1986 World Series Game 6 vs Mets
The 1986 Red Sox: AL East champions, ALCS winners, World Series runners-up.
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The 1986 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1986 season. The 83rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets won the series in seven games, claiming their second World Series title and first since 1969. The series is best remembered for its Game 6, which saw the Mets rally from a two-run deficit in the bottom of the 10th inning, despite having two outs and no one on base. The Red Sox, who held a 3–2 series lead, were twice one strike away from securing the championship, but failed to close out the inning as the Mets won off an error by Boston first baseman Bill Buckner.
Quick Facts
- Date
- October 25, 1986
- Venue
- Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens
- Result
- New York Mets win 6-5 in 10 innings
- Key moment
- Bill Buckner error in the bottom of the 10th
- Series status
- Series tied 3-3
Lore & Background
The Red Sox lost the World Series to the New York Mets in seven games. When the Mets won the series in Game 7, the Game 6 collapse entered baseball lore as part of the Curse of the Bambino superstition used to explain the Red Sox's championship drought between 1918 and 2004.
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