1986 NLDS, Game 1: Manchester Minutemen At Cleveland Buckeyes 10/7/1986
Minutemen AB R H RBI AVG Buckeyes AB R H RBI AVG S.Fletcher SS 5 1 2 1 .400 T.Flannery 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Buckner 1B 5 0 0 0 .000 D.Evans LF 4 1 1 2 .250 R.Henderson CF 4 0 0 0 .000 K.Gibson RF 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Henderson RF 4 0 2 1 .500 D.Murphy CF 4 0 1 0 .250 C.Davis LF 4 1 2 0 .500 G.Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 P.Molitor 3B 4 0 2 0 .500 A.Trammell SS 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Russell C 4 2 2 3 .500 M.Pagliarulo 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Barrett 2B 3 1 1 0 .333 M.Lavalliere C 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Clemens P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Morris P 1 1 1 01.000 A-D.Murphy PH 1 0 0 0 .000 L.McCullers P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-T.Bernazard PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Dravecky P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 5 11 5 Totals 33 2 5 2
A-Pinch Hit For Morris In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For McCullers In 8th Inning
Minutemen....... 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 Buckeyes........ 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Minutemen (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Clemens WIN(1-0) 9 5 2 2 1 9 1 114 2.00 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 9 1
Buckeyes (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Morris LOSS(0-1) 5 7 5 5 1 2 2 87 9.00 L.McCullers 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 46 0.00 D.Dravecky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,164 DATE- Tuesday, October 7th 1986 TIME- Day T- 2:33 LEFT ON BASE- Minutemen: 7 Buckeyes: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Minutemen: 0 Buckeyes: 1 ERRORS- P.Molitor DOUBLES- S.Fletcher(1st), D.Henderson(1st), P.Molitor-2(2nd) TRIPLES- K.Gibson(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Russell-2(2nd), D.Evans(1st) RBIs- S.Fletcher(1st), D.Henderson(1st), J.Russell-3(3rd), D.Evans-2(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Clemens WALKS- R.Henderson, M.Barrett, T.Flannery STRIKE OUTS- D.Henderson-2, C.Davis, J.Russell, R.Clemens, T.Flannery, D.Evans, K.Gibson, D.Murphy-2, G.Walker, A.Trammell, M.Pagliarulo-2 GIDP- R.Henderson 2-out RBI- J.Russell-2, D.Evans-2, D.Henderson RLISP 2-out- D.Murphy-2, P.Molitor, C.Davis, R.Clemens-3, K.Gibson TEAM RISP- Minutemen: 2 for 11 Buckeyes: 0 for 4
John Russell ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Roger Clemens had a strong outing as the Manchester Minutemen beat the Cleveland Buckeyes by a score of 5 to 2.
Russell had a big day against Cleveland. He smashed a two-run homer in the 2nd inning and blasted a solo shot in the 5th inning. Manchester totaled 11 hits on the afternoon.
The victory was credited to Clemens who went the distance, allowing 2 runs. Jack Morris took the loss. He surrendered 5 runs and 7 hits in 5 innings.