1986 NLCS, Game 7: Cleveland Buckeyes At Great Lakes Whitecaps 10/26/1986
Buckeyes AB R H RBI AVG Whitecaps AB R H RBI AVG
T.Flannery 2B 3 0 1 0 .179 T.Raines LF 8 1 4 0 .303
B-R.Thompson PH,2B 4 0 1 0 .333 A.Griffin SS 6 0 0 0 .296
D.Evans LF,RF 6 1 0 0 .250 W.Boggs 3B 6 0 0 1 .414
K.Gibson RF 4 0 1 0 .256 R.Yount 1B 7 0 2 0 .290
C-D.Murphy LF 2 0 1 0 .231 J.Beniquez CF 3 0 0 0 .250
D.Murphy CF 7 2 1 1 .276 E-M.Wilson PH,CF 3 0 0 0 .200
G.Walker 1B 7 1 2 3 .231 B.Bell 2B 6 1 1 1 .133
A.Trammell SS 8 0 0 0 .232 R.Sierra RF 7 0 1 0 .263
M.Pagliarulo 3B 3 0 0 0 .182 B.Boone C 5 0 0 0 .083
H-J.Royster PH,3B 4 0 0 0 .105 J.Tibbs P 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Davis C 5 0 0 0 .162 A-D.Collins PH 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Sanderson P 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Assenmacher P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Morris P 2 0 0 0 .125 D-H.Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 .176
F.Dipino P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .000
E.Olwine P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-C.Speier PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.McCullers P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Orosco P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-T.Bernazard PH 1 0 0 0 .333 D.Carman P 0 0 0 0 .000
R.McDowell P 0 0 0 0 ---- K-B.Hatcher PH 0 0 0 0 .125
D.Dravecky P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Huismann P 0 0 0 0 ----
I-C.Johnson PH 1 0 1 0 .364 M-S.Bradley PH 1 0 0 0 .500
J-T.Jones PR 0 0 0 0 .400 M.Lacoss P 1 0 1 01.000
J.Candelaria P 0 0 0 0 ----
L-M.Lavalliere C 2 0 0 0 .118
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Totals 60 4 8 4 Totals 57 2 9 2
A-Pinch Hit For Tibbs In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Flannery In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gibson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Assenmacher In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Beniquez In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For McCullers In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Smith In 11th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Pagliarulo In 12th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Dravecky In 12th Inning
J-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 12th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Carman In 13th Inning
L-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Candelaria In 14th Inning
M-Pinch Hit For Huismann In 15th Inning
Buckeyes........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 8 0
Whitecaps....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1
Buckeyes (8-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Morris 7 1/3 3 1 1 1 8 1 87 3.09
F.Dipino HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13.50
E.Olwine BS(1st) 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 3.00
L.McCullers 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
R.McDowell 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 0.00
D.Dravecky 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.40
J.Candelaria 2 2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 50 3.60
S.Sanderson WIN(1-1) 4 1/3 3 0 0 1 2 0 62 0.87
Totals 18 9 2 2 5 12 1
Whitecaps (3-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Tibbs 6 3 1 1 4 3 0 86 4.91
P.Assenmache 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 26 5.40
L.Smith 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 30 6.75
J.Orosco 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 27 0.00
D.Carman 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.50
M.Huismann 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 0.00
M.Lacoss LOSS(0-1) 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 41 9.00
Totals 18 8 4 4 7 13 2
