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The 1974 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five matchup in Major League Baseball's 1974 postseason between the East Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the West Division Champion Oakland Athletics. It was a rematch of the previous year's series and third meeting between the two teams in four seasons.
The Athletics returned to the postseason the next year in hopes to add a fourth consecutive title, but were swept by the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. The Dodgers would return to the World Series in 1977 and 1978, but lost both to their old American League rival in the New York Yankees in six games.
The Yankees led Game 4 by one run in the ninth inning, but a steal of second base by Red Sox base runner Dave Roberts and a single by Bill Mueller off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera tied the game. [3] David Ortiz hit a home run in extra innings for the Red Sox win.
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz jumps onto home plate after winning Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series at Fenway Park. The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason.
The 1974 Major League Baseball season: The Oakland Athletics won their third consecutive World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to one. Two notable personal milestones were achieved during the 1974 season.
October 14: ALCS Game 1, NLCS Game 2. October 15: ALCS Game 2. October 16: NLCS Game 3. October 17: ALCS Game 3, NLCS Game 4. October 18: ALCS Game 4, NLCS Game 5 (if necessary) October 19: ALCS ...
The Yankees scored two runs in the ninth to defeat the Guardians, 8-6, in ALCS Game 4 and now hold a 3-1 lead in the series. Instant analysis: This time, Yankees pull off late-inning heroics and ...
Long before Boston Red Sox second baseman Pokey Reese threw to first base off a grounder by New York Yankees pinch hitter Ruben Sierra in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 in the 2004 ...