league record with his 102nd consecutive errorless game at shortstop. He also extends his major league mark of errorless chances at SS to 504. September 22 Greg Maddux joins Cy Young as the only pitchers in major league history to win 15 or more games in 15 consecutive seasons. Fred McGriff becomes the first major league player to hit 30 homers for five different teams, and the first to homer in 42 different ballparks. The Cincinnati Reds play their last game at Riverfront Stadium, losing 4–3 to the Philadelphia Phillies. Aaron Boone hit the stadium's last home run, and 1990 World Series hero José Rijo took the loss for the Reds. September 29 – Albert Pujols becomes the fourth hitter in the major leagues, and the first batter since Ted Williams in 1939–40, to collect more than 250 RBI in his first two seasons in the majors. Pujols drove in 257 runs in his first two campaigns. Joe DiMaggio holds the record with 292 RBI, Dale Alexander is second with 272, and Williams is third with 258. October October 2 – Seibu Lions first baseman Alex Cabrera hits his 55th home run of the season, off Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes pitcher Akira Okamoto, to tie the Japanese League record set by Sadaharu Oh in and matched by Tuffy Rhodes last year. Like Rhodes, Cabrera will see few good pitches for the remaining games. October 10 – The San Francisco Giants take a 2–games–to–0 lead in the NLCS with a 4–1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Jason Schmidt pitches shutout ball into the eighth inning while shortstop Rich Aurilia hits a pair of home runs with three RBI. October 13 – Adam Kennedy of the Anaheim Angels becomes the first player since Reggie Jackson in 1977 to hit three home runs in a single postseason game as the Angels defeat the Minnesota Twins to claim their first American League title in their 42-year existence. October 26 – The Anaheim Angels stage one of the great comebacks in World Series history to force a seventh game. With one out in the 7th inning, the Giants are leading 5–0 and are just 8 outs from their first World Series title since moving to San Francisco. But after two singles, Scott Spezio fouls off several pitches before hitting a 3-run homer to get the Angels close. In the bottom of the 8th, Darin Erstad