1980s – Page 13 – Society for American Baseball Research

May 12, 1986: Rangers ambush Indians, 19-2

May 19, 1986: Red Sox win on a walk-off for second game in a row

May 20, 1986: Wade Boggs collects five hits for the Red Sox

May 22, 1986: Mike Krukow and Chili Davis lead Giants over Dwight Gooden, Mets

Jim Rice

May 27, 1986: Eerie fog off Lake Erie gives Red Sox weather-shortened win in Cleveland

May 27, 1986: Darling whiffs 12 as Mets brawl with Dodgers

Ted Simmons (TRADING CARD DB)

June 3, 1986: Ted Simmons’s pinch-hit grand slam caps ‘Bomb Squad’ Braves’ 7-run rally against Pirates

Steve Boros (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 6, 1986: Padres manager Steve Boros ejected in pregame meeting after delivering VHS tape of controversial call to umpires

June 10, 1986: Tim Teufel’s pinch-hit grand slam gives Mets the win over Phillies

June 13, 1986: Darryl Strawberry’s walk-off single beats Pirates

July 6, 1986: Bob Horner’s four home runs for Braves not enough to beat Expos

July 10, 1986: Red Sox-Angels game sets ‘new standards of the bizarre’

July 11, 1986: Mets brawl, bash Braves behind Gary Carter’s two homers

July 15, 1986: Roger Clemens wins All-Star MVP in hometown Houston; Valenzuela ties Hubbell’s strikeout mark

July 19, 1986: Cubs homers are the difference in win over Giants

July 20, 1986: Astros outlast Mets’ rallies, win in 15 innings on controversial call

July 22, 1986: Mets win extra-inning slugfest with brawl and home run

August 1, 1986: Twins’ Bert Blyleven notches 3,000th strikeout, Kirby Puckett hits for cycle

Ron Cey (TRADING CARD DB)

August 4, 1986: Dennis Eckersley, Ron Cey lead Cubs past first-place Mets

Jerry Mumphrey (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 5, 1986: Jerry Mumphrey’s pinch-hit homer lifts Cubs past first-place Mets

Larry Sheets (TRADING CARD DB)

August 6, 1986: Orioles ‘slam’ Rangers with 9-run fourth inning but still lose game

August 10, 1986: Cardinals’ Bob Forsch hits a grand slam and beats Pirates

George Foster (Trading Card Database)

August 15, 1986: With Mets saga behind him, George Foster homers in first appearance for White Sox

August 18, 1986: Tom Seaver strikes out 7 in his last major-league win