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 Go to Statistics 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
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
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