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1986 NL Championship Series (4-2): New York Mets (108-54) over Houston Astros (96-66)

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WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1986 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    Houston Astros               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     1  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYM - Gooden, Orosco (8)
              HOU - Scott

               WP - Mike Scott
	       LP - Dwight Gooden
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              HOU - Davis

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1986 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    2  3  0    0  0  0     5 10  0
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1 10  2

    PITCHERS: NYM - Ojeda
              HOU - Ryan, Andersen (6), Lopez (8), Kerfeld (9)

               WP - Bob Ojeda
	       LP - Nolan Ryan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              HOU - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,391

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               2  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     5  8  1
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  2     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Knepper, Kerfeld (8), Smith (9)
              NYM - Darling, Aguilera (6), Orosco (8)

               WP - Jesse Orosco
	       LP - Dave Smith
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Doran
              NYM - Dykstra, Strawberry

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  4  1
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  3  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Scott
              NYM - Fernandez, McDowell (7), Sisk (9)

               WP - Mike Scott
	       LP - Sid Fernandez
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Ashby, Thon
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  9  1
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Ryan, Kerfeld (10)
              NYM - Gooden, Orosco (11)

               WP - Jesse Orosco
	       LP - Charlie Kerfeld
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              NYM - Strawberry

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1986 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12   13 14 15   16     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  0    3     7 11  0
    Houston Astros               3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    2     6 11  1

    PITCHERS: NYM - Ojeda, Aguilera (6), McDowell (9), Orosco (14)
              HOU - Knepper, Smith (9), Andersen (11), Lopez (14), Calhoun (16)

               WP - Jesse Orosco
	       LP - Aurelio Lopez
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              HOU - Hatcher

  ATTENDANCE: 45,718

Series MVP - Mike Scott

Series Batting Stats

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New York Mets

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Rick Aguilera       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  51   8  2  .157  .479   0
#Wally Backman       6  21  5  5  0  0  0   2  2  4  .238  .304  .238  1 | 387 124  1  .320  .761  13
 Gary Carter         6  27  1  4  1  0  0   2  2  5  .148  .207  .185  0 | 490 125 24  .255  .776   1
 Ron Darling         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81   8  0  .099  .254   0
*Lenny Dykstra       6  23  3  7  1  1  1   3  2  4  .304  .360  .565  1 | 431 127  8  .295  .822  31
 Kevin Elster        4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  30   5  0  .167  .442   0
*Sid Fernandez       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68  11  0  .162  .403   1
 Dwight Gooden       2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81   7  0  .086  .230   0
*Danny Heep          5   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .250  .200  .250  0 | 195  55  5  .282  .800   1
*Keith Hernandez     6  26  3  7  1  1  0   3  3  6  .269  .345  .385  0 | 551 171 13  .310  .859   2
#Howard Johnson      2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 220  54 10  .245  .786   8
 Ray Knight          6  24  1  4  0  0  0   2  1  5  .167  .192  .167  0 | 486 145 11  .298  .775   2
#Lee Mazzilli        5   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0 |+151  37  3  .245  .752   4
 Roger McDowell      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  18   5  0  .278  .594   0
 Kevin Mitchell      2   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 328  91 12  .277  .810   3
*Bob Ojeda           2   5  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71   8  0  .113  .238   0
 Jesse Orosco        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .333   0
 Rafael Santana      6  17  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  3  .176  .176  .176  0 | 394  86  1  .218  .539   0
 Doug Sisk           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Darryl Strawberry   6  22  4  5  1  0  2   5  3 12  .227  .308  .545  1 | 475 123 27  .259  .865  28
 Tim Teufel          2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 279  69  4  .247  .693   1
#Mookie Wilson       6  26  2  3  0  0  0   1  1  7  .115  .148  .115  1 | 381 110  9  .289  .775  25
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 227 21 43  4  2  3  19 14 57  .189  .234  .264  4 |        148  .263  .739 118

