{"id":29502,"date":"2015-04-21T19:18:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/?p=29502"},"modified":"2015-04-21T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T23:18:53","slug":"the-overlooked-game-seven-of-the-1986-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/21\/the-overlooked-game-seven-of-the-1986-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overlooked Game Seven of the 1986 World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey baseball fans!<\/p>\n

So believe it or not, the 1986 World Series didn’t end on Bill Buckner<\/a><\/strong>‘s blunder on the Mookie Wilson<\/a><\/strong> grounder to first. That walk-off error just tied the ’86 Series between the Mets and Red Sox at three games apiece and considering the World Series is a best-of-seven series, one more game was played. Yes, it was a bit anticlimactic compared to the thrilling ending to Game Six, but let me tell you a little bit about Game Seven of the 1986 Fall Classic.<\/p>\n

Game Seven featured a great starting pitching matchup: All Star Bruce Hurst<\/a><\/strong> for the Sox against All Star Ron Darling<\/a><\/strong> for the Mets. Hurst was actually already 2-0 in the Series coming into that seventh game, while Ron was 1-1 and the one game that he lost during the 1986 World Series was against Hurst. Anyway, the game took place on October 27, 1986 in Shea Stadium in New York. A crowd of 55,032 fans watched to see if the Red Sox could finally put the Curse of the Bambino to rest.
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\nThe Red Sox opened up the scoring on Darling in the top of the second inning. Dwight Evans<\/a><\/strong> and Rich Gedman<\/a><\/strong> hit back-to-back homers and later in the inning, Hall of Famer Wade Boggs<\/a><\/strong> hit an RBI single, scoring Dave Henderson<\/a><\/strong>. Ron Darling went another inning and two-thirds, but then was relieved by Sid Fernandez<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(pictured below), an All Star in ’86 who was a part of a very good Mets starting pitching staff. There was no scoring on either side until the bottom of the sixth, when the Mets finally got on the scoreboard. Keith Hernandez<\/a><\/strong> had a 2-RBI single, scoring Lee Mazzilli<\/a><\/strong> and Mookie Wilson. Later on in the inning, Hernandez scored on an RBI groundout by Hall of Fame catcher, Gary Carter<\/a><\/strong>. So, after six innings, the game was tied at three runs apiece.<\/p>\n

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New York quickly grabbed the lead in the bottom of the seventh, this time facing Boston pitcher, Calvin Schiraldi<\/a><\/strong>. Ray Knight<\/a><\/strong> cracked a solo homer to give the Mets the lead, 4-3. Then, Rafael Santana<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0smacked a Lenny Dykstra<\/a><\/strong>-scoring single to right field, which was followed up by a Keith Hernandez sacrifice fly. But the game was not over. In the top of the eighth, Dwight Evans collected his second and third runs batted in on the game on a two-run double off Mets reliever Roger McDowell<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Mets had a slim lead, 6-5, but they knew they needed insurance runs and insurance runs they got. Long-time Met, Darryl Strawberry<\/a><\/strong>, cracked a dramatic solo home run to right, giving the Amazins a two-run the cushion. But the runs didn’t stop there for New York. Three batters after Strawberry, Mets closer, Jesse Orosco<\/a><\/strong>, singled to center field, scoring Ray Knight! The Mets now had a pretty comfortable lead on Boston and let Orosco finish off the Series, which he did in the top of the ninth. The Mets won the game 8-5 and the Series in seven games. It was their second Fall Classic championship and the Red Sox’s fourth World Series loss since 1918.<\/p>\n

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This game is very overlooked due to the dramatics of Game Six, but it was just as important. It was a must-win game for both clubs, but the Mets came out on top in the end. Thanks for reading this post and I hope you enjoyed it. Check back soon for more of “all the buzz on what wuzz.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey baseball fans! So believe it or not, the 1986 World Series didn’t end on Bill Buckner‘s blunder on the Mookie Wilson grounder to first. That walk-off error just tied the ’86 Series between the Mets and Red Sox at three games apiece and considering the World Series is a best-of-seven series, one more game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t