1988 NLCS

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1988 NL Championship Series (4-3): Los Angeles Dodgers (94-67) over New York Mets (100-60)

BR 1988 NLCS Summary

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets in seven games to win the 1988 NLCS.

1 Results
2 Further Reading
- 2.1 1988 Postseason

[edit] Results

[edit] Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8	1
Dodgers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Randy Myers, LP: Jay Howell
Home Runs: none

Attendance: 55,582

[edit] Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
Dodgers	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	7	0
WP: Tim Belcher, LP: David Cone, SV: Alejandro Pena
Home Runs: NYM - Keith Hernandez

Attendance: 55,780

[edit] Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dodgers	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	2
Mets	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	X	8	9	2
WP: Randy Myers, LP: Alejandro Pena
Home Runs: none

Attendance: 44,672

[edit] Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Dodgers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	7	1
Mets	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	2
WP: Alejandro Pena, LP: Roger McDowell, SV: Orel Hershiser
Home Runs: LAD - Kirk Gibson, Mike Scioscia NYM - Kevin McReynolds, Darryl Strawberry

Attendance: 54,014

[edit] Game 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dodgers	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	7	12	0
Mets	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
WP: Tim Belcher (2-0), LP: Sid Fernandez (0-1), SV: Brian Holton (1)
Home Runs: LA - Kirk Gibson (2) NYM - Lenny Dykstra (1)

Attendance: 52,069

[edit] Game 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	11	0
Dodgers	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
WP: David Cone (1-1), LP: Tim Leary (0-1)
Home Runs: NYM - Kevin McReynolds (2)

Attendance: 55,885

The Mets won Game 6 to tie the series at 3-3.

[edit] Game 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Dodgers	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	6	10	0
WP: Orel Hershiser, LP: Ron Darling
Home Runs: none

Attendance: 55,693

After the series was tied 3-3, the Dodgers limited the Mets to five hits and shut them out in Game 7 to win the 1988 NLCS and advance to the 1988 World Series, where they would face the Oakland Athletics.