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Sal Bando went 2-for-4 with two RBIs while Reggie Jackson went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the A's. [1] This game, and Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, were the first LCS games ever played at night; [5] both were regionally televised by NBC.
Game 3 was the first night game in ALCS history. [ 9 ] The Red Sox and Athletics would meet in the postseason again three more times - in the ALCS in 1988 and 1990 , and the 2003 ALDS , with the Athletics sweeping the former two series, and the Red Sox winning the latter.
The ALCS and NLCS, since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and Games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not. The series concludes when one team records its fourth win.
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 ...
Joe Garagiola hosted the pre-game show, The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola, and teamed with Gowdy to call the games in 1975. Except for Game 1 in both League Championship Series, all games in 1975 were regionally televised. Game 3 of both League Championship Series were aired in prime time, the first time such an occurrence happened.
The Red Sox won the AL East division by 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 games over the Baltimore Orioles, then defeated the three-time defending World Series champion Oakland Athletics, three games to none, in the AL Championship Series. The sixth game of the World Series was a 12-inning classic at Boston's Fenway Park, which culminated with a walk-off home run by ...
Judge struck his first home run of the postseason off Guardians reliever Hunter Gaddis, a towering two-run drive to right center field that gave the Yankees a 6-2 lead in Game 2 of the ALCS ...
The 1975 All-Star Game saw the start of the tradition of naming honorary captains to the All-Star teams. The first honorary captains were Mickey Mantle (for the AL) and Stan Musial (for the NL). [2] It would also mark the final All-Star Game in which only "The Star-Spangled Banner", sung this year by Glen Campbell, was