Homestead Gray's at Wasatch Mountaineers: Throughout the season, the Gray's and Mountaineers fought for control of the Gehrig divison. In the end, both teams wound up in a tie, officially making them both pennant winners. However, the Mountaineers won HFA on a tiebreaker. The Mountaineers are a rather interesting team. They posted 88 wins, yet over the whole season they only scored 8 more runs than they gave up. Leading the Mountaineer charge is all-pro outfielder Don Baylor, who was an MVP candidate all through the season. Baylor slugged .549, with 33 homers, 100 runs and 107 RBI's. Fellow bashers Dave Kingman and Chili Davis hit 34 and 23 homers. All-pro catcher Gary Carter had an OPS of 0.835 with 89 runs scored and 89 RBI's. On the pitching staff side, ace Dennis Eckersley posted a 3.07 ERA in 219 2/3'rds innings. The rest of the staff isn't much to write home about, although they were good enough to allow the Mountaineers a share of a pennant. The strength of the Gray's is pitching. Orel Hershiser, Bud Black and Frank Tanana are a formidable trio of starting pitchers (Black was an all-pro). Greg Minton was a complete bust as a closer, with a 5.29 ERA, but they have a couple of other decent relievers who can save the 9th. On the hitting side, the lineup is anchored by Alvin Davis, who hit 28 homers and drove in 94 runs. But that's about it for the Gray's offense, who is 2nd to last (next to the Knuckleheads) in runs scored among playoff teams. Overview: In head-to-head meetings, both teams went 5-5. How will the lackluster offense of the Gray's do against the lackluster pitching of the Mountaineers? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME ONE: Homestead Gray's (Bud Black) at Wasatch Mountaineers (Dennis Eckersley). Game one of the Gray's/Mountaineers series started as a blowout, but ended as a nailbiter. The Mountaineers were the first team to score in the bottom of the 4th. Off Bud Black, Ozzie Smith and Bill Doran quickly reached base with 0 outs. Larry Herndon walked to load the bases. Still 0 outs, with Gary Carter, Don Baylor, Chili Davis and Dave Kingman all set to bat. Do you think the Gray's got out of this one unharmed? Nope. Carter smacked a 2 run single. 0 Outs, Mountaineers up by 2. Baylor drives in another run. Still 0 outs. Chili Davis drives in another with an RBI double. Still nobody out. Bud Black finally gets his 1st out of the inning on a fielder's choice on Dave Kingman, but another run scored to make it a 5-run Mountaineer inning. All 9 Mountaineer batters got to hit in the 4th. In the bottom of the 5th inning, the Mountaineers made it a 6-0 lead when Gary Carter drove in Ozzie Smith. Meanwhile, Dennis Eckersley is doing a pretty good job .. at least until the 6th inning. Facing Ruppert Jones...the pitch..the swing ... SEE YA! Jones with the solo shot. Eckersley's not breaking a sweat. Then Bob Brenley singles, and is scored on an Alvin Davis triple. 6-2 Mountaineers. Eck still feeling mighty comfortable. We move now to the top of the 9th, with the Mountaineers just 3 outs away from recording the win, and Eck is going for the complete game. Doug Loman doubles for the Gray's, and scores when Onix Conception hits a double to make it 6-3. Then, with 2 outs, Dennis Eckersley gets a come-backer to the mound from Frank White ... Eckersley with the throw to Kingman to end the game .. the ball goes past Kingman, Conception scores, Frank White is safe at first, and the Gray's are now just 2 runs down. The next batter is Dave Henderson, who hits an RBI single to score Frank White. At this point, the Mountaineers coach decides to pull the Eck. 8 2/3 innings, 5 runs allowed, but only 3 earned. It turned out to be the right move, because closer Steve Bedrosian came on board, and with a runner on base, Bedrosian struck out pinch hitter Steve Braun to seal the victory, as the Mountaineers hang on for the narrow 6-5 win. MOUNTAINEERS LEAD 1-0. Series 3 10/1/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Gray's 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 8 0 4 0 84 Mountneers 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 x 6 8 1 4 0 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Jones lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Brenly c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 1 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 11 0 0 0 Loman rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Tabler 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Concepcion ss 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 4 0 0 White 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 3 0 0 Almon cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 Iorg ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Hendersn,D cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Black p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brown,D ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 36 5 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 10 0 0 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Smith,O ss 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 5 0 0 Doran 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 2 3 0 0 Herndon lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 0 0 0 Carter c 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 0 0 0 Baylor rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Griffey rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Davis,C cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 0 0 0 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 Maldonado 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 2 0 0 Eckersley p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 6 8 6 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 10 1 0 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Black L 0-1 3.0 6 5 5 1 1 47 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 Koosman 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 26 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Guidry 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 35 