Baseball Historians

1986 World Series - Game Seven
October 27, 1986 at shea Stadium
Mets 8, Red Sox 5  Mets Win Best of Seven Series 4-3
Rain delayed this game by one day and that appeared to be a boon for the Red Sox as Bruce Hurst, who had won his other two games in the World Series, would be ready […]

1986 World Series - Game Six
October 25, 1986 at Shea Stadium
Mets 6, Red Sox 5  Best of Seven Series Tied 3-3
The Mets evened up their series with the Red Sox in a classic game.  We’ve all seen the end of this one.  Roger Clemens got the start against Bob Ojeda.
It didn’t take long for the […]

1986 World Series - Game Five
October 23, 1986 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 4, Mets 2  Red Sox Lead Best of Seven Series 3-2
The Red Sox avoivded a sweep at Fenway and won a pretty good pitchers dual between Bruce Hurst and Dwight Gooden.  The game saw the Red Sox jump to an early lead and […]

1986 World Series - Game Four
October 22, 1986 at Fenway Park
Mets 6, Red Sox 2  Best of Seven Series Tied 2-2
Just yesterday, the Mets were playing for their lives.  Now after a solid outing by Ron Darling and a big fourth inning, the Mets now find themselves tied at two game a piece in the […]

1986 World Series - Game Three
October 21, 1986 at Fenway Park
Mets 7, Red Sox 1  Red Sox Lead Best of Seven Series 2-1
The Mets gave their fans some hope tonight as their lineup jumped all over Oil Can Boyd and Bob Ojeda gave them a nice performance on the mound.  They still had a long […]

1986 World Series - Game Two
October 19, 1986 at Shea Stadium
Red Sox 9, Mets 3  Red Sox Lead Best of Seven Series 2-0
The Red Sox took a commanding 2-0 lead in the 1986 World Series in a blow out win over the Mets in game two.  Dwight Gooden took a pounding while the Red Sox […]

1986 World Series - Game One
October 18, 1986 at Shea Stadium
Red Sox 1, Mets 0  Red Sox Lead Best of Seven Series 1-0
Ron Darling was about as good as you’d want in a World Series opener, but unfortunately 13 game winner Bruce Hurst was even better.  Hurst held the Mets to four hits and four […]