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1988 National League Championship Series

Game 1 @ CIN: Mets 9, Reds 2
Game 2 @ CIN: Reds 4, Mets 3
Game 3 @ NYN: Reds 11, Mets 4
Game 4 @ NYN: Reds 7, Mets 3 

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BOXSCORE: 1988 New York NL Mets At 1988 Cincinnati Reds             10/4/1988
*** 1988 NLCS Game 1 ***

  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Wilson CF         3  1  0  0 .000     T.Brunansky RF      2  0  0  0 .000  
B-L.Dykstra CF        1  0  1  01.000     B.Larkin SS         4  0  1  0 .250  
  W.Backman 2B        5  0  2  0 .400     R.Jordan 1B         4  0  1  0 .250  
  K.McReynolds LF     4  2  2  2 .500     E.Davis CF          4  1  1  0 .250  
  K.Phelps 1B         3  1  1  2 .333     P.O'Neill LF        4  0  0  0 .000  
C-K.Hernandez 1B      2  1  1  2 .500     C.Sabo 3B           4  1  2  2 .500  
  D.Strawberry RF     4  0  0  0 .000     A.Trevino C         4  0  0  0 .000  
  H.Johnson 3B        3  1  1  1 .333     B.Doran 2B          3  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Whitt C           4  2  2  1 .500     J.Rijo P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Schofield SS      4  1  2  1 .500     R.Murphy P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  F.Viola P           3  0  0  0 .000   A-B.Bell PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          T.Browning P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          R.Dibble P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        D-R.Gonzales PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Farrell P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  9 12  9                 Totals      32  2  5  2

A-Pinch Hit For Murphy In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wilson In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Phelps In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Dibble In 7th Inning

Mets............ 0 0 0  0 6 1  2 0 0  -  9 12  0
Reds............ 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0

Mets (1-0)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Viola WIN(1-0)          9       5   2   2   2  10   1 122   2.00  A1
Totals                    9       5   2   2   2  10   1

Reds (0-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Rijo LOSS(0-1)          4 2/3   7   6   6   3   4   2  82  11.57  A1 C4
R.Murphy                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00  C5 C5
T.Browning                1 1/3   4   3   3   0   0   2  24  20.25  C6 D4
R.Dibble                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00  D5 D6
J.Farrell                 2       1   0   0   0   0   0  21   0.00  D7
Totals                    9      12   9   9   3   6   4

ATTENDANCE- 48,122 DATE- Tuesday, October 4th 1988 TIME- Day 
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 4  Reds: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0  Reds: 2
DOUBLES- W.Backman(1st), K.McReynolds(1st), E.Whitt(1st), E.Davis(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Phelps(1st), K.Hernandez(1st), H.Johnson(1st), E.Whitt(1st), C.Sabo(1st)
STOLEN BASES- D.Schofield(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Viola
WALKS- M.Wilson, K.McReynolds, H.Johnson, T.Brunansky-2
STRIKE OUTS- W.Backman-2, D.Strawberry-3, F.Viola, T.Brunansky, R.Jordan, E.Davis, P.O'Neill-2, C.Sabo, A.Trevino, J.Rijo, B.Bell, R.Gonzales
GIDP- E.Whitt
BALKS- J.Rijo
2-out RBI- K.McReynolds-2, K.Phelps-2


