Game 6 1988 NLCS

Game 6 in Los Angeles saw the Dodgers looking to pull close out the series against the Mets for the right to play the Oakland A's in the World Series.  The Mets were hopeful that David Cone would force a Game 7 vs LA's Tim Leary.

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 ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- 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 -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- --- 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - 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;