COMBINED REPORTS


SEATTLE -- Just when you thought the Magical Mariner Tour had finally come to an end, Seattle came up with one more miracle finish.


Edgar Martinez, who had already struck out with two on in the bottom of the ninth Sunday night, lined a two-run double to left field in the 11th, scoring Joey Cora and Ken Griffey Jr. to lift Seattle to a 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees in the fifth and deciding game of the American League division series.


"This one was the best game I've ever played," said Martinez, who hit .571 in the series and had 30 RBIs against the Yankees this season.


Mariner ace Randy Johnson, making only the third relief appearance of his career, allowed a run on Randy Velarde's single in the top of the 11th, and walked dejectedly off the field.


"I thought all the hard work this team had done went down the drain," he said.


But Cora picked the Mariners up off the Kingdome carpet, leading off the 11th with a bunt single -- his third in two days.


Griffey then singled off Yankee reliever Jack McDowell to set the stage for Martinez's hit which went into the left-field corner. Cora scored easily from second, and Griffey slid home ahead of the relay, touching off an eruption among the crowd of 57,411.


The Mariners, who will open the American League championship series at home against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, became the fourth team in baseball history to come back from a 2-0 deficit and win a five-game series, joining the 1984 San Diego Padres (over the Chicago Cubs), the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers (Angels) and the 1981 Dodgers (Houston Astros).


They have faced elimination four times in the last seven days -- they had to beat the Angels in a one-game playoff for the American League West title and the Yankees three times at home -- and they won each game.


Indians 8, Red Sox 2. In Boston, the Cleveland Indians wrapped up the first postseason sweep in their 95-year history Friday night, sending the Red Sox to their major-league record 13th consecutive postseason loss.


Boston sluggers Mo Vaughn and Jose Canseco ended the series without a hit as Vaughn went 0-for-14 with seven strikeouts and Canseco 0-for-13 in the three games.


Cleveland's Charles Nagy scattered four hits in seven innings Friday, while Boston's Tim Wakefield allowed seven runs in 5 1/3 innings.


Braves 10, Rockies 4. In Atlanta, the hometown Braves are back in the NL championship series for the fourth straight time. Fred McGriff homered twice and drove in five runs as Atlanta overcame a shaky performance by Greg Maddux to beat the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night and win the series 3-1.


The Rockies, who made the playoffs in just their third year of existence, again could not overcome their shaky pitching.


Dante Bichette's three-run homer in the third inning gave Bret Saberhagen a 3-0 lead to work with, but the two-time Cy Young Award winner could not hold the lead for even a half-inning.


Marquis Grissom, who had five hits, and Mark Lemke singled in the bottom of the third and Chipper Jones drove them in with a double past left fielder Bichette, who tried to make a diving catch.


McGriff then hit a 2-0 pitch over the left-field fence.


Saberhagen, bothered by a sore right shoulder, gave up six runs and seven hits in four innings.


Atlanta opens the championship series at Cincinnati on Tuesday night.


Maddux won despite giving up 10 hits and two homers in seven innings, improving his playoff record to 2-2 with a 6.62 ERA in six starts.


Reds 10, Dodgers 1. In Cincinnati, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for only the second time in franchise history, were swept in a postseason series, falling in three games to the Reds.


Ron Gant hit a two-run homer in the third inning Friday night and Bret Boone hit a solo shot in the fourth off Hideo Nomo to put the Reds up 3-1. Mark Lewis clinched it with the first pinch grand slam in playoff history, off Mark Guthrie in the sixth.


The thrashing was too swift to leave the Dodgers in mourning, but it left them in utter disbelief.


In fact, not even Red owner Marge Schott could believe it ended so fast, ruining any chance of at least a couple of potential sellout crowds at Riverfront Stadium.


"Is it over?" Schott said. "Did I win another championship? What's going on?" (


(For other results, see Scorecard.)