1988 WORLD SERIES
The I-55 World Series between the National League Representative Missouri Black Bears and the American League Representative the Chicago Demolition gets started in the Windy City of Chicago on Wednesday October 26th, 1988.
Game #1 – Charlie Leibrandt ( 13-8 3.07) vs. Orel Hershiser (22-8 2.34)
Top 4 – Andres Gallarraga takes a Hershiser fastball and deposits it into the the left field seats for his 1st Home Run in the series
MBB – 1 – CHI 0
It was a nice pitching match-up until the point in the game.
Top 5 – Tony Gwynn singles home Jose Lind. Curtis Wilkerson moves Gwynn to 3rd on a Hit & Run. Mike Greenwell hit’s into a Double Play, but Gwynn scores on the play. Gallarraga singles, followed by a Ruben Sierra two run Home Run
MBB – 5 – CHI 0
Then the wheels fell off the Wagon for the Black Bears.
Bottom 5 – Ken Phelps walks, moves to 2nd on a Alex Trevino Single and scores on a Ozzie Guillen Double to right. Wade Boggs scoots one past the infield, scoring both Trevino & Guillen. Boggs takes 3rd on a George Brett Single. With runners at the corners Eric Davis pulls one to left, Boggs scores, Brett races around third and slides in safely at the plate. Eric Davis ends up at 3rd with a Triple, tying the score at five. Darryl Strawberry then pulls a Leibrandt offering down the line in right – It Might Be – It Could Be – It Hits the Foul Pole – And It Is – a two run Home Run for Strawberry
CHI 7 – MBB – 5
Bottom 6 – After a Trevino Single & Wade Boggs walk, Bill Doran goes yard off Reliever Jack Morris with a long Home Run blast to right field
CHI 10 – MBB – 5
Top 7 – With Tony Gwynn at 2nd Mike Greenwell glides into his Home Run trot after taking a Doug Drabek slider deep to right
CHI 10 – MBB – 7
Bottom 7 – With Strawberry at 3rd, and Kal Daniels at 2nd, Alex Trevino Singles to left & is thrown out stretching it to 2nd, but both Strawberry & Daniels score giving Chicago a comfortable lead
CHI 12 – MBB – 7
Top 9 – With Curtis Willkerson on 1st, Andres Galarraga takes a Dennis Eckersley slider (Hanging) deep to left & Way Gone!
CHI 12 – MBB – 9
Missouri couldn’t come up with anything more, as Chicago takes Game #1.
Final Score – Chicago 12 – Missouri 9
Win: Orel Hershiser (1-0 7.50)
Loss: Charlie Liebrandt (0-1 14.29)
Save: (None)
Home Runs: Darryl Strawberry (1), Mike Greenwell (1), Ruben Sierra (1), Andres Galarrag (1 & 2)
Game #2 – Dennis Rasmussen ( 14-8 2.38) vs. Dave Stieb (14-12 3.05)
Top 2 – After a Ruben Sierra walk, Benito Santiago sacrifices Sierra to 2nd. Shawn Dunston then drives Sierra home with a Double to left. Giving the Black Bears the lead
MBB – 1 – CHI 0
Top 3 – After a single & a ground out Curtis Wilkerson on 2nd, Andres Galarraga shoots one by Doran at 2nd base, allowing Wilkerson to score from 2nd
MBB – 2 – CHI 0
Bottom 2 – With Ozzie Guillen at 2nd, and Wade Boggs at 1st, a Bill Doran grounds into a Double Play, but Guillen scores to cut the lead in half
MBB – 2 – CHI 1
Top 6 – After a Ruben Sierra Double & a walk to Benito Santiago, Jim Sundberg sacrifices the runners to 2nd & 3rd – Jose Lind hooks a ball down the line in left field, it rattles around in the corner & both runners score.
MBB – 4 – CHI 1
Then the wheels fell off the Wagon for the Black Bears.
