After the shocking performance of the #16 seeds in the first round, no reason to expect that to change as they now get lesser competition in the 2nd Round. The '88 Pirates continue their Cinderella run by taking care of the '89 Cubs in five games to advance to the Sweet 16. In fact no series in the N.L. East Quarters went further than five games with the '88 Mets sweeping the '82 Cardinals thus knocking off the lone World Champion remaining in the region/division.

Stat lines I throw in are combined for the first two rounds as I couldn't get seperate stat lines for each round. Well I could have but I wasn't Bored enough to do so. I'll get more detailed with these once I get down to the regional/division finals.

(16) 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates def. (9) 1989 Chicago Cubs 4-1

Game 1: Pirates 5, Cubs 1

Game 2: Pirates 3, Cubs 1

Game 3: Cubs 2, Pirates 0

Game 4: Pirates 2, Cubs 0

Game 5: Pirates 8, Cubs 4

Bobby Bonilla: 14-38, 11 RBI

Doug Drabek: 3-0, 1.14 ERA

(4) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals def. (12) 1981 St. Louis Cardinals 4-1

Game 1: '85 Cardinals 8, '81 Cardinals 5

Game 2: '81 Cardinals 9, '85 Cardinals 5

Game 3: '85 Cardinals 3, '81 Cardinals 0 12 innings

Game 4: '85 Cardinals 5, '81 Cardinals 3 12 innings

Game 5: '85 Cardinals 7, '81 Cardinals 4

Willie McGee: 17-50, 2 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 6 SB

John Tudor: 2-0, 1.42 ERA

(14) 1980 Montreal Expos def. (6) 1983 Philadelphia Phillies 4-1

Game 1: Expos 9, Phillies 6

Game 2: Phillies 4, Expos 3 11 innings

Game 3: Expos 5, Phillies 4

Game 4: Expos 5, Phillies 2

Game 5: Expos 4, Phillies 2

Andre Dawson: 15-42, 4 HR, 11 RBI

Scott Sanderson: 3-0, 2.63 ERA

(7) 1988 New York Mets def. (2) 1982 St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

Game 1: Mets 7, Cardinals 3

Game 2: Mets 5, Cardinals 4 13 innings

Game 3: Mets 6, Cardinals 5

Game 4: Mets 7, Cardinals 5

Lenny Dykstra: 17-43, 2 HR, 10 RBI

David Cone: 3-0, 2.08 ERA

N.L. East Semi-Finals

(16) '88 Pirates vs. (4) '85 Cardinals

(14) '80 Expos vs. (7) '88 Mets

Up Next: A.L. West Quarterfinals