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The 1978 American League East tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1978 regular season.The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston on the afternoon of Monday, October 2 between the rival New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to determine the winner of the American League's (AL) East Division.
Prior to the start of this game, both teams had to deal with bad news. Ron Guidry, he of the incredible 25–3 Cy Young Award-winning season, would be unavailable to start until Game 4, if played, at least. Guidry pitched the AL East division tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox and was starting to have arm
The Red Sox then win eight games in a row to force the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game on October 2. Ralph Houk , 59, manager of the Detroit Tigers since 1974 , announces his retirement after five years at the helm.
The MLB playoffs open with four wild card series on Oct. 7 and conclude with the World Series, which starts Oct. 28 and could end Nov. 5.
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
Some of baseball's most iconic moments have come in the 163rd game of the season, a tradition that won't continue this season. RIP Game 163: MLB's new postseason system ends storied one-game ...
One-game playoff games appended to a Major League Baseball season to break a tie in the regular-season standings. This does not include "winner-takes-all" final games of a postseason series, e.g., the seventh game of a best-of-seven series.
c Boston and Cleveland of the American League Central were tied for the first and second seed, but the Red Sox claimed the top overall seed by winning the season series 5–2, relegating Cleveland to the second seed. d Tampa Bay and Texas of the American League West were tied for the second wild-card berth and played in a tie-breaker game. The ...