
GAME #25 (losers’ bracket): The Mets’ 5-9 hitters provided eight of the team’s 12 hits and all five of the runs scored in the win. Hubie Brooks went 3-for-3, while Doug Flynn had a pair of doubles. Chicago scored first…

GAME #24 (losers’ bracket): Lance Parrish led off the top of the 10th inning with a home run, giving the Tigers the margin needed for the extra-innings victory. The Tigers had previously taken the lead in the fourth when Steve…

GAME #23 (losers’ bracket): Bobby Bonds hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to eliminate the Yankees. New York advanced to the World Series in real life in 1981, but went 1-2 in this simulation. The…

GAME #22 (losers’ bracket): The Royals’ Mike Jones tossed a three-hit shutout, walking one and striking out two. The Pirates put runners on third base twice and second base in two other innings, but he shut Pittsburgh down from there.…

GAME #21 (losers’ bracket): George Hendrick hit a pair of two-run homers and Darrell Porter also had a two-run blast, all in the first three innings, as the Cardinals got all the runs they needed early in the contest. Hendrick…

GAME #20 (losers’ bracket): Rick Monday hit two home runs, Ken Landreaux went 4-for-4, Dusty Baker drove in five runs and Jerry Reuss threw a two-hitter as the Dodgers advanced with ease. Seattle scored its run in the top of…

GAME #19 (losers’ bracket): Mike Hargrove’s two-run single in the bottom of the seventh broke a 1-1 tie and sent the Indians on to victory. John Denny gave up three hits, one walk and a run in eight innings for…

GAME #18 (winners’ bracket second round): A six-run fifth inning helped Boston to a 7-2 lead, and then the Red Sox held on as the Yankees scored four runs in the final two innings. The Yankees had 13 hits, including…

GAME #17 (winners’ bracket second round): Trailing 5-4 heading to the ninth, the Giants roughed up St. Louis closer Bruce Sutter for six runs on six hits to claim the victory. With one out and the bases loaded, San Francisco…