BOXSCORE: 1988 New York NL Mets At 1988 Cincinnati Reds 10/5/1988 *** 1988 NLCS Game 2 *** Mets AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG L.Dykstra CF 4 0 1 0 .400 T.Brunansky LF 4 0 0 0 .000 H-M.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Larkin SS 4 0 1 1 .250 W.Backman 2B 3 0 1 0 .375 F-R.Gonzales SS 0 0 0 0 .000 I-T.Teufel PH 0 0 0 0 ---- V.Hayes 1B 2 0 1 0 .500 K.McReynolds LF 5 0 1 0 .333 C-N.Esasky PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Phelps 1B 2 1 0 0 .200 E.Davis CF 4 0 1 0 .250 A-K.Hernandez 1B 0 0 0 0 .500 P.O'Neill RF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Strawberry RF 4 1 1 0 .125 C.Sabo 3B 4 0 0 0 .250 H.Johnson 3B,SS 3 1 1 3 .333 J.Reed C 4 1 1 0 .250 E.Whitt C 3 0 1 0 .429 B.Doran 2B 4 1 1 0 .143 D-G.Carter PH,C 1 0 1 01.000 T.Belcher P 2 1 2 21.000 D.Schofield SS 3 0 2 0 .571 B-W.Johnson PH 1 1 1 01.000 E-G.Jefferies PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Franco P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Cone P 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Dibble P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.McDowell P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Myers P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-T.Jones PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 34 4 8 3 A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Phelps In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Belcher In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Hayes In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Whitt In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Schofield In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Larkin In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Myers In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Dykstra In 9th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Backman In 9th Inning Mets............ 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 Reds............ 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 1 Mets (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Cone LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 6 4 3 1 2 1 107 4.26 A1 C9 R.McDowell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 ---- D1 D2 R.Myers 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 0.00 D3 Totals 8 8 4 3 1 5 1 Reds (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Belcher WIN(1-0) 7 8 3 3 3 4 1 122 3.86 A1 D4 J.Franco HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 0.00 D5 E2 R.Dibble SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 E3 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 49,465 DATE- Wednesday, October 5th 1988 TIME- Day T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 9 Reds: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0 Reds: 1 ERRORS- K.McReynolds, K.Phelps, C.Sabo DOUBLES- D.Strawberry(1st), V.Hayes(1st) HOME RUNS- H.Johnson(2nd), T.Belcher(1st) STOLEN BASES- W.Backman(1st), K.McReynolds(1st), K.Phelps(1st), D.Strawberry(1st), D.Schofield(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Johnson WALKS- W.Backman, T.Teufel, K.Phelps-2, V.Hayes STRIKE OUTS- L.Dykstra-2, D.Strawberry-2, V.Hayes, N.Esasky, P.O'Neill, C.Sabo-2 BALKS- D.Cone WILD PITCHES- D.Cone
BOXSCORE: 1988 Cincinnati Reds At 1988 New York NL Mets 10/7/1988 *** 1988 NLCS Game 3 *** Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG T.Brunansky RF 5 4 3 0 .273 L.Dykstra CF 3 0 1 0 .375 R.Gonzales LF 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Gooden P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-P.O'Neill LF 2 1 1 2 .100 R.McDowell P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Larkin SS 4 0 2 2 .333 G-G.Jefferies 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Jordan 1B 3 1 2 3 .429 W.Backman 2B 3 0 0 0 .273 E-V.Hayes PH,1B 1 0 0 1 .333 K.McReynolds LF 4 0 1 0 .308 E.Davis CF 5 2 2 1 .308 K.Phelps 1B 4 2 2 1 .333 C.Sabo 3B 5 0 2 1 .308 D.Strawberry RF 4 1 1 2 .167 A.Trevino C 2 0 0 0 .000 H.Johnson 3B,SS 4 0 1 0 .300 F-J.Reed C 2 0 1 0 .333 E.Whitt C 4 1 1 0 .364 B.Doran 2B 5 0 1 0 .167 D.Schofield SS 0 0 0 0 .571 T.Leary P 5 3 4 0 .800 A-D.Magadan PH,3B 3 0 0 0 .000 K.Dayley P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Ojeda P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-K.Griffey PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Terry P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-M.Wilson PH,CF 2 0 0 1 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 11 18 10 Totals 33 4 7 4 A-Pinch Hit For Schofield In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Ojeda In 3rd Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gonzales In 5th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Terry In 5th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Jordan In 6th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Trevino In 6th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (3B) For McDowell In 8th Inning Reds............ 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 - 11 18 0 Mets............ 