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Houston Astros

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Larry Andersen      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  6   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Alan Ashby          6  23  2  3  1  0  1   2  2  1  .130  .200  .304  0 | 315  81  7  .257  .704   1
#Kevin Bass          6  24  0  7  2  0  0   0  4  4  .292  .393  .375  2 | 591 184 20  .311  .843  22
*Jeff Calhoun        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jose Cruz           6  26  0  5  0  0  0   2  1  8  .192  .222  .192  0 | 479 133 10  .278  .754   3
 Glenn Davis         6  26  3  7  1  0  1   3  1  3  .269  .321  .423  0 | 574 152 31  .265  .837   3
#Bill Doran          6  27  3  6  0  0  1   3  2  2  .222  .276  .333  2 | 550 152  6  .276  .741  42
 Phil Garner         3   9  1  2  1  0  0   2  1  2  .222  .300  .333  0 | 313  83  9  .265  .744  12
 Billy Hatcher       6  25  4  7  0  0  1   2  3  2  .280  .357  .400  3 | 419 108  6  .258  .658  38
 Charlie Kerfeld     3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   1  0  .111  .311   0
*Bob Knepper         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .167  .000  0 |  91   9  0  .099  .242   0
 Davey Lopes         3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |+255  70  7  .275  .801  25
 Aurelio Lopez       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jim Pankovits       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 113  32  1  .283  .728   1
*Terry Puhl          3   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  1 | 172  42  3  .244  .657   3
*Craig Reynolds      4  12  1  4  0  0  0   0  1  3  .333  .385  .333  0 | 313  78  6  .249  .622   3
 Nolan Ryan          2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  59   6  0  .102  .219   0
 Mike Scott          2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  5  .000  .000  .000  0 |  95  12  0  .126  .291   0
 Dave Smith          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Dickie Thon         6  12  1  3  0  0  1   1  0  1  .250  .250  .500  0 | 278  69  3  .248  .653   6
*Denny Walling       5  19  1  3  1  0  0   2  0  4  .158  .158  .211  0 | 382 119 13  .312  .846   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 225 17 49  6  0  5  17 17 40  .218  .276  .311  8 |        125  .255  .703 163

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dwight Gooden       2   1.06 0-1  0  0 17.0 16  2  5  9 | 17-6  250  2.84  1.11 200   
*Bob Ojeda           2   2.57 1-0  0  1 14.0 15  4  4  6 | 18-5  217  2.57  1.09 148   
*Jesse Orosco        4   3.38 3-0  0  0  8.0  5  3  2 10 |  8-6   81  2.33  1.22  62 21
 Roger McDowell      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  7.0  1  0  0  3 | 14-9  128  3.02  1.16  65 22
*Sid Fernandez       1   4.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  3  3  1  5 | 16-6  204  3.52  1.23 200  1
 Ron Darling         1   7.20 0-0  0  0  5.0  6  4  2  5 | 15-6  237  2.81  1.20 184   
 Rick Aguilera       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  2  0  2  2 | 10-7  142  3.88  1.28 104   
 Doug Sisk           1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  1  0 |  4-2   71  3.06  1.53  31  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.29 4-2  0  1 63.0 49 16 17 40 |            3.11 1.220   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Houston Astros

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mike Scott          2   0.50 2-0  0  2 18.0  8  1  1 19 | 18-10 275  2.22  0.92 306   
*Bob Knepper         2   3.52 0-0  0  0 15.3 13  6  1  9 | 17-12 258  3.14  1.14 143   
 Nolan Ryan          2   3.86 0-1  0  0 14.0  9  6  1 17 | 12-8  178  3.34  1.13 194   
 Larry Andersen      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  1  0  2  3 |+ 2-1   77  3.03  1.41  42  1
 Charlie Kerfeld     3   2.25 0-1  0  0  4.0  2  1  1  4 | 11-2   94  2.69  1.21  77  7
 Aurelio Lopez       2   8.10 0-1  0  0  3.3  7  3  4  3 |  3-3   78  3.46  1.14  44  7
 Dave Smith          2   9.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  2  2  3  2 |  4-7   56  2.73  1.09  46 33
*Jeff Calhoun        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  1  0 |  1-0   27  3.71  1.50  14   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.87 2-4  0  2 62.7 43 20 14 57 |            3.15 1.190   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU

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