Monday, December 28, 2015

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.



[BOX] 10-11-88 mets at dodgers.box
 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;  
 
  
 

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