
GAME #41 (losers’ bracket): NO-HITTER! The Athletics’ Steve McCatty pitched to the minimum 27 hitters en route to the near-perfect game. He retired the first 21 batters, then issued a leadoff walk to Steve Garvey in the eighth inning. But…

GAME #40 (winners’ bracket semifinals): Jerry Martin hit a two-run homer for the Giants in the top of the 13th, finally breaking up what had been an incredible pitchers’ duel to that point. Nolan Ryan retired the first 18 Giant…

GAME #39 (winners’ bracket semifinals): Carl Yastrzemski and Dave Stapleton homered and despite being outhit 14-10, the Red Sox advanced. Yastrzemski’s two-run blast made it 2-0 after the first inning and Stapleton’s three-run shot made it 5-2 after five innings.…

GAME #38 (losers’ bracket): Alan Trammell went 4-for-5 with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored to lead the Tigers to victory. He doubled in the first and scored on Kirk Gibson’s RBI single. Trammell had an RBI single…

GAME #37 (losers’ bracket): The Reds blew an early 4-0 lead, then got a game-winning two-run home run from Ron Oester in the bottom of the eighth. Ray Knight went 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI for Cincinnati. A…

GAME #36 (losers’ bracket): Fernando Valenzuela pitched a five-hit shutout with zero walks and eight strikeouts to lead the Dodgers. The Rangers only got as far as second base in the fourth inning and third base in the ninth inning.…

GAME #35 (losers’ bracket): Rickey Henderson went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases and Matt Keough threw a two-hitter for the Athletics. Oakland scored runs in six of its eight innings at the plate. Dwayne Murphy and Cliff Johnson hit solo…

GAME #34 (losers’ bracket): A two-run double in the sixth inning by Kirk Gibson proved to be the difference and Dan Petry had a strong pitching performance for the Tigers. The Mets opened the scoring in the bottom of the…

GAME #33 (losers’ bracket): The Royals plated four runs in the top of the first, which included RBI doubles by George Brett and Hal McRae, and led by multiple runs the entire way. It was 6-3 after four innings when…