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What New York Yankee hit a 2 run homer in the 15th inning of Game 2 of the Division Series to beat Seattle, 7-5?

Jim Leyritz. Leyritz, the World Series hero of 96, hit a 2 run blast off of Tim Belcher to send the series to Seattle with New York leading 2-0. Seattle won the next 3.

What Atlanta Brave pitcher did not have a decision in the entire 1995 playoffs?

John Smoltz. Smoltz started Game 3 of the Division Series against Colorado. Atlanta wound up losing, 7-5. He started Game 2 of the NLCS against Cincinnati. Atlanta ended up winning 6-2. He started Game 3 of the World Series against Cleveland. Atlanta lost, 7-6.

What Cleveland Indian tossed a shutout at the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the Division Series in 1995?

Orel Hershiser. Hersheiser pitched in the 95,96, and 97 postseasons for Cleveland. This was his only postseason shutout for them.

What Cleveland Indian pitcher outdueled Randy Johnson in Game 6 of the 95 ALCS to send Cleveland to the World Series?

Dennis Martinez. The veteran Martinez came up big. This avoided a Game 7 and sent Cleveland to their first fall classic since 1954.

In Game 3 of the 1995 NLCS, what Brave ignited the Atlanta attack with a 3 run homer?

Charlie O'Brien. O'Brien gave Atlanta a 3-0 lead. Atlanta won the game, 5-2. They won the series in 4 games.

What Cincinnati Red hit a pinch hit grand slam in Game 3 of the Divison Series in 95 agaisnt Los Angeles?

Mark Lewis. The only one in postseason history. Cincinnati won the Game, 10-1 and won the Series, 3-0.

What Cleveland Indian homered off of Tom Glavine to give the Indians a short lived 2-0 lead in Game 2 of the 95 World Series?

Eddie Murray. Atlanta wound up winning the Game, 4-3. Murray also had the game winning hit in game 3.

In Game 6 of the 1995 World Series, who had the only hit off of Tom Glavine?

Tony Pena. Glavine allowed only one hit, a meaningless single to Pena. Justice homered to give the Braves a 1-0 win and the World Series Championship.

What Baltimore Oriole hit a grand slam in Game 1 of the Division Series against Cleveland in 1996?

Bobby Bonilla. Bonilla turned a close game into a laugher. Baltimore won, 10-4.

What Baltimore Orioles pitcher gave up a Game 3 Grand Slam to Albert Belle in the 96 Division Series?

Armando Benitez. Mussina was doing great when Johnson went to Orosco. He got relieved and Benitez served up a fastball to Belle with the bases loaded. Cleveland won, 9-4.

What Baltimore Orioles hit back to back home runs off Charles Nagy in Game 4 of the Divison Series in 1996?

Rafel Palmeiro-Bobby Bonilla. Nagy settled down and would have won the game if Mesa didn't blow the save and the game.

What New York Yankee had the game winning single in Game 3 of the Division Series against Texas?

Mariano Duncan. It won the Game, 3-2. New York won the series, 3-1.

What Atlanta Brave hit a game winning home run in the 10th inning of Game 1 of the 96 Division Series against the Dodgers?

Javier Lopez. Lopez lifted a 3-2 pitch from Antonio Osuna into the left field seats to win the game, 2-1.

What Atlanta Brave hit a game winning home run in Game 2 of the Division Series against the Dodgers?

Jermaine Dye. Dye's homer made it 3-2 Atlanta and the score held up. Klesko and McGriff homered earlier in the game. Justice was on the DL.

What Baltimore Oriole pitcher won Game 2 of the 1996 ALCS against the New York Yankees?

David Wells. Wells, who went on to win it all with New York in 98, won this game, 5-3. New York won all three in Baltimore.

Whose double off Mike Mussina ignited the Yankee comeback in the 8th inning of Game 3 of the 96 ALCS?

Derek Jeter. Mussina was coasting with a 2-1 lead when Jeter doubled. Williams walked and than Tino Martinez drove one down the left field line scoring Jeter and on Zeile's error, Williams scored. Fielder homered to give New York a 5-2 lead they would not relinquish.

Who was hitless in the 96 ALCS until he hit a 2 run homer in the 9th inning of Game 5?

Bobby Bonilla. Bonilla had a horrible series. He hit a 2 run homer off John Wetteland in the 9th inning of Game 5. It narrowed the gap to 6-4. Wetteland settled down and the Yankees clinched the pennant.

Who did Javier Lopez hit his 2 run game winning single off of in Game 1 of the 96 NLCS?

Mark Petkvosek. Lopez's single won the game for Atlanta, 4-2. Atlanta won the series in seven games.

Who hit the game winning home run for the Cardinals in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 4 of the 96 NLCS?

Brian Jordan. Jordan, now a Brave, hit a blast to left off of Greg McMichael to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead and a 3-1 lead in the series. The Cardinals didn't win another game.

What Atlanta Brave pitcher got his team back on track in the 96 NLCS with a 14-0 victory in Game 5?

John Smoltz. Smoltz, the 96 Cy Young Award Winner, came up big. Maddux and Glavine won the next two games.

We all know about Andruw Jones' heroics in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series. He hit his first homer in the 2nd inning off of Andy Pettite. In the third, he homered again. Pettite wasn't in there anymore. Who did his 2nd homerun come off of?

Brian Boehringer. Boehringer, who would be on the 98 padres, gave up the 3 run shot. Andruw was just locked in that night.

What Atlanta Brave pitcher was 1-1 in the 1996 World Series, despite giving up only one earned run?

John Smoltz. Smoltz won Game 1, 12-1. He lost Game 5, 1-0. Charlie Hayes reached on an error by Marquis Grissom in Game 5 and Cecil Fielder doubled him home. That put New York in command of the series, 3-2.

What pitcher walked Wade Boggs with the bases loaded to force in the winning run in the 10th inning of Game 4 of the 96 World Series?

Steve Avery. Avery walked Boggs to make it 7-6. New York added another run and won the game, 8-6. This evened the series, 2-2.

What Atlanta Brave had a ninth inning single off John Wetteland to narrow the gap to 3-2 in Game 6 of the 96 World Series?

Marquis Grissom. Grissom's single made it 3-2. Wetteland settled down and got Mark Lemke on a foul pop up to give the Yankees the title.

What Atlanta Brave hit a smash to right field that Paul O'Neill made a great play on to seal the win in Game 5 of the 96 World Series?

Luis Polonia. New York was clinging to a 1-0 lead when Polonia sent this shot to right field. The tieing run would certainly have scored. O'Neill made a marvelous dive and catch and the series went back to New York with the Yankees leading, 3-2.