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

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WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1988 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3     3  8  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Gooden, Myers (8)
              LAD - Hershiser, Howell (9)

               WP - Randy Myers
	       LP - Jay Howell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,582

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1988 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1     3  6  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  4  0    0  1  0    0  0  x     6  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Cone, Aguilera (3), Leach (6), McDowell (8)
              LAD - Belcher, Orosco (9), Pena (9)

               WP - Tim Belcher
	       LP - David Cone
             SAVE - Alejandro Pena

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Hernandez
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,780

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1988 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  0     4  7  2
    New York Mets                0  0  1    0  0  2    0  5  x     8  9  2

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hershiser, Howell (8), Pena (8), Orosco (8), Horton (8)
              NYM - Darling, McDowell (7), Myers (8), Cone (9)

               WP - Randy Myers
	       LP - Alejandro Pena
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,672

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1988 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1     5  7  1
    New York Mets                0  0  0    3  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     4 10  2

    PITCHERS: LAD - Tudor, Holton (6), Horton (7), Pena (9), Leary (12), Orosco (12), Hershiser (12)
              NYM - Gooden, Myers (9), McDowell (11)

               WP - Alejandro Pena
	       LP - Roger McDowell
             SAVE - Orel Hershiser

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Gibson, Scioscia
              NYM - McReynolds, Strawberry

  ATTENDANCE: 54,014

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1988 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    3  3  0    0  0  1     7 12  0
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  0     4  9  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Belcher, Horton (8), Holton (8)
              NYM - Fernandez, Leach (5), Aguilera (6), McDowell (8)

               WP - Tim Belcher
	       LP - Sid Fernandez
             SAVE - Brian Holton

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Gibson
              NYM - Dykstra

  ATTENDANCE: 52,069

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1988 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                1  0  1    0  2  1    0  0  0     5 11  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: NYM - Cone
              LAD - Leary, Holton (5), Horton (6), Orosco (8)

               WP - David Cone
	       LP - Tim Leary
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - McReynolds
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,885

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1988 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 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  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  5  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     6 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Darling, Gooden (2), Leach (5), Aguilera (7)
              LAD - Hershiser

               WP - Orel Hershiser
	       LP - Ron Darling
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,693

Series MVP - Orel Hershiser

Series Batting Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Tim Belcher         2   8  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .125  .125  .125  0 |  56   4  1  .071  .232   0
*Mike Davis          4   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 | 281  55  2  .196  .530   7
 Rick Dempsey        4   5  1  2  2  0  0   2  1  0  .400  .500  .800  0 | 167  42  7  .251  .793   1
*Kirk Gibson         7  26  2  4  0  0  2   6  3  6  .154  .233  .385  2 | 542 157 25  .290  .860  31
 Jose Gonzalez       5   0  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  24   2  0  .083  .279   3
#Alfredo Griffin     7  25  1  4  1  0  0   3  0  5  .160  .160  .200  0 | 316  63  1  .199  .512   7
 Jeff Hamilton       7  23  2  5  0  0  0   1  3  4  .217  .333  .217  0 | 309  73  6  .236  .621   0
 Mickey Hatcher      6  21  4  5  2  0  0   3  3  0  .238  .333  .333  0 | 191  56  1  .293  .673   0
*Danny Heep          3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .500  .000  0 | 149  36  0  .242  .596   2
 Orel Hershiser      4   9  1  0  0  0  0   1  1  2  .000  .100  .000  0 |  85  11  0  .129  .316   0
 Brian Holton        3   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  10   0  0  .000  .091   0
*Ricky Horton        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
 Jay Howell          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Tim Leary           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  18  0  .269  .599   0
 Mike Marshall       7  30  3  7  1  1  0   5  2  9  .233  .281  .333  0 | 542 150 20  .277  .759   4
 Jesse Orosco        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Alejandro Pena      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Steve Sax           7  30  7  8  0  0  0   3  3  3  .267  .353  .267  5 | 632 175  5  .277  .668  42
*Mike Scioscia       7  22  3  8  1  0  1   2  1  2  .364  .391  .545  0 | 408 105  3  .257  .642   0
 Mike Sharperson     2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 |  59  16  0  .271  .578   0
#John Shelby         7  24  3  4  0  0  0   3  5 12  .167  .300  .167  2 | 494 130 10  .263  .715  16
*Franklin Stubbs     4   8  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  4  .250  .250  .250  0 | 242  54  8  .223  .664  11
*John Tudor          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 59   5  0  .085  .228   0
 Tracy Woodson       3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 173  43  3  .249  .614   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 243 31 52  7  1  3  30 25 54  .214  .290  .288  9 |         99  .248  .656 131

