The '88 Pirates magical run that has captured the nation is finally over as they ran into buzzsaw in the '85 Cardinals. The series did have marathon 15 inning Game 1 that ended on a Jeff Robinson wild pitch to score Jack Clark from 3rd. The Expos may no longer exist but their 1980 team is still alive as they tossed aside the '88 Mets in five games. In the West the the the '80 Astros acutally had to sweat for once in this tournament after falling behind 2-1 to the '89 Giants but they won three straight to win the series. Unfortunately the Giants reign of terror is not quite over as the '87 Giants beat the '85 Reds in a seven game thriller in which five of the seven games were decided by one run.

Stat lines are for all three rounds.

N.L. East Semi-Finals

(4) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals def. (16) 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0

Game 1: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 15 innings

Game 2: Cardinals 12, Pirates 3

Game 3: Cardinals 7, Pirates 1

Game 4: Cardinals 3, Pirates 2

Willie McGee: .368/.392/.559, 68 AB, 9 R, 25 H, 3 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 SB

John Tudor: 2-0, 1.05 ERA, 42 1/3 IP, 23 H, 5 ER, 10 BB, 30 SO

(14) 1980 Montreal Expos def. (7) 1988 New York Mets 4-1

Game 1: Expos 4, Mets 3

Game 2: Mets 7, Expos 2

Game 3: Expos 7, Mets 3

Game 4: Expos 7, Mets 4

Game 5: Expos 9, Mets 5

Andre Dawson: .387/.400/.710, 62 AB, 12 R, 24 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 15 RBI

Rodney Scott: .412/.446/.549, 51 AB, 7 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI, 8 SB

-Rodney Scott hit .224 in 1980, odds are this won't keep up.

N.L. West Semi-Finals

(9) 1987 San Francisco Giants def. (13) 1985 Cincinnati Reds 4-3

Game 1: Reds 4, Giants 3

Game 2: Reds 5, Giants 4

Game 3: Giants 6, Reds 4

Game 4: Giants 6, Reds 3

Game 5: Giants 5, Reds 4

Game 6: Reds 5, Giants 4

Game 7: Giants 1, Reds 0

Candy Maldonado: .338/.353/.554, 65 AB, 10 R, 22 H, 2 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI

Rick Reuschel: 4-0, 0.96 ERA, 47 IP, 43 H, 5 ER, 10 BB, 27 SO

(7) 1980 Houston Astros def. (3) 1989 San Francisco Giants 4-2

Game 1: Astros 5, Giants 3 11 innings

Game 2: Giants 6, Astros 5

Game 3: Giants 2, Astros 1

Game 4: Astros 6, Giants 5

Game 5: Astros 10, Giants 1

Game 6: Astros 3, Giants 2

Joe Morgan: .410/.486/.869, 61 AB, 13 R, 25 H, 8 2B, 6 HR, 19 RBI

Vern Ruhle: 5-0, 2.91 ERA, 43 1/3 IP, 45 HR, 14 ER, 4 BB, 18 SO

N.L. East Finals

(14) '80 Expos vs. (4) '85 Cardinals

N.L. West Finals

(9) '87 Giants vs. (7) '80 Astros

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