1986 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
The Stars and Canadiens should be odds-on favorites. Both won double-digit more games than their opponents in the regular season.
Blue Sox @ Stars
5-1
(Blue Sox lead 1-0)
Larry Coffins PH 3-run home run decides the game in the ninth;
Knights @ Canadiens
3-2
(Knights lead 1-0)
ATL Carlos Asquabal 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, W;
Blue Sox @ Stars
0-4
(series tied 1-1)
DAL Jose Gonzalez 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, W!!!
Knights @ Canadiens
11-8
(Knights lead 2-0)
Knights put seven up in the first three innings, routing Robbie Campbell
Stars @ Blue Sox
4-5
(Blue Sox lead 2-1)
Nashville comes from behind in the bottom 9th to win
Canadiens @ Knights
3-4
(Knights lead 3-0)
ATL Douglas Donaldson 2-3, HR, 2B, 3 RBI;
Stars @ Blue Sox
2-1
(series tied 2-2)
Canadiens @ Knights
3-2
(Knights lead 3-1)
Stars @ Blue Sox
4-3
(Stars lead 3-2)
the Stars turn the game in the top 7th and then cling on to their small 1-run lead;
Canadiens @ Knights
9-1
(Knights lead 3-2)
Asquabal is blown out early this time;
Blue Sox @ Stars
9-2
(series tied 3-3)
Blue Sox score five in the top 9th to put the game away
Knights @ Canadiens
1-2 (13)
(series tied 3-3)
the Knights have been so close, and now they lose in 13 innings to face a game 7;
Blue Sox @ Stars
5-4 (16)
(Blue Sox win 4-3)
incredible marathon over SIXTEEN innings in Dallas, as Jack Pennington gets the win in relief;
Knights @ Canadiens
2-1
(Knights win 4-3)
ATL Wayne Smith 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K; Juan Correa is chewed up in the middle innings;
Well, I know nothing bout baseball, there you have it.
1986 WORLD SERIES
There is no clear-cut favorite here. The Blue Sox have the better bullpen (anchored by former Coon Gary Simmons), and sport an array of high-average, low-power hitters for small ball play. Only three players hit double-digit homers: Travis Lange, Horace Henry, and John White. The Knights have the better rotation, but it is nowhere near what they chewed through on the Canadiens to get here in the first place. Their offense is mostly paced by outfielders Tom McDonald and Michael Root.
For the Blue Sox, this is the second World Series, after losing to the Canadiens in 1984. The Knights have reached the ultimate level for the first time.
Knights @ Blue Sox
5-6 (11)
(Blue Sox lead 1-0)
Knights score first in the top 11th, but the Blue Sox get back and walk off; ATL Sakutaro Ine 3-6, 2 2B, 3 RBI;
Knights @ Blue Sox
4-6
(Blue Sox lead 2-0)
Blue Sox @ Knights
5-1
(Blue Sox lead 3-0)
NAS Horace Henry 3-5, 2 RBI; NAS Antonio Rodriguez 3-4, BB, 3B;
Blue Sox @ Knights
4-3
(Blue Sox win 4-0)
Knights lead 3-0 after three then collapse; PH Cesar Colσn grounds into a run-scoring fielders choice in the top 8th to plate the Golden run.
1986 WORLD CHAMPIONS
NASHVILLE BLUE SOX
(1st title)
This is the first World Series sweep since the inaugural championship in 1977, when the Cyclones wiped the floor with the Bayhawks.
For the first time, the third-seeded team wins the World Series. (The fourth seed has already won long ago, the Crusaders in 1979)