The 2014 season is now in the rear-view mirror following a phenomenal Postseason. This October, we saw close games and we saw blowouts. We saw games won on throwing errors, and games won on dramatic home runs. The second part of that sentence is what we’re most interested in – those dramatic home runs that sent chills down our spines. These are the most important, most clutch home runs of the 2014 Postseason.
Mike Moustakas, ALDS Game 1
As if the insane comeback by the Royals in the Wild Card game against the A’s wasn’t enough, they took the Angels’ best shot in the ALDS, and Mike Moustakas put them in the 11th inning of Game 1. The Royals wouldn’t lose a playoff game until Game 1 of the World Series.
Eric Hosmer, ALDS Game 2
And that was essentially the nail in the Angels’ coffin this October. Another extra inning game, another big homer by the Royals. Ho hum.
Matt Kemp, NLDS Game 2
Just one half inning after the Cardinals tied Game 2…Matt Kemp untied it. This would be the last highlight of the Postseason for the Dodgers.
Brandon Belt, NLDS Game 2
This blast by Belt gave the Giants a lead in the longest Postseason game ever, and was one of several big hits delivered by the Giants this October.
Nelson Cruz, ALDS Game 3
Cruz’s homer off of David Price was the final knockout blow in the Tigers 2014 season. They wouldn’t answer the ten count, and the Orioles would finish them off a few innings later.
Kolten Wong, NLDS Game 3
One good go-ahead homer deserves another, and Wong answered Matt Kemp’s Game 2 blast with one of his own in Game 3.
Matt Adams, NLDS Game 4
Matt Adams sent Busch Stadium into a frenzy, and shockingly ended Clayton Kershaw’s season.
Alex Gordon, ALCS Game 1
The Royals ended up tacking on two needed insurance runs in the inning, but Gordon’s go-ahead homer in the tenth was the shot that really turned Baltimore’s October on its head.
Kolten Wong, NLCS Game 2
Adams homered in the eighth to give St. Louis a lead that they’d relinquish, but Wong was there once again to deliver a massive walk off hit for the Cardinals.
Michael Morse, NLCS Game 5
Yeah, Morse’s homer was overshadowed just one inning later, but him going yard to tie the game eventually set up the game-winner an inning later.
Travis Ishikawa, NLCS Game 5
It barely cleared the wall in right field, but that didn’t matter. Travis Ishikawa sent the Giants to the World Series with this huge blast.
