels, but Frank Thomas finished the regular season with fifty-nine homers after going homerless tonight. He had two hits and drove in two runs, though.
The Sox will face the Rangers in the first ALDS, which will begin at the Ballpark in Arlington.
W- Alvarez (16-10)
L- Leftwich (9-13)
HR- CAL: Snow (14)
CWS: Ventura (29)
Finally, let's see what happened in Oakland from Joe Ray's report:
Rangers 14, Athletics 5
The Rangers sent twelve men to the plate in the bottom of the third and scored eight runs on their way to a laugher. Rusty Greer smacked a three-run homer in the second, and Will Clark added one of his own in the third. Dean Palmer added a bases-clearing double.
W- Whiteside (9-3)
L- Jimenez (1-6)
HR- TEX: Greer (16), Clark (25)
Note: As I did with the Yankees and Indians, I moved September 20 ahead of September 19 to wrap the regular season up. If using the other two days first would have created a tie in one of the races, I would have done so, but as it was the Rangers and White Sox would have remained in front and in clinching position no matter which days I used when.
Note 2: All other games scheduled to be played tonight in the American League have been canceled.
Now for your final American League standings, beginning in the East:
Yankees: 94-62 (clinched)
Orioles: 90-70- 6 GB
Tigers: 74-82- 20 GB
Blue Jays: 73-83- 21 GB
Red Sox: 68-88- 26 GB
In the Central:
Indians: 99-57 (clinched)
White Sox: 93-67- 8 GB
Royals: 81-75- 18 GB
Brewers: 76-83- 24.5 GB
Twins: 61-96- 38.5 GB
In the West:
Rangers: 77-83 (clinched)
Angels: 73-87- 4 GB
Mariners: 72-87- 4.5 GB
Athletics: 68-89- 7.5 GB
In the Wild Card:
White Sox: 93-67 (clinched)
Orioles: 90-70- 3 GB
That wraps up the '94 regular season. I'll be back to do the postseason shortly, but first I want to finish the '95 regular season in the American League. See you there!
Next: We begin the American League postseason.
Thoughts?
Baltimore 11, Minnesota 9 (10 innings)
W - Alan Mills (4-3)
L - Carl Willis (5-5)
HR - MIN: Kirby Puckett 2 (29) , Dave Winfield (13)
BAL: Chris Hoiles (28), Jeffrey Hammonds (18)
Hoiles won it with a walk-off home run in the tenth inning and kept the Orioles alive in the wild card race, at least temporarily.
Now for my report from Chicago:
White Sox 13, Angels 3
The American League season is over, as the Pale Hose scored thirteen runs on twenty-two hits to win the wild card for themselves and hand the Western Division crown to the Rangers. Robin Ventura homered as part of a four-RBI evening, and reserve outfielder Bob Zupcic got the start in right field and went four for five, drove in two runs, and scored two more. Left fielder Tim Raines topped him, though: five for six, three runs scored and two RBIs. J.T. Snow homered for the Angels, but Frank Thomas finished the regular season with fifty-nine homers after going homerless tonight. He had two hits and drove in two runs, though.
The Sox will face the Rangers in the first ALDS, which will begin at the Ballpark in Arlington.
W- Alvarez (16-10)
L- Leftwich (9-13)
HR- CAL: Snow (14)
CWS: Ventura (29)
Finally, let's see what happened in Oakland from Joe Ray's report:
Rangers 14, Athletics 5
The Rangers sent twelve men to the plate in the bottom of the third and scored eight runs on their way to a laugher. Rusty Greer smacked a three-run homer in the second, and Will Clark added one of his own in the third. Dean Palmer added a bases-clearing double.
W- Whiteside (9-3)
L- Jimenez (1-6)
HR- TEX: Greer (16), Clark (25)
Note: As I did with the Yankees and Indians, I moved September 20 ahead of September 19 to wrap the regular season up. If using the other two days first would have created a tie in one of the races, I would have done so, but as it was the Rangers and White Sox would have remained in front and in clinching position no matter which days I used when.
Note 2: All other games scheduled to be played tonight in the American League have been canceled.
Now for your final American League standings, beginning in the East:
Yankees: 94-62 (clinched)
Orioles: 90-70- 6 GB
Tigers: 74-82- 20 GB
Blue Jays: 73-83- 21 GB
Red Sox: 68-88- 26 GB
In the Central:
Indians: 99-57 (clinched)
White Sox: 93-67- 8 GB
Royals: 81-75- 18 GB
Brewers: 76-83- 24.5 GB
Twins: 61-96- 38.5 GB
In the West:
Rangers: 77-83 (clinched)
Angels: 73-87- 4 GB
Mariners: 72-87- 4.5 GB
Athletics: 68-89- 7.5 GB
In the Wild Card:
White Sox: 93-67 (clinched)
Orioles: 90-70- 3 GB
That wraps up the '94 regular season. I'll be back to do the postseason shortly, but first I want to finish the '95 regular season in the American League. See you there!
Next: We begin the American League postseason.
Thoughts?
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