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The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets 3 games to 2 in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings.For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0-for-5 in Game 6.
1986 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com; 1986 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1986 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1986 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1986 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. 1986 NLCS: Game 1 at MLB.com; 1986 ALCS ...
Game 5 was an ugly and low-scoring 12-inning affair that was won by the Mets, 2–1, taking a 3–2 series lead headed back to Houston. Game 6 was the most notable contest of the series, as it went sixteen innings, the most of any postseason game outside of the World Series until 2005. The Mets tied the game with three runs scored in the top of ...
One of the most famous games in baseball history is Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets rallied in the bottom of the 8th inning of Game 6, tying the game on a Gary Carter sacrifice fly. Reliever Calvin Schiraldi had loaded the bases with one out and had a 3–0 count on Carter, who swung away at the next pitch to hit the fly ball.
LOS ANGELES — Back in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Chavez Ravine, Kirk Gibson hit one of the most dramatic homers in baseball history. ... He played for the Seattle Mariners in 1986 ...
The 1986 World Series-winning run by the New York Mets will get multi-part documentary treatment by ESPN in a project under the 30 for 30 banner whose executive producers include Jimmy Kimmel.
This comeback would be even more difficult since the Cubs have to claim the final two games on the road - last done by the Pirates in 1979.
The series was won by the Mets, four games to two, culminating with their 7–6, 16-inning triumph at the Astrodome in Game 6. New York then defeated the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series , four games to three.