Baseball Historians

October 5, 1986 at Shea Stadium 
Mets 9, Pirates 0  (108-54)
The Mets finished their season with a dominating win and a five game winning streak (nine wins in their last ten games) as they swept the Pirates.  Ron Darling and Sid Fernandez combined for a four hit shutout in which they struck out eleven batters.
Gary [...]

October 4, 1986 at Shea Stadium 
Mets 6, Pirates 1  (106-54)
The Mets won the front end of their doubleheader with the Pirates behind a strong outing by Bob Ojeda.  He won for a team high eighteenth time as he held the Pirates scoreless in six innings of work.  Jesse Orosco held the Pirates scoreless in [...]

October 2, 1986 at Olympic Stadium 
Mets 8, Expos 2  (105-54)
The Mets won their series with the Expos by whalloping them in the finale.  The Mets took a 3-2 lead into the seventh, then opened the game up with two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth.
Gary Carter homered and drove in four [...]

October 1, 1986 at Olympic Stadium 
Mets 6, Expos 4  (104-54)
Jesse Orosco gave up the lead in the bottom of the ninth, but fortunately the offense was there to pick the Mets up in the top of the tenth.  Each team had one run leads twice before the the Mets scored two in the tenth [...]