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Wild Ride Is Over Cleveland Returns After 41 Years

From Wire Reports

To get to their first World Series in 41 years, the Cleveland Indians had one tall obstacle to overcome.

They did. Randy Johnson couldn’t do it alone.

The Indians reached the World Series for the first time since 1954, beating the Seattle Mariners 4-0 Tuesday night to win the American League Championship Series 4-2, behind seven shutout innings by Dennis Martinez.

MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: Mariner stars of the game: Ken Griffey Jr. goes 2 for 4 with a home run; Jay Buhner hits a solo home run. Indians stars: Orel Hershiser allows four hits in eight innings; Manny Ramirez homers twice and went 4 for 4. Series standing: Cleveland wins best of seven series 4-2. World Series: First game begins Saturday at 4:20 p.m. PDT with Cleveland facing the Braves in Atlanta.

This sidebar appeared with the story: Mariner stars of the game: Ken Griffey Jr. goes 2 for 4 with a home run; Jay Buhner hits a solo home run. Indians stars: Orel Hershiser allows four hits in eight innings; Manny Ramirez homers twice and went 4 for 4. Series standing: Cleveland wins best of seven series 4-2. World Series: First game begins Saturday at 4:20 p.m. PDT with Cleveland facing the Braves in Atlanta.