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Sanchez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 11 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 8 6 6 3 2 119 72 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Eckersley W 1-0 8.2 8 5 3 0 2 115 83 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.12 Bedrosian S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 5 3 0 3 120 86 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 HOM: Brown,D batted for Koosman in the 6th Iorg batted for Almon in the 8th Bailor batted for Guidry in the 8th Hendersn,D inserted at cf in the 8th Braun batted for Sanchez in the 9th WAS: Griffey inserted at rf in the 9th GWRBI: Carter Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 29 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME TWO: Homestead Gray's (Orel Hershiser) at Wasatch Mountaineers Rick Sutcliffe). Homestead got off to a quick start in the first, with Pat Tabler driving in Ruppert Jones with a single. The Mountaineers quickly struck back in the bottom of the first, with RBI singles from Don Baylor and Howard Johnson to retake a 2-1 lead. The Gray's continued harrassing Rick Sutcliffe in the 2nd, with Ruppert Jones smacking a 2-run homer. Sutcliffe didn't last long in this one, throwing only 1 2/3 innings. The Mountaineers reacted to Sutcliffe's early knockout by pounding Hershiser in the bottom of the 2nd. Dion James smacked a 2-RBI double, advanced to third on a Dane Iorg error, and James scored on a Hershiser wild pitch to make it a 5-3 Mountaineer lead. Hershiser would be done soon after, throwing only 4 innings of work. After the starters were chased, each team's bullpens came to the rescue, and kept things under control for the rest of the game. Unfortunately for the Gray's, the Mountaineer bullpen held them scoreless after the 2nd inning, which resulted in a 6-3 Mountaineer win. MOUNTAINEERS LEAD 2-0. Series 6 10/2/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Gray's 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 6 0 84 Mountneers 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 6 12 2 9 1 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Jones lf 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 2 0 0 0 Brenly c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 3 1 0 0 Hendersn,D cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 0 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 7 2 0 0 Tabler 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 2 0 0 Iorg rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 1 0 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brown,D ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 White 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 3 3 1 0 Phillips ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 1 0 0 Hershiser p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Lezcano rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 3 5 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 9 2 0 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB James rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Smith,O ss 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375 5 4 0 0 Davis,C cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 2 0 0 0 Carter c 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 3 0 0 0 Baylor lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Griffey lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Johnson 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 2 0 0 Dawley p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 1 0 0 Oberkfell 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 4 1 0 Doran 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Jeffcoat p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 1 0 Maldonado 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 36 6 12 4 3 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 27 13 2 0 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Hershiser L 0-1 4.0 8 5 5 1 1 68 43 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.25 Koosman 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 32 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 Sanchez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 McClure 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 8.0 12 6 6 2 3 129 85 39 0 0 1 1 0 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Sutcliffe 1.2 5 3 3 2 0 42 24 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 Jeffcoat W 1-0 3.1 0 0 0 1 1 39 24 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Dawley S 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 40 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 3 3 3 3 121 74 36 1 0 0 0 1 0 HOM: Lezcano inserted at rf in the 5th Brown,D batted for Sanchez in the 8th WAS: Maldonado inserted at 3b in the 6th Griffey inserted at lf in the 8th Doran inserted at 2b in the 9th Temperature: 54, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from right at 13 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME THREE: Wasatch Mountaineers (Jim Beattie) at Homestead Gray's (Frank Tanana). The Mountaineers got off to a fast start in game three. In the top of the first, Gary Carter drove in Bill Doran on an RBI single, and later scored on a bases loaded wild pitch by Frank Tanana to make it a 2-0 Wasatch lead in the first. We move now to the top of the 4th, when the Mountaineers make it a 4-0 lead on a 2-run shot by Dave Kingman. We fast-forward to the 7th, when the Mountaineers put the game away on an RBI double by Carter and a sacrifice fly by Baylor. The only offense the Gray's could muster against Beattie was a solo shot by Sixto Lezcano in the bottom of the 8th. The Mountaineers won game three by a score of 8-1, and are just 1 win away from advancing to the conference final. MOUNTAINEERS LEAD 3-0. Series 7 10/3/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Three Rivers Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Mountneers 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 8 13 0 10 2 84 