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Reds (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Leary WIN(1-0) 9 7 4 4 1 5 2 122 4.00 A1 Totals 9 7 4 4 1 5 2 Mets (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Ojeda LOSS(0-1) 3 9 5 5 1 1 1 74 15.00 A1 C1 S.Terry 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00 C2 C8 D.Gooden 0 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 0 23 54.00 C9 D3 R.McDowell 1 2/3 2 2 2 1 0 0 21 10.80 D4 E1 K.Dayley 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 35 9.00 E2 Totals 9 18 11 11 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,730 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1988 TIME- Day T- 2:32 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 8 Mets: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Mets: 1 DOUBLES- E.Davis(2nd), C.Sabo(1st) TRIPLES- E.Whitt(1st) HOME RUNS- R.Jordan(1st), K.Phelps(2nd), D.Strawberry(1st) STOLEN BASES- T.Brunansky(1st), B.Larkin(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- L.Dykstra SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gonzales SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Larkin, V.Hayes WALKS- T.Brunansky, A.Trevino, W.Backman STRIKE OUTS- R.Jordan, E.Davis, A.Trevino, J.Reed, T.Leary, K.Phelps, D.Strawberry-2, H.Johnson-2 GIDP- B.Doran BALKS- B.Ojeda WILD PITCHES- K.Dayley, B.Ojeda 2-out RBI- R.Jordan-3, D.Strawberry-2, E.Davis, C.Sabo
BOXSCORE: 1988 Cincinnati Reds At 1988 New York NL Mets 10/8/1988 *** 1988 NLCS Game 4 *** Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG T.Brunansky LF 4 1 1 1 .267 T.Jones CF 4 2 1 0 .200 B.Larkin SS 5 0 3 1 .412 G.Jefferies 3B 5 1 1 2 .143 D-R.Gonzales SS 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Hernandez 1B 4 0 2 1 .500 E.Davis CF 5 0 2 0 .333 K.McReynolds LF 4 0 1 0 .294 N.Esasky 1B 4 0 2 0 .400 D.Strawberry RF 4 0 0 0 .125 E-V.Hayes 1B 0 0 0 0 .333 G.Carter C 4 0 1 0 .400 P.O'Neill RF 5 1 1 0 .133 T.Teufel 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 C.Sabo 3B 5 2 1 0 .278 D.Schofield SS 2 0 0 0 .444 J.Reed C 5 2 3 3 .455 A-D.Magadan PH 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Doran 2B 4 0 2 2 .250 C-H.Johnson SS 1 0 0 0 .273 D.Jackson P 5 1 0 0 .000 M.Scott P 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Terry P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-M.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Dayley P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Gooden P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-K.Griffey PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 42 7 15 7 Totals 35 3 7 3 A-Pinch Hit For Schofield In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Terry In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Magadan In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Larkin In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Esasky In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Gooden In 9th Inning Reds............ 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 - 7 15 1 Mets............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 7 2 Reds (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Jackson WIN(1-0) 9 7 3 2 3 5 1 129 2.00 A1 Totals 9 7 3 2 3 5 1 Mets (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Scott LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 10 4 4 3 3 2 102 6.35 A1 D2 S.Terry 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 D3 D3 K.Dayley 2 1/3 5 3 1 0 0 0 55 6.23 D4 E7 D.Gooden 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18.00 E8 Totals 9 15 7 5 3 4 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,290 DATE- Saturday, October 8th 1988 TIME- Day T- 3:11 LEFT ON BASE- Reds:11 Mets: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Mets: 1 ERRORS- E.Davis, D.Strawberry-2 DOUBLES- J.Reed(1st), T.Teufel(1st) TRIPLES- K.McReynolds(1st) HOME RUNS- T.Brunansky(1st), J.Reed(1st), G.Jefferies(1st) STOLEN BASES- P.O'Neill(1st), C.Sabo(1st) WALKS- T.Brunansky, N.Esasky, B.Doran, T.Jones, T.Teufel, D.Magadan STRIKE OUTS- T.Brunansky, E.Davis-2, D.Jackson, G.Jefferies, D.Strawberry, G.Carter, M.Scott, K.Griffey GIDP- P.O'Neill 2-out RBI- K.Hernandez, B.Larkin, J.Reed, B.Doran
Cincinnati Reds Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Eric Davis           4  18  3  6  2  0  0   1  0  4  .333  .333  .444  0
 Chris Sabo           4  18  3  5  1  0  1   3  0  3  .278  .278  .500  1
 Barry Larkin         4  17  0  7  0  0  0   4  0  0  .412  .389  .412  1
 Bill Doran           4  16  1  4  0  0  0   2  1  0  .250  .294  .250  0
 Paul O'Neill         4  15  2  2  0  0  0   2  0  3  .133  .133  .133  1
 Tom Brunansky        4  15  5  4  0  0  1   1  4  2  .267  .421  .467  1
 Rene Gonzales        4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 Jeff Reed            3  11  3  5  1  0  1   3  0  1  .455  .455  .818  0
 Von Hayes            3   3  0  1  1  0  0   1  1  1  .333  .400  .667  0
 Ricky Jordan         2   7  1  3  0  0  1   3  0  2  .429  .429  .857  0
 Alex Trevino         2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .143  .000  0
 Nick Esasky          2   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .400  .500  .400  0
 Wallace Johnson      1   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 Buddy Bell           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
                         
