If a Game 5 is needed, the teams return to the higher seed's field.

If a Game 5 is needed, the teams return to the higher seed's field.

The 2003 All-Star Game had the same U. S. viewership as 2002 ( 9. 5 rating ; 17 share ) and the ratings declined in 2004 ( 8. 8 rating ; 15 share ) and 2005 ( 8. 1 rating ; 14 share ).

The Series included three memorable " firsts ", all of them in Game 5 at Cleveland, and all by the home team.

On October 10, 1948, Game 5 of the World Series against the Boston Braves drew over 84, 000.

The record stood until the Los Angeles Dodgers drew a crowd in excess of 92, 500 to watch Game 5 of the 1959 World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the Chicago White Sox.

After being beaten in Game 3 7 – 1, the Cubs lost Game 4 when Smith, with the game tied 5 – 5, allowed a game-winning home run to Garvey in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Florida shut the Cubs out in Game 5, but young pitcher Mark Prior led the Cubs in Game 6 as they took a 3 – 0 lead into the 8th inning and it was at this point when a now-infamous incident took place.

The teams split the first four games, and headed to Detroit for a pivotal Game 5.

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Brown's place was taken in Game 5 by rookie pitcher Liván Hernández, who had earned a spot in the rotation in the second half of the season, but was not in the rotation during the postseason.

A Beckett complete-game shutout in Game 5 kept the Marlins alive.

On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

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In Game 3, the Astros were ahead at Shea Stadium, 5 – 4, in the bottom of the 9th when closer Dave Smith gave up a two-run home run to Lenny Dykstra, giving the Mets a dramatic 6 – 5 win.

Game 3 marked the first Fall Classic in Texas and was the longest game in World Series history, lasting 5 hours and 41 minutes.

In, the Vikings again won the Central Division with a 9 – 5 record and advanced to their 4th NFC Championship Game in 5 years, but were defeated by the eventual Super Bowl Champion Cowboys, 23 – 6, at Texas Stadium.

In Game 4 of the Series, the Curse of the Billy Goat was allegedly laid upon the Cubs when P. K.

" The Cubs lost Game 4, lost the Series, and have not been back since.

The shift in the Cubs ' fortunes were characterized June 23 on the " NBC Saturday Game of the Week " contest against the St. Louis Cardinals.

After losing an extra-inning game in Game 1, the Cubs rallied and took a 3 games to 1 lead over the Wild Card Florida Marlins in the NLCS.

Despite sending Kerry Wood to the mound and holding a lead twice, the Cubs ultimately dropped Game 7, and failed to reach the World Series.

The heavily favored Cubs took an early lead in Game 1, but James Loney's grand slam off Ryan Dempster changed the series ' momentum.

Phil Cavarretta hit one for the Cubs in Game One.

Greenberg hit the only two homers by the Tigers — one in Game Two, where he batted in three runs in a 4 – 1 win ; the other — a two-run job — tied the game in the eighth inning of Game Six, making the score 8 – 8, but the Cubs won that game with a run in the bottom of the 12th.

He took his daughter to Chicago for her first major league game ( Cubs vs. Rockies ), during which he sang " Take Me Out to the Ball Game ".

Buckner accumulated over 2, 700 hits in his twenty-year career, won a batting title in, and represented the Cubs at the All-Star Game the following season.

Over his career in Chicago, he batted over. 300 four times, leading the league in 1980 at. 324, and was the Cubs ' sole representative at the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

During the 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, as the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Detroit Red Wings on New Year's Day 2009, former Blackhawks players Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Denis Savard and former Cubs players Ryne Sandberg and Ferguson Jenkins sang a hockey-themed version of the seventh-inning stretch ; " Take Me Out to the Hockey Game " used lines such as " Root, root, root for the Blackhawks " and " One, two, three pucks, you're out.

During that season, the Cubs sent their entire starting infield, including Santo, to the All-Star Game in Washington, D. C .; he and Cubs shortstop Don Kessinger started for the National League team.

Wood earned two wins in the Divisional Series against the Atlanta Braves and was the starter in Game 3 of the 2003 National League Championship Series, which the Cubs won in extra innings.

The Game of the Week, however, put the sleeper Cubs on the national stage against their regional rival, the St. Louis Cardinals.

His last game at Wrigley Field on September 21, 1997 was also the last game during which Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray would perform " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " during the seventh-inning stretch, as Caray died the following offseason.

The Senators trailed the Giants 3 to 1 in the eighth inning of Game 7, when Bucky Harris hit a routine ground ball to third which hit a pebble and took a bad hop over Giants third baseman Freddie Lindstrom.

The two teams split the first two games at Miller Park, then the Cardinals took two out of 3 games at Busch Stadium and won Game 6 to win the National League pennant and eventually the World Series against the Texas Rangers.

After the Cardinals took a three-games-to-two advantage, a controversial Game 6 call by umpire Don Denkinger overshadowed the remainder of the Series ( which the Royals won in seven games ).

The Yankees won Game 3 on several fine defensive plays by third baseman Graig Nettles, and took Game 4 in ten innings.

The producers ( including Jonathan Goodson, who took over the show at this time ) selected Bert Convy, a former Match Game panelist in the early days of the program, as host.

Their opponent, Bobby Orr and the Boston Bruins, took Game 1 in Boston, but Bobby Clarke scored an overtime goal in Game 2 to even the series.

Then in Game 7, the Devils took a 3-2 lead into the final two minutes of the game at the Prudential Center in Newark before the Canes struck.

The series began in Miami, with Hardaway returning to the starting lineup, but it was Mourning's 26 points that took a Game 1 victory.

As the series continued, the Knicks would win Game 4 and the Heat took Game 5, taking a 3-2 series lead.

The teams split the first four games before Miami took an 88 – 76 victory in Game 5, but in the process lost Wade to a strained rib muscle which he suffered in an attempt to take a charge against Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace.

Despite winning Game 2 by a score of 96 – 95, with the help of a James buzzer beating three-pointer, it was not enough as Orlando eventually took the series in 6 games.

In the playoffs, the Nuggets took Game 1 and home court advantage away from the Spurs.

The Spurs lost Game 2 at home but took Games 3 and 4 in Houston.

In Game 5, faced with seeing another meltdown, the Spurs looked toward Manu Ginóbili, who took over with a game high 39 points in leading the Spurs to a solid 103 – 90 win.

Terry, who had played well against the Spurs all series, would be suspended for Game 6 and the Spurs took full advantage, winning on the road 91 – 86 to force a 7th game at the AT & T Center.