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Mets

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Rick Aguilera       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
#Wally Backman       7  22  2  6  1  0  0   2  2  5  .273  .333  .318  1 | 294  89  0  .303  .732   9
 Gary Carter         7  27  0  6  1  1  0   4  1  3  .222  .250  .333  0 | 455 110 11  .242  .659   0
*David Cone          3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  80  12  0  .150  .369   0
 Ron Darling         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  82  18  0  .220  .546   0
*Lenny Dykstra       7  14  6  6  3  0  1   3  4  0  .429  .600  .857  0 | 429 116  8  .270  .706  30
 Kevin Elster        5   8  1  2  1  0  0   1  3  0  .250  .455  .375  0 | 406  87  9  .214  .595   2
*Sid Fernandez       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  56  14  0  .250  .594   0
 Dwight Gooden       3   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 |  90  16  1  .178  .407   0
*Keith Hernandez     7  26  2  7  0  0  1   5  6  7  .269  .406  .385  1 | 348  96 11  .276  .750   2
#Gregg Jefferies     7  27  2  9  2  0  0   1  4  0  .333  .438  .407  0 | 109  35  6  .321  .960   5
#Howard Johnson      6  18  3  1  0  0  0   0  1  6  .056  .105  .056  1 | 495 114 24  .230  .765  23
 Terry Leach         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  14   2  0  .143  .357   0
*Dave Magadan        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 314  87  1  .277  .727   0
#Lee Mazzilli        3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .667  .500  1 | 116  17  0  .147  .391   4
 Roger McDowell      4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   3  0  .333 1.000   0
 Kevin McReynolds    7  28  4  7  2  0  2   4  3  5  .250  .313  .536  2 | 552 159 27  .288  .832  21
*Randy Myers         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .750   0
*Mackey Sasser       4   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 123  35  1  .285  .720   0
*Darryl Strawberry   7  30  5  9  2  0  1   6  2  5  .300  .344  .467  0 | 543 146 39  .269  .911  29
 Tim Teufel          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 273  64  4  .234  .658   0
#Mookie Wilson       4  13  2  2  0  0  0   1  2  2  .154  .267  .154  0 | 378 112  8  .296  .776  15
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 240 27 58 12  1  5  27 28 42  .242  .330  .363  6 |        152  .256  .721 140

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Orel Hershiser      4   1.09 1-0  1  1 24.7 18  3  7 15 | 23-8  267  2.26  1.05 178  1
 Tim Belcher         2   4.11 2-0  0  0 15.3 12  7  4 16 | 12-6  180  2.91  1.08 152  4
*John Tudor          1   7.20 0-0  0  0  5.0  8  4  1  1 |+10-8  198  2.32  1.16  87   
 Tim Leary           2   6.23 0-1  0  0  4.3  8  3  3  3 | 17-11 229  2.91  1.12 180   
 Alejandro Pena      3   4.15 1-1  1  0  4.3  1  2  5  1 |  6-7   94  1.91  1.08  83 12
*Ricky Horton        4   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  4  0  2  3 |+ 7-11 118  4.87  1.43  36  2
 Brian Holton        3   2.25 0-0  1  0  4.0  2  1  1  2 |  7-3   85  1.70  1.12  49  1
*Jesse Orosco        4   7.71 0-0  0  0  2.3  4  2  3  0 |  3-2   53  2.72  1.34  43  9
 Jay Howell          2  27.00 0-1  0  0  0.7  1  2  2  1 |  5-3   65  2.08  1.00  70 21
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.32 4-3  3  1 65.0 58 24 28 42 |            2.96 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dwight Gooden       3   2.95 0-0  0  0 18.3 10  6  8 20 | 18-9  248  3.19  1.20 175   
 David Cone          3   4.50 1-1  0  1 12.0 10  6  5  9 | 20-3  231  2.22  1.12 213   
 Ron Darling         2   7.71 0-1  0  0  7.0 11  6  4  7 | 17-9  241  3.25  1.16 161   
 Rick Aguilera       3   1.29 0-0  0  0  7.0  3  1  2  4 |  0-4   25  6.93  1.58  16   
 Roger McDowell      4   4.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  6  3  2  5 |  5-5   89  2.63  1.25  46 16
 Terry Leach         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  4  0  1  4 |  7-2   92  2.54  1.29  51  3
*Randy Myers         3   0.00 2-0  0  0  4.7  1  0  2  0 |  7-3   68  1.72  0.91  69 26
*Sid Fernandez       1  13.50 0-1  0  0  4.0  7  6  1  5 | 12-10 187  3.03  1.05 189   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.94 3-4  0  1 64.0 52 28 25 54 |            2.91 1.150   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM

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