Gray's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 2 7 0 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Smith,O ss 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 5 0 0 Doran 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 5 5 0 0 Herndon lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Carter c 4 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556 1 0 0 0 Baylor rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 1 0 0 0 Davis,C cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 5 0 0 0 Kingman 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .083 11 1 0 0 Maldonado 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 3 0 0 Beattie p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 0 1 0 0 39 8 13 7 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 27 15 0 0 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Brenly c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 4 0 0 0 Lezcano lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0 Hendersn,D cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 4 0 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 6 1 0 0 Tabler 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 2 3 0 0 Iorg rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 1 0 0 Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 2 1 0 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 2 1 1 0 Tanana p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Brown,D ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 33 1 8 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 2 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Beattie W 1-0 9.0 8 1 1 2 1 102 66 35 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.00 9.0 8 1 1 2 1 102 66 35 1 0 0 0 2 0 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Tanana L 0-1 5.0 6 4 4 3 2 92 57 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.20 Koosman 2.0 2 2 0 0 2 30 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 Guidry 1.0 5 2 2 0 0 26 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 Minton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 20 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 13 8 6 4 4 168 99 45 1 1 0 1 0 0 HOM: Brown,D batted for Tanana in the 5th Bailor batted for Koosman in the 7th GWRBI: Carter Temperature: 49, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from left at 10 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME FOUR: Wasatch Mountaineers (Joe Price) at Homestead Gray's (Milt Wilcox). With a 3-0 lead, Wasatch was looking to get an early break before the next round. With a 0-3 deficit, Homestead was fighting to keep their season alive, even if it was for just one more game. Could it get any more dramatic? (Could I get any more dramatic?) Game four was a tale of two games. Price & Wilcox each had good games. The first run of the game was a solo shot by Frank White off Price. The Gray's made it 2-0 in the 7th when a run scored on a bases loaded double-play fielder's choice. It looked as if Homestead would coast to the 2-0 victory, but it was not to be. In the top of the 9th, with 0 outs and Gary Carter on board, Milt Wilcox gave up a meatball pitch to Don Baylor, who took it out of the park and evened up the game. We would go to extra innings tied at 2 each. In the "second game", it was a question of who could capitalize on opportunities. Wasatch's first opportunity came in the top of the 10th inning. Jerry Royster singled and was sacrificed over to 2nd by Chili Davis, with only 1 out. But Gary Carter couldn't advance the runner, and the the window of opportunity closed in the top of the 10th. The next opportunity came for the Gray's in the bottom of the 12th. Off Kent Tekulve, Tony Phillips singled with 0 outs. Mike Jeffcoat came on in relief. Garry Maddox singled. Dave Henderson advanced the runners to 3rd & 2nd, with only 1 out. Pinch hitter Bob Bailor could have sacrificed flied his way to a Gray's win, but Jeffcoat intentionally walked Bailor to load the bases. Still 1 out. Jeffcoat was done for the game. Jeff Russell came on board to face Darrell Brown .. a deep fly would win the game for the Gray's. But Brown flied out to the shallow outfield, killing the chance for the SF. Wasatch would get out of the inning unscatched, with the score still 2-2. In the top of the 13th, Howard Johnson decided to take matters into his own hands. With Johnson at second, Larry Herndon singled, and HoJo tried to test Dave Henderson's arm .. and lost. HoJo was thrown out at home, and the Mountaineers lost out on a chance to win. Then, in the 17th inning, it happened. Bobby Castillo was on the mound for the Mountaineers. Seldom used Bobby Castillo was on the mound. But Castillo had already pitched 3 1/3 innings, and just ran out of juice. Ruppert Jones smacked a solo home run shot, which sealed the victory for the Gray's, who won it in 17 innings by a score of 3-2, and guaranteed a game five in the series. MOUNTAINEERS LEAD 3-1. Series 12 10/4/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Three Rivers Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 84 Mountneers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 84 Gray's 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 R H E LOB DP 84 Mountneers 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 2 19 1 84 Gray's 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 1 11 1 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB James rf 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 3 1 0 0 Smith,O ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 5 1 0 Lefebvre ph 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Royster ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 1 0 0 Davis,C cf 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .211 6 0 0 0 Carter c 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 9 0 0 0 Baylor lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .294 3 1 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bochy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Castillo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Johnson 3b 