ON THIS DATE

1910 — Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, had eight hits for Cleveland in a seasonending doubleheader against St. Louis. The hits were tainted, however, with Browns third baseman Red Corriden playing back as Lajoie bunted safely six times. Regardless, Cobb won the batting title by a fraction of a point.

1916 — Babe Ruth outpitched Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Boston Red Sox won the longest World Series game to date, 2-1 in 14 innings.

1928 — Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a World Series game for the second time, powering the New York Yankees past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3.

1934 — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Dizzy Dean blanked the Detroit Tigers 11-0 in the seventh game of the World Series.

1944 — The St. Louis Cardinals beat the St. Louis Browns 3-1 to capture the World Series in six games. Max Lanier and Ted Wilks combined to pitch a three-hitter for the Cardinals.

1958 — New York right-hander Bob Turley pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings in relief to beat the Milwaukee Braves 6-2 for the World Series title. The Yankees became the first team since 1925 to win a World Series after being down 3-1 in games.

1966 — Dave Mcnally pitched a four-hitter for a 1-0 victory, giving the Baltimore Orioles a World Series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Frank Robinson homered off Don Drysdale in the fourth inning.

1977 — The New York Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 and take the American League pennant in the fifth game of the playoffs.

1988 — Oakland right-hander Dennis Eckersley pitched a perfect ninth inning in the Athletics’ series-clinching 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox to register saves in all four games of the American League Championship Series.

1996 — Bernie Williams homered in the 11th inning to send New York to a 5-4 victory over Baltimore in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees were helped by 12-year-old fan Jeff Maier. He grabbed a ball about to be caught by right fielder Tony Tarasco, giving Derek Jeter a tying homer in the eighth inning.

2005 — Chris Burke hit a walk-off home run in the 18th inning, and Roger Clemens pitched three scoreless innings of relief in the Houston Astros’ 7-6, series-ending victory over the Atlanta Braves in a National League division series. The longest major league postseason game in history took 5 hours, 50 minutes.

2018 — Craig Kimbrel and the Boston Red Sox held off the Yankees’ ninth-inning rally that ended with a video replay, eliminating New York with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 of an American League division series.