The Mets hopes would be dashed early when hot-hitting John Shelby would come to the plate with the bases full and would clear the bases with a double. As it would turn out, that would be all the runs Leary would need as there would be no further scoring in the game.
The Mets actually outhit the Dodgers 7-4, but John Shelby's big double would be the only extra-base hit in the game and the Dodgers evened up the baserunners by drawing three walks to the Mets one and Kirk Gibson was hit by a pitch for another baserunner.
Tim Leary would get the win with a 7-hit complete game shutout. He also struck out 12 Mets. David Cone was only touched up for four hits in his seven innings, but he gave up all three runs. Cone had his strikeout pitch going too as he struck out nine LA hitters.
John Shelby was named series MVP with his game 6 heroics giving him the advantage over teammate Kirk Gibson. Shelby hit .381 and knocked in five runs in the series.
Dodgers 3, Mets 0
Tuesday, October 11, 1988
Mets (2-4) Dodgers (4-2)
Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
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Dykstra cf 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .176 Sax 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 .077
Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hatcher 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 .200
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .333 Gibson lf 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .368
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .192 Marshall rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .250
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .348 Shelby cf 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 .381
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 .333 Scioscia c 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 1 .222
Jefferies 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .423 Hamilton 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .091
Carter c 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 .217 Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333
Elster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 Leary p 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .412
Cone p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286
Wilson ph cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400
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Totals 34 0 7 0 1 12 24 5 0 8 Totals 28 3 4 3 3 10 27 5 0 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Dodgers 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
LOB- Mets 8, Dodgers 5; 2B- Shelby(2); RBI- Shelby 3(5); SB- Gibson(2); RLSP- Jefferies,
Johnson, McReynolds, Strawberry, Scioscia, Shelby 2;
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cone(L 1-1) 7.0 4 3 3 3 9 0 4.85
Leach 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Leary(W 1-0) 9.0 7 0 0 1 12 0 0.00
Batters faced- Cone 28, Leach 4, Leary 35;
HBP- Gibson(by Leach); WP- Leary;
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