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The playoff game didn't have much drama. We broke open a scoreless game with 2 in the 3rd, 2 in the 4th, 1 in the 5th and 2 more in the 6th and we won the west in game 163, 7-1. Kevin Houston went 8 1/3 and the Reds went out losing their last 5 games. All they needed was 1.
And if you think the west was close, the NL was a 3-way race.....to .500. After 162 games, not a single team was over .500. With 5 games to go the standings looked like this:
Montreal 78-79
Phillies 77-80
Cards 77-80
Montreal 79-79
Phillies 78-80
Cards 77-81
Montreal 79-80
Phillies 79-80
Cards 78-81
Phillies 80-80
Montreal 79-81
Cards 79-81
Expos 80-81
Phillies 80-81
Cards 80-81
.....3 way tie going into game 162!
The Phillies and Expos had easy wins, but the Cards lost in a walk off-2 run home run Another playoff saw the Expos beat the Phillies 4-3 to setup a rematch with us in the NLCS
In the AL, the Tigers won the East by 17 with 104 wins and the Twins won the West by 13 with 102 wins.
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