Hey if the '87 Mariners can beat the '89 A's, why not the '86 Indians beating the '84 Tigers? Well it happened thus meaning the '88 Dodgers were the only #1 seed to get out of the first round and they had to go to seven games to do so. The top half of the bracket in this region/division has been blown wide open as every lower seed won while on the bottom half three of the four higher seeds advanced. We had our second sweep as the '80 Yankees dusted off the '80 Orioles including an 18-0 thrashing to close the series.

 

(16) 1986 Cleveland Indians def. (1) 1984 Detroit Tigers 4-2

 

Game 1: Indians 4, Tigers 1

Game 2: Tigers 9, Indians 3

Game 3: Indians 2, Tigers 1

Game 4: Tigers 7, Indians 2

Game 5: Indians 11, Tigers 7

Game 6: Indians 4, Tigers 1

 

Joe Carter: 12-25, 4 2B, 7 RBI

 

(9) 1988 Boston Red Sox def. (8) 1987 Detroit Tigers 4-1

 

Game 1: Red Sox 4, Tigers 2

Game 2: Red Sox 10, Tigers 2

Game 3: Red Sox 4, Tigers 0

Game 4: Tigers 10, Red Sox 2

Game 5: Red Sox 10, Tigers 5

 

Mike Greenwell: 7-19, 3 HR, 6 RBI

 

(13) 1987 Toronto Blue Jays def. (4) 1982 Milwaukee Brewers 4-3

 

Game 1: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3

Game 2: Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0

Game 3: Blue Jays 8, Brewers 5

Game 4: Brewers 4, Blue Jays 1

Game 5: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3

Game 6: Brewers 11, Blue Jays 3

Game 7: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3

 

Tom Henke: 3 Saves

 

(12) 1985 New York Yankees def. (5) 1981 New York Yankees 4-1

 

Game 1: '85 Yankees 14, '81 Yankees 12

Game 2: '81 Yankees 8, '85 Yankees 2

Game 3: '85 Yankees 10, '81 Yankees 4

Game 4: '85 Yankees 5, '81 Yankees 4 14 innings

Game 5: '85 Yankees 4, '81 Yankees 0

 

Don Mattingly: 9-26, 3 HR, 13 RBI

 

(6) 1980 New York Yankees def. (6) 1980 Baltimore Orioles 4-0

 

Game 1: Yankees 3, Orioles 2

Game 2: Yankees 5, Orioles 4

Game 3: Yankees 9, Orioles 5

Game 4: Yankees 18, Orioles 0

 

Graig Nettles: 6-16, 3 HR, 7 RBI

 

(3) 1986 Boston Red Sox def. (14) 1982 Baltimore Orioles 4-1

 

Game 1: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

Game 2: Orioles 4, Red Sox 0

Game 3: Red Sox 6, Orioles 1

Game 4: Red Sox 6, Orioles 3

Game 5: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

 

Jim Rice: 9-19, 3 2B

 

(10) 1989 Toronto Blue Jays def. (7) 1985 Toronto Blue Jays 4-2

 

Game 1: '89 Blue Jays 6, '85 Blue Jays 5 10 innings

Game 2: '89 Blue Jays 5, '85 Blue Jays 4

Game 3: '85 Blue Jays 5, '89 Blue Jays 4 12 innings

Game 4: '89 Blue Jays 4, '85 Blue Jays 3

Game 5: '85 Blue Jays 6, '89 Blue Jays 4

Game 6: '89 Blue Jays 3, '85 Blue Jays 2 10 innings

 

Nelson Liriano: 8-21, 4 2B

 

(2) 1983 Baltimore Orioles def. (15) 1981 Milwaukee Brewers 4-3

 

Game 1: Orioles 4, Brewers 1

Game 2: Brewers 3, Orioles 2 14 innings

Game 3: Orioles 3, Brewers 0

Game 4: Brewers 5, Orioles 1

Game 5: Orioles 5, Brewers 4

Game 6: Brewers 4, Orioles 1

Game 7: Orioles 2, Brewers 1 11 innings

 

Storm Davis: 2 CG, 1 SHO, 14 K, 0 BB

 

 

A.L. East Quarterfinals Match-ups

 

(16) '86 Indians vs. (9) '88 Red Sox

(13) '87 Blue Jays vs. (12) '85 Yankees

(6) '80 Yankees vs. (3) '86 Red Sox

(10) '89 Blue Jays vs. (2) '83 Orioles

 

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