ATTENDANCE- 45,444 DATE- Sunday, October 26th 1986 TIME- Night
T- 4:44
LEFT ON BASE- Buckeyes:12 Whitecaps: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Buckeyes: 1 Whitecaps: 1
ERRORS- W.Boggs
DOUBLES- R.Sierra(3rd), M.Lacoss
HOME RUNS- D.Murphy(3rd), G.Walker(2nd), B.Bell(1st)
RBIs- D.Murphy(10th), G.Walker-3(6th), W.Boggs(6th), B.Bell(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Wilson, R.Sierra
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Thompson, J.Morris, A.Griffin-2, B.Boone
WALKS- D.Evans-2, D.Murphy, D.Murphy, G.Walker, M.Pagliarulo, J.Davis, W.Boggs,
M.Wilson, B.Bell, B.Boone, B.Hatcher
HIT BY PITCH- D.Murphy
STRIKE OUTS- T.Flannery, R.Thompson, D.Evans, D.Murphy, D.Murphy-2, G.Walker,
J.Royster-2, J.Davis-3, T.Bernazard, A.Griffin-3, R.Yount-2,
J.Beniquez-2, B.Bell-2, R.Sierra-2, D.Collins
GIDP- J.Davis, B.Bell
BALKS- E.Olwine
WILD PITCHES- S.Sanderson
2-out RBI- G.Walker, D.Murphy
RLISP 2-out- A.Trammell, D.Murphy-2, R.Thompson, W.Boggs, G.Walker, A.Griffin-2,
S.Bradley
TEAM RISP- Buckeyes: 1 for 10 Whitecaps: 1 for 8
Write-up from Cleveland manager, Scott Katzenmeyer:
Cleveland opened the game with a walk, single, and 2-out RBI single from Alan Trammell.
But that is all Tibbs would give up and after Dale Murphy's solo shot, Cleveland led 2-0
heading to the bottom of the 8th.
Morris had cruised through 7 innings giving up only a 2-out single to Tim Raines in the 6th.
But Morris started to look like he was tired after giving up a lead off homer to Buddy Bell
in the 8th and a double to Ruben Sierra. After a sac bunt and Harold Reynolds coming on to
pinch hit, Cleveland opted for the slick fielding lefty Dipino to come on to pitch. Ruben
Sierra inexplicably attempted to steal home and was gunned down and Cleveland held on to the
lead, 2-1.
Cleveland went down 1-2-3 in the 9th and with the matchups seeming to favor a lefty, Ed Olwine
came in to try and shut down the game, but after a lead off single from Raines and a sacrifice
bunt from Griffin, Raines got Olwine to balk him over to third. Boggs hit a grounder to Walker
that had no shot at the plate and Great Lakes tied the score at 2. On to extra innings we go!
Both teams went down in order in the 10th. In the 11th, Great Lakes had Raines on 2nd with 2 down,
and after a meeting on the mound, Dravecky convinced the manager he could get Boggs out despite
hitting over .400 for the series and got him to ground out. Both bullpens were stellar as each team
had only 6 hits through 16 innings!!! The game went to the 18th and after a 1-out walk to Dale Murphy,
Greg Walker blasted a 2-run homer off Mike Lacoss to give Cleveland a 4-2 lead.
Scott Sanderson was starting his 4th inning of relief and retired the first 2 batters, but gave up a
2-out double to Mike LaCoss and a single to Tim Raines. With the only available pitchers being the
Game 5 & 6 starters, after a mound visit, Sanderson induced Alfredo Griffin into a foul out and
Cleveland survived the marathon Game 7 for a 4-3 series win!
Sanderson & Candeleria were amazing out of bullpen going 7 innings of scoreless ball. Smith, Orosco,
Carman & Husimann the same for Great Lakes & Lacoss had already gone 2 scoreless before giving up the homer.
An absolute classic way to end series.
By far the most even, challenging and fun series I have ever been a part of!!! Dave & I kept sharing OMG
moments throughout the whole series. A shame one team had to lose.
Co-MVPs of the series go to Greg Walker for his Game 7 heroics and hitting .250 with 2 HR & 6 RBI for the series,
and Sid Fernandez who went 2-0 without giving up a run. Notable others were Mike Pagliarulo with 3 dingers, Wade
Boggs (.414, 6 RBI), and Scott Bradley (.500, 2 HR, 7 RBI).
For the series Cleveland was out-hit 66-48, but the 12 homers from Cleveland helped lead them to victory.
Series for the ages and kudos to Dave for an awesome team and best series I ever played.