The 1987 Seattle Mariners beat the 1989 Oakland A's. Yup, this tournament is a mess. In fact only two higher seeds advance in the 1st Round of this division/region. Thought about scrapping the whole idea but might as well see how bizarre this gets and see if every 16 seed advances. All three A's teams were bounced so definately can't be accused of fixing this.

 

(16) 1987 Seattle Mariners def. (1) 1989 Oakland Athletics 4-3

 

Game 1: Mariners 4, A's 3 15 innings

Game 2: A's 8, Mariners 3

Game 3: A's 4, Mariners 3 10 innings

Game 4: Mariners 6, A's 5 12 innings

Game 5: Mariners 4, A's 0

Game 6: A's 3, Mariners 1

Game 7: Mariners 7, A's 3

 

Phil Bradley: 14-32, 5 2B

 

(9) 1986 California Angels def. (8) 1982 California Angels 4-2

 

Game 1: '82 Angels 8, '86 Angels 0

Game 2: '86 Angels 6, '82 Angels 4

Game 3: '86 Angels 4, '82 Angels 3 10 innings

Game 4: '86 Angels 9, '82 Angels 5

Game 5: '82 Angels 5, '86 Angels 3 13 innings

Game 6: '86 Angels 4, '82 Angels 0

 

Brian Downing ('86): 4 HR, 7 RBI

 

(13) 1982 Kansas City Royals def. (4) 1988 Oakland Athletics 4-2

 

Game 1: A's 2, Royals 1 11 innings

Game 2: Royals 6, A's 1

Game 3: Royals 4, A's 3

Game 4: Royals 7, A's 2

Game 5: A's 5, Royals 1

Game 6: Royals 2, A's 1

 

Vida Blue: 2-0, 1.06 ERA

 

(12) 1988 Minnesota Twins def. (5) 1980 Kansas City Royals 4-3

 

Game 1: Royals 4, Twins 1

Game 2: Royals 3, Twins 2

Game 3: Twins 4, Royals 2

Game 4: Twins 6, Royals 3

Game 5: Royals 8, Twins 2

Game 6: Twins 6, Royals 4

Game 7: Twins 6, Royals 4

 

Tom Herr: 10-27, 3 SB

 

(6) 1983 Chicago White Sox def. (11) 1989 Kansas City Royals 4-2

 

Game 1: Royals 5, White Sox 1

Game 2: Royals 9, White Sox 4

Game 3: White Sox 5, Royals 1

Game 4: White Sox 2, Royals 0

Game 5: White Sox 4, Royals 2

Game 6: White Sox 5, Royals 3

 

Harold Baines: 11-26, 2 HR, 6 RBI

 

(3) 1987 Minnesota Twins def. (14) 1985 California Angels 4-1

 

Game 1: Angels 7, Twins 4

Game 2: Twins 7, Angels 5

Game 3: Twins 2, Angels 0

Game 4: Twins 2, Angels 0

Game 5: Twins 6, Angels 0

 

Tom Brunansky: 3 HR, 6 RBI

 

(10) 1984 Kansas City Royals def. (7) 1981 Oakland Athletics 4-1

 

Game 1: A's 1, Royals 0 10 innings

Game 2: Royals 3, A's 1

Game 3: Royals 2, A's 0

Game 4: Royals 5, A's 1

Game 5: Royals 4, A's 2

 

Royals' Team ERA: 0.99

 

(15) 1981 Texas Rangers def. (2) 1985 Kansas City Royals 4-2

 

Game 1: Royals 7, Rangers 6 10 innings

Game 2: Rangers 9, Royals 2

Game 3: Rangers 8, Royals 7

Game 4: Rangers 4, Royals 2

Game 5: Royals 7, Rangers 3

Game 6: Rangers 12, Royals 0

 

Mickey Rivers: 14-27, 7 RBI

 

 

A.L. West Quarterfinal Match-ups

 

(16) '87 Mariners vs. (9) '86 Angels

(13) '82 Royals vs. (12) '88 Twins

(6) '83 White Sox vs. (3) '87 Twins

(15) '81 Rangers vs. (10) '84 Royals

 

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