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2 unusual facts about one-game playoff


Knockout game

One-game playoff, a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament

National League Central

* - Defeated the San Francisco Giants in a one game playoff for the Wild Card, 5-3.


1978 World Series

The Yanks went on to win a one-game playoff (5–4) on October 2 made famous by light hitting Bucky Dent's clutch three-run homer in the seventh inning (his fifth of the year).


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2010–11 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dodgers–Yankees rivalry

The next season, the Yankees won their division in thrilling fashion, thanks in large part to a timely home run from Bucky Dent in a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox.