Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio After a 39-minute rain delay, Game 1 got underway with two veterans, Roger Clemens and Dennis Martínez, starting the opener.
In the top of the second, with a man on first, Jim Thome gave the Tribe the lead with a two-run home run just inside the Pesky Pole.
In the fourth, the Red Sox loaded the bases on three singles with one out, but scored only one run on Mike Macfarlane's sacrifice fly.
In the eighth, the Red Sox again loaded the bases on three one-out singles, but again only scored once on Willie McGee's fielder's choice off Julián Tavárez.
The result of the series, and what became known as "The Double", is considered a redemptive moment for long-suffering Mariners fans, and often credited with ensuring that Major League Baseball remained in Seattle.
Seattle's win marked the fourth time in history that an expansion team won its first postseason series, after the New York Mets in their first championship season, in 1969, Montreal in 1981, and San Diego in 1984.
[11][12] Yankees Manager Buck Showalter sat in "admitted misery" throughout that fall, as he "ached for Mattingly, the one player he believed deserved a postseason more than anyone else in the game.
However, Benes allowed back-to-back homers to Rubén Sierra and Don Mattingly in the bottom half to end his night and put the Yankees up 3–2.
In the sixth, McDowell allowed a triple and two walks to load the bases for the Mariners with one out and they built a commanding five-run lead off a weakened Yankee bullpen.
In the bottom of the third, Edgar Martínez's three-run home run after back-to-back leadoff singles energized the crowd and cut the Yankees' lead to 5–3.
In the eighth, Norm Charlton's wild pitch with runners on first and third allowed the Yankees to tie the game at six, the run charged to Tim Belcher.
Kingdome in Seattle, Washington Andy Benes and David Cone were sent to the mound for the Mariners and Yankees respectively to determine the winner of the series.
Jay Buhner's broken-bat RBI single after a Tino Martinez double and wild pitch tied the game in the bottom half.
In the sixth, Benes struck out Wade Boggs looking, then walked three to load the bases; Don Mattingly sliced a two-run ground-rule double to left that put the Yankees in front 4–2.
Bernie Williams walked and Benes was relieved by southpaw Norm Charlton, who caused O'Neill to fly out to left.
On a full count, Cone threw his 147th (and final) pitch in the dirt to pinch hitter Doug Strange to tie the game at four.
On a 2–0 count, Bernie Williams lifted an infield fly, and after a called strike, O'Neill popped out behind home plate to end the threat.)
Jack McDowell entered and struck out Edgar Martínez, and Alex Rodriguez bounced a fielder's choice to shortstop to send the game to the tenth inning.
Starters McDowell and Johnson made rare relief appearances; both entered in the ninth with runners on, then continued into extra innings.
Buhner led off and lined another single to left field, but reserve catcher Chris Widger bunted foul on a 1–2 count for the first out.
In the top of the 11th, Johnson opened with a four-pitch walk to catcher Mike Stanley, and Fernández bunted to move pinch runner Pat Kelly to second.
With a 1–0 count, Johnson nemesis Velarde singled through the hole to left to score Kelly and put the Yankees up by one, just three outs away from the next round.
New catcher Jim Leyritz was called out on strikes, Bernie Williams was intentionally walked, and O'Neill fouled off several before he was caught looking.
Cora led off the bottom half: taking three pitches to a 2–1 count, he dragged a bunt down the first base line and avoided a Mattingly tag.
With no outs, Edgar Martínez watched a strike, then lined a double to the left field fence, scoring both Cora and Griffey to send the Mariners to the League Championship Series.
1995 ALDS (3–2): Seattle Mariners over New York Yankees The song "My Oh My" by Seattle-based rapper Macklemore in conjunction with his partner Ryan Lewis, features a call of Game 5 by the late Dave Niehaus, simply known as The Double.