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Oakland Athletics 5, Houston Astros 3
GAME #43 (losers’ bracket): The A’s scored a run in each of the first four innings to go up 4-0, nearly gave up the entire lead, but held on behind a complete-game effort by Rick Langford and three hits apiece…
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Cincinnati Reds 2, Detroit Tigers 0
GAME #42 (losers’ bracket): Johnny Bench hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Tom Seaver and Tom Hume combined on a two-hit shutout. The Reds had eight hits and advanced runners to at least second base in all…
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Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
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…
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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1 (13)
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…
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Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 6
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.…
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Detroit Tigers 5, San Diego Padres 2
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…
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Cincinnati Reds 7, Kansas City Royals 6
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…
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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Texas Rangers 0
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.…
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Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1
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…
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