Bottom 8 – George Brett Doubles, followed by a Eric Davis walk & a Darryl Strawberry Triple to right field scoring both Brett & Davis. Craig McMurtry is replaced on the mound for the Black Bears with Roy Smith. Kal Daniels bloops one down the line in right scoring Strawberry Daniels ends up at 2nd with a Double. A one hopper back to Smith at the mound, but smith fires it right by Andres Galarraga at first. Daniels races to third & holds, Scioscia is safe at 1st. Ozzie Guillen then drives on deep to left over the head of Mike Greenwell, Daniels scores, Scioscia rounds third heads home and scores when Galarrraga cuts it & nails Ozzie Guillen trying to stretch it.
CHI 6- MBB 4
Top 9 – Chicago Nemesis Andres Galarraga gets the same hanging slider from Dennis Eckersley that he got in the 1st game & does the same thing. He deposits a Home Run deep to left field, but that’s all the Black Bears could get in the 9th.
CHI 6- MBB 5
Final Score – Chicago 6 – Missouri 5
Win: Greg Minton (1-0 27.00)
Loss: Dennis Rasmussen (0-1 1.29)
Save: Dennis Eckersley (1)
Home Runs: Andres Galarraga (3)
Chicago heads down I-55 to Missouri for Games 3, 4 & 5 if Necessary.
Chicago holds a 2-0 Lead as the series moves to Missouri…
Game 3 – Roger Clemens (19-7. 2.98 regular season) vs. Mike Scott (13-7, 2.13)
Top 1 – Boggs leadoff BB
Doran reaches on FC. Steals 2B with 2 out.
Davis BB. 1st and 2nd with 2 out.
Strawberry RBI 1B.
Daniels F7 to end the inning
Bottom 1 – Gwynn leadoff 2B.
Wilkerson BB.
Greenwell GiDP. Gwynn to 3B.
Galarraga RBI 1B.
Sierra pops out to Boggs
Top 2 – 1-2-3
Bottom 2 – 1-2-3
Top 3 – Doran 1-out BB
Brett doubles, Doran to 3B
Davis hits a long 3-run HR (#1)
Daniels and Scioscia out
Bottom 3 – Wilkerson 2-out 1B, but Greenwell goes down
Top 4 – Guillen leadoff BB
Clemens Sac Bunt
Boggs BB (6th BB for Mike Scott)
Doran 1-6-3 DP
Bottom 4 – Galarraga leadoff 2B, but he doesn’t get any further
Top 5 – 1-2-3
Bottom 5 – Lind leadoff 1B
Evans PH for Scott – K
Lind steals second. Gwynn & Wilkerson go down
Top 6 – Reed in to pitch
Guillen 2-out 1B, but that’s all
Bottom 6 – Greenwell leadoff BB
Galarraga grounds out/6-3
Sierra BB 1st and 2nd with 1 out
Santiago RBI 2B (Greenwell scores)
2nd & 3rd with 1 out
Dunston hits a deep fly….Strawberry catches it!….Sierra scores on the Sac Fly
Lind K to end the inning
Top 7 – Doran 1-out 2B, but nothing more
Bottom 7 – Sundberg PH for Reed – K (1-2-3 inning)
Top 8 – Henke in
Strawberry leadoff BB. Steals 2B.
With 1-out Strawberry steals 3B.
Scioscia RBI ground out brings him home
5-3 Chicago going into the bottom of the 8th
Bottom 8 – Greenwell leadoff 2B
Galarraga BB.
Dunston 2-out triple plates Greenwell and Galarraga! Ties the score at 5!
Lind grounds out 5-3
Top 9 – Henke still in (mistake?)
Booker PH for Clemens – Walks
Boggs up and he walks (9th free pass the Demolition has received today)
1st and 2nd with nobody out
Gibson in to pitch for the Bears
Doran grounds out 4-3, moves runners to 2nd and 3rd with 1 out
Brett receives the IBB – loading the bases
Davis grounds out 4-2!! Score still tied!
Strawberry delivers a huge 2-run single
Daniels F8
Bottom 9 – Howell in to pitch
Williams PH for Gibson – K (Bears PH 0-3, 3 K in the game)
Gwynn 1-out BB
Eckersley in to pitch replacing Howell
Wilkerson F9
Greenwell 4-6 ground out
Game over. Series over?
