THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY OCTOBER 25, 1986: It was game 6 of the 1986 World Series with the Red Sox having a 3 games to 2 lead and were leading the Mets 5-3 going into the bottom half of the 10th inning with two outs and the Sox were with one more out would win the Series for the first time since 1918. After Red Sox closer Calvin Schraldi retired Wally Backman & Keith Hernandez with two outs on nobody on base Gary Carter & Kevin Mitchell starter the rally with a pair of singles then Mets third baseman Ray Knight drove 0-2 pitch for a RBI single scoring Carter to make the game 5-4 Red Sox then Red Sox manager John McNamara bought in Bob Stanley to face Mookie Wilson then Stanley thew a 2-2 wild pitch scoring Mitchell to tie the game then a few pitches later Wilson hit a ground ball to Sox first baseman Bill Buckner scoring Ray Knight from second base scoring and the Mets won an improbable 6-5 win to send this anticlamatic series to a Game 7. NBC Vin Scullys play by play descrption Little nugger back to first BEHIND THE BAG IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN IT.........................
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:23:49 +0000
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