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 2 0 0 Kingman 1b 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 11 1 0 0 Oberkfell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 1 3 0 0 Dawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Griffey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Richards ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Herndon lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 6 0 0 0 Price p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Doran 2b 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 3 4 0 0 61 2 14 2 2 0 1 8 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 49 18 2 0 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Brown,D rf 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 3 0 0 0 Brenly c 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 9 0 1 0 White 2b 7 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 3 5 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 15 0 0 0 Tabler 3b 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 4 1 0 0 Wagner ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 2 0 0 Phillips ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 3 3 0 0 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Maddox lf 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 7 0 0 0 Almon cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 4 0 0 0 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hendersn,D lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 1 1 0 0 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Concepcion ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 0 0 0 0 Wilcox p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Bailor ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Jones lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 0 0 0 60 3 12 2 2 0 2 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 51 15 1 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Price 6.0 6 2 1 0 3 73 54 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 Dawley 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 15 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Bedrosian 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 22 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Tekulve 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 12 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Jeffcoat 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 11 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Russell 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Castillo L 0-1 3.1 2 1 1 1 1 38 25 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.70 16.1 12 3 2 3 8 181 127 63 2 1 0 0 1 1 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Wilcox 8.0 6 2 2 3 4 111 69 32 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 McClure 2.0 3 0 0 1 2 31 21 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 Sanchez 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 31 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Guidry 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 32 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 Koosman 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 39 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.13 Minton W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 17.0 14 2 2 8 8 255 158 72 1 1 0 0 0 1 WAS: Doran inserted at 2b in the 7th Lefebvre batted for Smith,O in the 8th Royster inserted at ss in the 8th Griffey batted for Dawley in the 9th Richards batted for Bedrosian in the 11th Herndon inserted at lf in the 12th Bochy batted for Russell in the 14th HOM: Phillips inserted at ss in the 8th Braun batted for Almon in the 10th Martinez batted for McClure in the 10th Hendersn,D inserted at lf in the 11th Maddox moved to cf in the 11th Bailor batted for Sanchez in the 12th Jones inserted at lf in the 15th Concepcion inserted at ss in the 17th GWRBI: Jones Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 5 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME FIVE: Wasatch Mountaineers (Dennis Eckersley) at Homestead Gray's (Bud Black) It was do-or-die time again for the Homestead Gray's, who are still only 1 loss away from elimination. This is their last game on home turf for this series. Could they send it back to Wasatch? The Eck wound up throwing a lot of pitches early. He got in a jam early in the 4th when he walked Davis, Tabler and Phillips in a row without recording an out. But the Eck hunkered down, striking out White and Almon to get 2 outs, and then getting Bud Black to fly out. The Gray's put the first run on the board in the 5th, when Bob Brenley doubled, was sacrificed to third, and Pat Tabler drove him in with an RBI single. Tony Phillips put another run up in the 5th with an RBI double to make it a 2-0 Homestead lead. Dennis Eckersley would leave the game in the 5th, after throwing 91 pitches in only 4 2/3 innings. The Mountaineers' big chance game in the 8th inning, when Bud Black loaded the bases with 0 outs, and facing Gary Carter. Carter's towering flyout would let Ozzie Smith score from 3rd, and allowed Doran to move to third base. But Don Baylor couldn't put another sac fly RBI on the board, as he popped out to shallow left field. Chili Davis also flied out, which ended the Mountaineers opportunity for the inning .. and as it turned out, the game. Bob McClure got 3 quick outs for the Gray's in the 9th, who won game five by a score of 3-1. The Mountaineers will have to try and win the series on their home turf, where they will face the Gray's in the 6th (and maybe 7th) game of the series. MOUNTAINEERS LEAD 3-2. Series 15 10/5/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Three Rivers Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Mountneers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 8 1 84 Gray's 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x 3 8 1 12 0 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Smith,O ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 3 0 0 Doran 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368 