High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 American League West tie-breaker game was a one-game playoff for Major League Baseball`s AL West division championship, played on October 2, 1995 between the California Angels and Seattle Mariners at the Kingdome in Seattle. The game was necessitated due to both teams finishing the strike-shortened 144 game season with identical records of 78–66. Seattle won the game by a score of 9–1, securing its first playoff berth in franchise history.