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The Yankees prevailed in an offensive duel in Game 1, and then blew out the Padres in Game 2 to go up 2–0 in the series headed to San Diego. In Game 3, the Padres held a 3–2 lead going into the eighth, but the Yankees went on a 3–1 run in the inning to prevail 5–4 and go up 3–0 in the series.
The 1998 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the San Diego Padres in the World Series, after they had won a then AL record 114 regular season games. The Yankees finished with 125 wins for the season (regular season and playoffs combined), which remains the MLB record.
1.4 Baseball. 1.5 Basketball. ... This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the ... 1998; 2002; 2006 ...
The Cubs' Sammy Sosa, who hit his 58th home run earlier in the game, is on the field to congratulate McGwire, creating an iconic image of the 1998 home run race. In the sixth inning of the same game, the Cardinals' J. D. Drew makes his major league debut pinch-hitting for pitcher Kent Mercker.
The 1998 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 1998 postseason, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Saturday, October 3, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
The ball jumped off the bat and Busch Stadium exploded. Mark McGwire connected on a fastball from Chicago Cubs starter Steve Trachsel and sent a missile over the left field wall for his 62nd home ...
The Royals’ 102 victories were the most in Major League Baseball that season and they had a 16-game winning streak. At one point they won 24 of 25 games. They had a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five ...
Posada's leadoff home run in the sixth off of Ogea made it 6–0, then next inning, back-to-back leadoff doubles by Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams made it 7–0. Eventual ALCS MVP David Wells cruised through 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. A two-run homer by Manny Ramírez would knock home the only runs of the game for Cleveland in the ninth.