american_league tie breaker game american_league tie breaker game game extension major_league_baseball mlb regular season played cleveland_indians boston_red_sox determine american_league champion game played october park boston massachusetts necessary teams finished season identical win loss records game playoff prior leagues split divisions indians defeated indians scored runs fourth inning limited hits indians advanced world series defeated games giving second recent world series championship baseball statistics tie breaker counted regular season game teams events game added regular season statistics background major_league_baseball season predicted close race yankees poll conducted season started majority chose yankees won year world series face braves year chose sportswriter chose indians reach world series american_league managers yankees finishing followed indians detroit_tigers tension confidence evident teams months season defeating yankees manager declared yankees win pennant currently second place time pennant race continued teams entire season september playing games seven games left play teams record team played games indians games meaning yankees win games september stay pennant race month october opened teams games indians indians series game stand tigers game series indians lost game tigers october giving game lead games left play result speculation arose possibility way tie october cleveland beat detroit clinch tie boston beat new_york ending yankees pennant run bringing race teams day season october boston won game cleveland lost giving identical records forcing following day boston indians chose rookie start boston tie breaker despite having day rest beaten twice season chose passing beaten indians separate occasions season game summary monday october park boston started game quickly getting outs american_league mvp hit solo home run score came mound doubled scored hit score end inning pitchers allowed following inning reached base cleveland reached base pitchers got quick outs inning fourth inning indians opened game hit singles brought plate expected instead baseman hit 31st home run season indians ahead replaced met double responded getting batters brought score scored got indians started fifth inning lineup mitchell came clark stepped plate hit second home run night score rest fifth inning saw hits double indians sixth inning began fight sixth inning getting reached base error gordon struck outs inning hit 27th home run season score runs scored seventh inning mitchell reached base indians able score run eighth inning intentionally walked hit fly ball williams dropped allowing score making indians favor indians able score run ninth robinson scored grounded bases loaded double play got final ninth finishing game indians victory giving complete game aftermath victory indians received playoff berth world series indians manager dedicated victory pitcher suffered cerebral previous month indians went face world series winning games fans experienced disappointment boston mayor ordered fire department sounded boston won pennant sound instead fire boston navy yard defeat disappointed boston fans entire season prior october game gave advantage meaning boston world series likely playoff appearance defeated world series game counted regular season game baseball statistics result led league games played team indians bats game gave league lead ahead single gave league lead statistics beating inning earned run performance brought earned run average era led american_league finished season batting average runs home runs runs batted won end season
1948 American League tie-breaker game