IN THE NEWS: Boston's Jeff Sellers no-hits the Indians for 71/3 innings before Luis Medina homers and Cleveland goes on to win 1–0. John Farrell wins his 14th for Cleveland.
IN THE NEWS: Minnesota's season-ending 3–2 win over the Angels is watched by 35,952 fans, making the Twins the first American League club ever to break three million in season attendance.
In Cleveland, Boston's Wade Boggs collects his 200th hit for the 6th straight season. Wade's mark breaks the record of five he shared with Chuck Klein (1929-33) and Charlie Gehringer (1933-37).
IN THE NEWS: Dwight Gooden and Orel Hershiser start but neither get the decision. New York rallies for three 9th-inning runs to win the opening NLCS game over the Dodgers 3–2.
IN THE NEWS: Lou Piniella is fired as manager of the Yankees for the 2nd time, and Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of the White Sox. Dallas Green replaces Piniella, while Yankee coach Jeff Torborg will eventually replace Fregosi on November 3rd.
IN THE NEWS: Dodgers ace reliever Jay Howell is ejected in the 8th inning of game three of the NLCS for having pine tar on his glove, and the Mets go on to score five times in the inning on the way to an 8–4 win. Howell will be suspended for three days by the National League.
Down 5–0, Oakland cracks four home runs to beat Boston 10–6 for their 3rd win.
IN THE NEWS: Series MVP Orel Hershiser shuts out New York on five hits to win game seven of the NLCS 6–0 and put the Dodgers into the World Series for the first time since 1981.
IN THE NEWS: In one of the most improbable finishes in World Series history, pinch hitter Kirk Gibson hits a 2-run home run off Dennis Eckersley with two out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Dodgers a 5–4 win in game one. The injured Gibson was not expected to play in the NLCS, and will not play again in the Series. It is the first World Series game to end on a home run since game six in 1975.
IN THE NEWS: Series MVP Orel Hershiser ends his dream season with a 5–2 four-hitter over the A's in game five of the World Series. Mickey Hatcher starts the Dodger scoring with a 2-run home run in the 1st off Storm Davis, Hatcher's 2nd home run of the Series. The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981. Los Angeles is the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s.
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