Chicago takes a commanding 3-0 Series lead
Strawberry 2 hits, 2 SB, 2 RS, RS, 3 RBI
Davis with the big 3-run 3rd inning HR
Dunston 3B, Sac Fly 3 RBI in the loss
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Missouri 5
WP: Roger Clemens (1-0)
LP: Tom Henke (0-1)
Save: Dennis Eckersley (2)
Home Runs: Eric Davis (1)
Game 4 – Dave Stewart (22-5, 2.54) vs. Jeff Musselman (7-5, 2.88)
Top 1 – Boggs leadoff 1B
Doran reaches on Musselman Error
1st and 3rd with 0 out
Brett 4-6-3 DP, Boggs scores (unearned run)
Davis 2-out 1B, steals 2B
Santiago PB moves Davis to 3B
Strawberry grounds out 4-3 to end the inning
Bottom 1 – Greenwell 2-out 1B
Galarraga 2-run HR (#4)
Sierra F9 to end the inning
Top 2 – Daniels leadoff 1B
Scioscia BB. 1st and 2nd with 0 out.
Guillen grounds out 5-3, runners to 2nd and 3rd.
Stewart and Boggs can’t deliver and the inning is over
Bottom 2 – Dunston 1-out 1B
Musselman (?) 2-out 1B scores Dunston as Strawberry is a little too casual.
Musselman takes second on the throw home.
Gwynn BB, puts runners at 1st and 2nd.
Wilkerson 2-run 2B!! 5-1 Bears early!
Greenwell F7 to end the inning
Top 3 – Brett 1-out 1B, but nothing comes of it
Bottom 3 – Santiago 2-out 1B, but nothing comes of that, either.
Top 4 – Scioscia 1-out 1B, but again nothing doing
Bottom 4 – Gwynn 2-out 1B, but Wilkerson can’t deliver
Top 5 – Boggs leadoff 1B
Doran out 1-3, Boggs to 2B
Brett 5-3, Boggs to 3B
Davis another long 2-run HR
Strawberry F7 to end the threat
Bottom 5 – Galarraga 1-out 2B
Sierra BB. 1st and 2nd with 1 out.
Santiago BB to load the bases.
Dunston (4-12 in the Series) comes up to bat
Dunston singles in Galarraga, bases still loaded
Rob Murphy comes in to pitch
Lind K
Sundberg PH for Musselman and he pops out to the catcher
Top 6 – Long in to pitch
Scioscia 1-out 1B
Guillen 4-6-3 DP
Bottom 6 – Murphy still pitching
Greenwell 2-out 1B, but nothing comes of it
Top 7 – Long still pitching
Puhl PH for Murphy and he walks
Boggs 1B, moves runners to 1st and 3rd with 0 out
Doran walks to load the bases
Brett pops it up. Wilkerson is under it. He DROPS IT!
But Brett is called out on the Infield Fly.
