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[B]MLB Playoff Reports 10/27/1987[B]
WOW! It was a wild finish to the 1987 regular season. The New York Mets may have clinched the NL East early, but the other divisions came down to the wire. In the NL West The Cincinnati Reds held off the Los Angeles Dodgers and won the division, on September 30th, with 4 days left in the season. In the AL East, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Boston Red Sox, were tied with 3 games left to go. In the final series, they played each other. Milwaukee took the first two games to win the divison. Sadly, Boston's curse continues as they won the final game of the season to win 100 games on the season. They had the second best record in the majors, but will miss the playoffs. In the AL West, the Kansas City Royals had a 1 game lead on the Seattle Mariners haeding into the final series of the season. The Royals took 2 of 3 from the Minnesota Twins, while the Mariners swept the Texas Rangers to force a 1 game playoff. The Mariners went into the bottom of the 8th with a 4-2 lead. The Royals tied it on a 2 run HR by rookie Kevin Seitzer. The Royals went on to win it in the bottom of the 10th to win the division!
In the NLCS, the Mets took Game 1 by a score of 3-2, with Frank Viola getting the win and Ted Power taking the loss. In Game 2, Mets SP Dwight Gooden throw a 3 hit shutout. The Reds came up just short in Game 3, losing 2-1 in 12 innings. The Mets completed the sweep in Game 4 winning 4-3. Mets SP Dwight Gooden was named Series MVP.
In the ALCS, both Game 1 starters went the distance and the Brewers won 1-0 behind Teddy Higuera's shutout. In Game 2, the Royals shifted home field advantage by winning 5 to 2. Kansas City won easily at home in Game 3 by a score 9-1. Then in high scoring game that saw 5 HRs, the Royals edged the Brewers 7-6, putting themselves 1 win from the World Series. Game 1 hero, Teddy Higuera went the distance in Game 5 limiting the Royals to 1 run on 3 hits as they won 9-1. The Brewers, back at home in Game 6, forced a Game 7 by escaping with a 5 to 4 victory. In an exciting Game 7, the Brewers jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 2 innings. Kansas City cut the lead to 2 in the Top of the 4th, but Milwaukee answered back in the bottom half of the inning and tacked on a another in the 5th. Neither team scored again giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-1 victory and a trip to the World Series. Brewers SP Teddy Higuera was named Series MVP.
Game 1 of the World Series went 12 innings with the Brewers winning 3-2 behind another brilliant outing by Teddy Higuera. Not wanting to lose their first 2 home games, the Mets turned to young ace Dwight Gooden, who responded by brilliantly shutting down theBrewers 6-0. He held them to 3 hits while striking out 9. Game 3, in Milwaukee, was a back and forth game, the saw the Mets emerge victoriously, 6-5. The Brewers evened up the series at 2, winning Game 4, 5-4, on a wlak off double by Paul Molitor in the 10th inning. In Game 5, Teddy Higuera finally got outpitched as Frank Viola through a 8 hit shutout as the Mets won 3-0. This put them up 1 with the series shifting back to New York. Game 6 was a slugfest that saw Milwaukee outlast the Mets 8-5 setting up a Game 7. In the final game of the 1987 season, the Mets score 2 runs in the 4th, Milwaukee 1 in the 5th and the Mets scored again in the 6th to increase thier lead to 3-1. They blew it open with 4 runs in the 8th and then David Cone slammed the door closed in the 9th, giving the New York Mets a 7-1 victory and their second straight title and third championship overall. Gary Carter, hit .429 with 2 HR and 7 RBIs to win the World Series MVP.
Congrats to the New York Mets
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