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[5] [6] [7] They then won a tightly contested 1986 National League Championship Series against the Houston Astros, 4 games to 2, clinching the series with a 7–6, 16-inning win in Game 6. On July 19, Mets' infielder Tim Teufel and pitchers Rick Aguilera , Bobby Ojeda , and Ron Darling were arrested after fighting with policemen outside a bar ...
This was the second straight World Series won by an expansion team. Due to the Mets claiming the championship in Game 7, the Game 6 collapse entered baseball lore as part of the Curse of the Bambino superstition used to explain the Red Sox's championship drought after the 1918 World Series. [26] [27] [28] As of 2024, this is the last time that ...
A Red Sox World Series victory seemed likely as the Shea Stadium scoreboard was set to display "Congratulations Boston Red Sox, 1986 World Champions." Hurst had been selected as the World Series Most Valuable Player, [18] [19] until the Mets rallied to win the game with three runs, forcing a decisive Game 7. [20]
Indicates the team that lost a game seven after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit: Road* Indicates a game seven that was won by the road team Year (X) Indicates the number of game sevens played in that year's World Series or LCS: For the World Series, the link leads to that World Series' article.
After saving game one of the World Series, Schiraldi entered game six in the bottom of the eighth after Roger Clemens was lifted for a pinch hitter. The Red Sox were ahead, 3–2, but he gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly to Mets catcher Gary Carter. Schiraldi allowed the first two batters to reach base in the ninth but retired the next three.
The Tigers rallied from a 3–1 deficit to win the series. First Game 7 loss by the Cardinals in the World Series. 1971 [31] Pittsburgh Pirates: Baltimore Orioles: 2–1: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore: The home team won all games of the series, except for Game 7. 1972 [32] Oakland Athletics: Cincinnati Reds: 3–2: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
The highest-rated individual game in World Series history was Game 6 in 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals; the game had a 40.0 rating. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The only other games with a rating of 39 or higher were Game 7 in 1975 , when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox , with a 39.6 rating, [ 5 ] and Game 4 ...
NBC's broadcast of Game 7 of the 1986 World Series (which went up against a Monday Night Football game between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants on ABC) garnered a Nielsen rating of 38.9 and a 55 share, making it the highest-rated single World Series game to date. Game 7 had been scheduled for Sunday, but a rain-out forced the game to ...