1986 League Championship Series - New York Mets over Houston Astros (4-2)

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

WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU
1985 NLCS / 1987 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, 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: 44,131

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, 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

  Saturday, October 11, 1986 at Shea Stadium (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: 55,052

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 12, 1986 at Shea Stadium (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: 55,038

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 14, 1986 at Shea Stadium (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: 54,986

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, 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

New York Mets Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Aguilera	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	51	4	8	2	6	0	.157	.478
Wally Backman	6	21	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	4	.238	.304	.238	.542	1	0	124	387	67	124	1	27	13	.320	.761
Gary Carter	6	27	1	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	.148	.207	.185	.392	0	0	132	490	81	125	24	105	1	.255	.776
Ron Darling	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	81	4	8	0	0	0	.099	.254
Lenny Dykstra	6	23	3	7	1	1	1	3	2	4	.304	.360	.565	.925	1	0	147	431	77	127	8	45	31	.295	.822
Kevin Elster	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	19	30	3	5	0	0	0	.167	.442
Sid Fernandez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	68	6	11	0	4	1	.162	.403
Dwight Gooden	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	81	5	7	0	4	0	.086	.230
Danny Heep	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.200	.250	.450	0	0	86	195	24	55	5	33	1	.282	.799
Keith Hernandez	6	26	3	7	1	1	0	3	3	6	.269	.345	.385	.729	0	0	149	551	94	171	13	83	2	.310	.859
Howard Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	88	220	30	54	10	39	8	.245	.787
Ray Knight	6	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	5	.167	.192	.167	.359	0	0	137	486	51	145	11	76	2	.298	.775
Lee Mazzilli	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	*100	151	28	37	3	15	4	.245	.752
Roger McDowell	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	75	18	1	5	0	3	0	.278	.594
Kevin Mitchell	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	108	328	51	91	12	43	3	.277	.811
Bob Ojeda	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	71	3	8	0	0	0	.113	.238
Jesse Orosco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	3	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333
Rafael Santana	6	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.176	.176	.176	.353	0	0	139	394	38	86	1	28	0	.218	.539
Doug Sisk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Darryl Strawberry	6	22	4	5	1	0	2	5	3	12	.227	.308	.545	.853	1	0	136	475	76	123	27	93	28	.259	.865
Tim Teufel	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	93	279	35	69	4	31	1	.247	.693
Mookie Wilson	6	26	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	7	.115	.148	.115	.264	1	0	123	381	61	110	9	45	25	.289	.775
Totals	83	227	21	43	4	2	3	19	14	57	.189	.234	.264	.498	4	0	162	5558	783	1462	148		118	.263	.740

Houston Astros Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Larry Andersen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*48	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alan Ashby	6	23	2	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	.130	.200	.304	.504	0	0	120	315	24	81	7	38	1	.257	.705
Kevin Bass	6	24	0	7	2	0	0	0	4	4	.292	.393	.375	.768	2	3	157	591	83	184	20	79	22	.311	.842
Jeff Calhoun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	6	26	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	8	.192	.222	.192	.415	0	0	141	479	48	133	10	72	3	.278	.754
Glenn Davis	6	26	3	7	1	0	1	3	1	3	.269	.321	.423	.745	0	0	158	574	91	152	31	101	3	.265	.837
Bill Doran	6	27	3	6	0	0	1	3	2	2	.222	.276	.333	.609	2	1	145	550	92	152	6	37	42	.276	.741
Phil Garner	3	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	.222	.300	.333	.633	0	0	107	313	43	83	9	41	12	.265	.744
Billy Hatcher	6	25	4	7	0	0	1	2	3	2	.280	.357	.400	.757	3	0	127	419	55	108	6	36	38	.258	.658
Charlie Kerfeld	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	9	0	1	0	1	0	.111	.311
Bob Knepper	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	42	91	2	9	0	1	0	.099	.242
Davey Lopes	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	*96	255	49	70	7	35	25	.275	.800
Aurelio Lopez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Pankovits	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	70	113	12	32	1	7	1	.283	.727
Terry Puhl	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	81	172	17	42	3	14	3	.244	.656
Craig Reynolds	4	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.385	.333	.718	0	0	114	313	32	78	6	41	3	.249	.623
Nolan Ryan	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	59	1	6	0	5	0	.102	.218
Mike Scott	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	95	7	12	0	3	0	.126	.292
Dave Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	54	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dickie Thon	6	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	106	278	24	69	3	21	6	.248	.653
Denny Walling	5	19	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	4	.158	.158	.211	.368	0	0	130	382	54	119	13	58	1	.312	.846
Totals	78	225	17	49	6	0	5	17	17	40	.218	.276	.311	.587	8	4	162	5441	654	1388	125		163	.255	.703

New York Mets Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rick Aguilera	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	2	2	0.800	28	20	3.88	10	7	0	141.2	145	36	104	1.278
Ron Darling	1	1	7.20	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	2	5	1.600	34	34	2.81	15	6	0	237.0	203	81	184	1.198
Sid Fernandez	1	1	4.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	3	3	1	5	0.667	32	31	3.52	16	6	1	204.1	161	91	200	1.233
Dwight Gooden	2	2	1.06	0	1	0	0	17.0	16	2	5	9	1.235	33	33	2.84	17	6	0	250.0	197	80	200	1.108
Roger McDowell	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	7.0	1	0	0	3	0.143	75	0	3.02	14	9	22	128.0	107	42	65	1.164
Bob Ojeda	2	2	2.57	1	0	0	1	14.0	15	4	4	6	1.357	32	30	2.57	18	5	0	217.1	185	52	148	1.090
Jesse Orosco	4	0	3.38	3	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	2	10	0.875	58	0	2.33	8	6	21	81.0	64	35	62	1.222
Doug Sisk	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	2.000	41	0	3.06	4	2	1	70.2	77	31	31	1.528
Totals	15	6	2.29	4	2	0	1	63.0	49	16	17	40	1.048	162	162	3.111	108	54		1484.0	1304	509	1083	1.222

Houston Astros Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Larry Andersen	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	2	3	0.600	*48	0	3.03	2	1	1	77.1	83	26	42	1.409
Jeff Calhoun	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2.000	20	0	3.71	1	0	0	26.2	28	12	14	1.500
Charlie Kerfeld	3	0	2.25	0	1	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	4	0.750	61	0	2.59	11	2	7	93.2	71	42	77	1.206
Bob Knepper	2	2	3.52	0	0	0	0	15.1	13	6	1	9	0.913	40	38	3.14	17	12	0	258.0	232	62	143	1.140
Aurelio Lopez	2	0	8.10	0	1	0	0	3.1	7	3	4	3	3.300	45	0	3.46	3	3	7	78.0	64	25	44	1.141
Nolan Ryan	2	2	3.86	0	1	0	0	14.0	9	6	1	17	0.714	30	30	3.34	12	8	0	178.0	119	82	194	1.129
Mike Scott	2	2	0.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	8	1	1	19	0.500	37	37	2.22	18	10	0	275.1	182	72	306	0.923
Dave Smith	2	0	9.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	3	2	2.500	54	0	2.73	4	7	33	56.0	39	22	46	1.089
Totals	16	6	2.87	2	4	0	2	62.2	43	20	14	57	0.910	162	162	3.146	96	66		1456.1	1203	523	1160	1.185

WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU
1985 NLCS / 1987 NLCS

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