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Danny Jackson        1  2.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   7   2   3   5
 Tim Leary            1  4.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   7   4   1   5
 Tim Belcher          1  3.86   1-0   0  1   7.0   8   3   3   4
 John Farrell         1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   1   0   0   0
 John Franco          1  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.2   1   0   1   0
 Tom Browning         1 20.25   0-0   0  0   1.1   4   3   0   0
 Rob Dibble           2  0.00   0-0   1  0   1.0   0   0   0   1
 Rob Murphy           1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .1   0   0   0   1
 Jose Rijo            1 11.57   0-1   0  1   4.2   7   6   3   4
                         
New York Mets Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Kevin McReynolds     4  17  2  5  1  1  0   2  1  0  .294  .333  .471  1
 Darryl Strawberry    4  16  2  2  1  0  1   2  0  8  .125  .125  .375  1
 Howard Johnson       4  11  2  3  0  0  2   4  1  2  .273  .308  .818  0
 Dick Schofield       4   9  1  4  0  0  0   1  0  0  .444  .444  .444  2
 Mookie Wilson        4   7  1  0  0  0  0   1  1  0  .000  .125  .000  0
 Wally Backman        3  11  0  3  1  0  0   0  2  2  .273  .385  .364  1
 Ernie Whitt          3  11  3  4  1  1  1   1  0  0  .364  .364  .909  0
 Ken Phelps           3   9  4  3  0  0  2   3  2  1  .333  .455 1.000  1
 Lenny Dykstra        3   8  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  .375  .375  .375  0
 Gregg Jefferies      3   7  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  1  .143  .143  .571  0
 Keith Hernandez      3   6  1  3  0  0  1   3  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
 Gary Carter          2   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .400  .400  .400  0
 Tracy Jones          2   5  2  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .200  .333  .200  0
 Dave Magadan         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  0
 Tim Teufel           2   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  2  0  .333  .600  .667  0
 Ken Griffey          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Frank Viola          1  2.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   5   2   2  10
 Ken Dayley           2  6.23   0-0   0  0   4.1   8   3   0   2
 Scott Terry          2  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.1   1   0   0   3
 Randy Myers          1  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.2   1   0   0   3
 Roger McDowell       2 10.80   0-0   0  0   1.2   3   2   1   0
 Dwight Gooden        2 18.00   0-0   0  0   1.0   3   2   0   0
 David Cone           1  4.26   0-1   0  1   6.1   6   3   1   2
 Mike Scott           1  6.35   0-1   0  1   5.2  10   4   3   3
 Bob Ojeda            1 15.00   0-1   0  1   3.0   9   5   1   1
                         

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