1 2 1 0 Herndon lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 2 0 0 0 Carter c 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .438 5 0 0 0 Baylor rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 6 0 0 0 Davis,C cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 2 0 0 0 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 8 0 0 0 Maldonado 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 1 0 0 Eckersley p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Griffey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Richards ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 6 1 0 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Jones lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 0 0 0 Hendersn,D ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 0 0 0 0 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brenly c 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 6 0 0 0 Iorg rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 5 0 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .150 6 0 0 0 Tabler 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 3 0 0 Phillips ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 2 0 0 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .136 0 0 1 0 Almon cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0 Black p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lezcano rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 32 3 8 3 3 0 0 7 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 5 1 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Eckersley L 1-1 4.2 3 2 2 5 5 91 55 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.37 Russell 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 38 21 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Jeffcoat 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 30 16 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.59 8.0 8 3 3 7 5 159 92 39 0 2 0 0 1 0 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Black W 1-1 8.0 4 1 1 3 4 130 79 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.91 McClure S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 9.0 4 1 1 3 6 137 86 36 0 0 1 0 0 0 WAS: Griffey batted for Russell in the 7th Richards batted for Jeffcoat in the 9th HOM: Bailor batted for Black in the 8th Hendersn,D batted for Jones in the 8th Lezcano inserted at rf in the 9th Iorg moved to lf in the 9th GWRBI: Tabler Temperature: 59, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 11 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME SIX: Homestead Gray's (Orel Hershiser) at Wasatch Mountaineers (Rick Sutcliffe). The Gray's were hoping to continue their 2 game hot streak into Mountaineer territory. The Mountaineers were hoping to finally put the Gray's away. The first team to score was the Mountaineers, in the bottom of the 2nd, when Don Baylor doubled and was driven in by Oberkfell. The Mountaineers made it 2-0 in the 3rd on a Chili Davis RBI single. Wasatch struck again in the 5th, when Chili Davis smacked a 2-run homer. You get the idea. Home sweet home for Wasatch. Rick Sutcliffe kept the Gray's under control for the whole game, going the distance and allowing only 1 Gray's run to score as the Mountaineers clinch the series by winning game six 5-1. Wasatch now takes their show on the road, where they face the Dark Valley Destinies for the right to represent the GT conference in the CDBL world series. MOUNTAINEERS WIN SERIES 4-2. Series 17 10/6/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Gray's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 1 8 0 84 Mountneers 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 x 5 9 1 5 1 Gray's AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Jones lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 2 0 0 0 Brenly c 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0 Hendersn,D cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 1 1 0 0 Davis,Alv 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 14 1 0 0 Tabler 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 0 3 0 0 Iorg rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 2 4 0 0 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 1 5 0 0 Hershiser p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailor ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 35 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 16 1 0 Mountneers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB James rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 4 0 0 0 Smith,O ss 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 3 3 0 0 Davis,C cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 0 0 0 0 Carter c 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 7 0 0 0 Baylor lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 3 0 0 0 Doran 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 1 1 0 0 Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 0 1 0 0 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 9 1 1 0 Oberkfell 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 3 0 0 Griffey lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Sutcliffe p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 5 9 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 9 1 0 Gray's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Hershiser L 0-2 6.0 6 4 4 0 3 86 59 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 Koosman 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 35 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 8.0 9 5 5 0 4 121 81 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mountneers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Sutcliffe W 1-0 9.0 8 1 1 1 5 112 74 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38 9.0 8 1 1 1 5 112 74 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 HOM: Bailor batted for Hershiser in the 7th Maddox batted for Koosman in the 9th WAS: Doran inserted at 2b in the 8th Griffey inserted at lf in the 8th GWRBI: Oberkfell Temperature: 49, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 20 MPH.