Bases still loaded with 1 out
Davis 4-6-3 DP ends the inning
Bottom 7 – Gardner in to pitch
Sierra greets him with a leadoff HR (#2)
Santiago infield 1B
Dunston 5-4-3 DP
Lind 2-out BB
Evans PH for Long
Minton in to pitch for Gardner
Evans grounds out 3 unassisted
Top 8 – McMurtry comes in to pitch
With 2-out Phelps PH for Scioscia (2-2 at the time). Phelps K
1-2-3 inning
Bottom 8 – Minton stays in
Gwynn reaches on Trevino error, but nothing else happens
Top 9 – Henke in to try and protect the 7-3 Bears lead, Williams in at 3B
Guillen grounds out 4-3
Booker PH for Minton and he reaches on an infield single
Boggs F8
Doran strikes out to end the inning and the game
Black Bears avoid elimination, but still trail 3 games to 1
Galarraga 2 hits, 2B, HR, 2 RS, 2 RBI
Dunston 2 hits, RS, RBI
Boggs 3 hits, 2 RS in the loss
Davis 2 hits, HR, SB, RS, 2 RBI in the loss
Final Score: Missouri 7 – Chicago 3
WP: Jeff Musselman (1-0 3.60)
LP: Dave Stewart (0-1 12.46)
Save: None
Home Runs: Eric Davis (2), Andres Galarraga (4), Ruben Sierra (2)
Game 5 – Orel Hershiser (22-8, 2.34 – 1-0, 7.50 in his WS start) vs. Charlie Leibrandt (13-8, 3.07 – 0-1, 14.29 in his WS start)
Rematch of our Game 1 starters, where the score ended up being 12-9
Top 1 – Boggs & Doran K
Brett 2-out 2B
Davis 1B puts runners at 1st and 2nd
Strawberry K
Leibrandt starts fast by collecting 3 K’s
Bottom 1 – Gwynn leadoff 1B, but nothing comes of it
Top 2 – Daniels leadoff 1B
Scioscia 1-3, moves Daniels to 2B
Guillen 6-3
Hershiser delivers a huge RBI 1B
Boggs singles, runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 out
Doran out 1-3
Bottom 2 – Santiago reaches on E4 with 1-out
Lind 2B, scores Benny, but Lind is OUT at 3B
Score tied 1-1 after 2
Top 3 – 1-2-3
Bottom 3 – Wilkerson 2-out 1B, but Greenwell F7
Top 4 – Daniels leadoff 1B
Scioscia 1-3, Daniels to 2B
WP moves Daniels to 3B
Guillen and Hershiser go down to end the inning
Bottom 4 – Galarraga leadoff BB
Santiago 1-out 1B puts runners at 1st and 2nd
Dunston 5-4-3 DP
Top 5 – 1-2-3
Bottom 5 – 1-2-3
Top 6 – Davis leadoff 1B
Strawberry HBP (he’s fine, relax)
Runners at 1st and 2nd with 0 out
Daniels 4-6-3, Davis to 3B
Scioscia RBI 1B scores Davis! 2-1 Chicago!
Guillen grounds out 5-3
Bottom 6 – 1-2-3
Top 7 – 1-2-3
Bottom 7 – 1-2-3
Top 8 – Brett leadoff infield 1B
Davis 1B, runners at 1st and 2nd (seems like it’s been that all game long) with 0 out
Rasmussen in to pitch for Leibrandt
Strawberry lines out to Lind….1 out
Scioscia 3-6-3 DP ends the threat
Bottom 8 – Lind F9
Evans PH for Rasmussen, out 2-3
Gwynn F7
Top 9 – Morris in to pitch
There is debate on this possibly being Morris’ last season in Missouri.
He’s the all-time Bears win leader.
McNally wants Morris to pitch in possibly the final game of the Series.
We’ll see how the post-season plays out with Morris and the Bears.
Boggs 2-out 2B
Doran BB. Runners at 1st and 2nd with 2-out
Brett grounds out 4-6 to end the inning
Bottom 9 – Hershiser still pitching.
The Demolition are all at the top of the dugout steps.
Could this be the end of the Series???
Wilkerson grounds out 6-3…….1 Out!
Greenwell hits a 2B off the top of the wall!
Eckersley comes in to face Galarraga, he’s struggles against Andres in the Series.
Galarraga grounds out 6-3………2 Out!
Ruben Sierra hits a lazy fly ball to Davis and the celebration begins!!
Daniels 3 hits, RS
Davis 3 hits, RS
WP: Orel Hershiser (2-0)
LP: Charlie Leibrandt (0-2)
Save: Dennis Eckersley (3)
Home Runs: None
Demolition wins the Series 4 games to 1.
Eric Davis is the World Series MVP going 8 for 20 (.400 BA, .800 SLG), 3B, 2 HR, 1 SB, 2 BB, 5 RS, 7 RBI.
Andres Galarraga was even better, but his teammates couldn’t provide enough help.
9-21 (.429 BA, 1.095 SLG), 2 2B, 4 HR, 2 BB, 7 RS, 8 RBI
The Demolition are a very loaded team, they’ll be a threat for a long time.
The Black Bears will have to rebuild, NOT reload.