1988 NLDS, Game 7: Chicago Fire At Columbus Redbirds 10/12/1988
Updated W/L Records: Chicago(3-4) Columbus(4-3)
Fire AB R H RBI AVG Redbirds AB R H RBI AVG
R.Quinones SS 3 1 0 0 .222 W.Backman 2B 2 2 1 0 .450
G-C.Wilkerson PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .313 K.McReynolds LF 3 2 2 0 .310
D.Winfield CF 3 2 1 3 .310 V.Hayes RF 3 1 1 1 .250
D.Tartabull RF 3 0 1 0 .179 D.Leiper P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Jordan 1B 4 0 2 1 .381 D.Wells P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Jackson LF 3 0 1 0 .176 M.Morgan P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-J.Moses PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .267 B.Hurst P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Steinbach C 4 0 0 0 .208 S.Farr P 0 0 0 01.000
B.Jacoby 3B 4 1 1 0 .154 G.Minton P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Lind 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 E.Davis CF 4 0 1 1 .125
B.Saberhagen P 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Gaetti 3B 4 1 1 4 .100
A-G.Carter PH 1 0 1 0 .333 M.Nokes C 4 0 0 0 .105
C.Hudson P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Horner 1B 2 0 0 0 .143
C-M.Lee PH 1 0 0 0 .167 B-D.Walling 1B 2 1 1 0 .200
B.Knepper P 0 0 0 0 ---- O.Guillen SS 4 1 1 1 .176
E-J.Howell PH 0 0 0 0 .188 D.Lapoint P 2 0 0 0 .200
F-S.Balboni PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-W.Wilson PH,RF 2 0 1 1 .100
T.Burke P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Cerutti P 0 0 0 0 ----
I-M.Fitzgerald PH 0 0 0 0 .250
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Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 32 8 9 8
A-Pinch Hit For Saberhagen In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horner In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hudson In 5th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lapoint In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Knepper In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Howell In 7th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Quinones In 7th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Cerutti In 9th Inning
Fire............ 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
Redbirds........ 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 8 9 1
Fire (3-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Saberhagen LOSS(0-1) 2 6 6 6 2 1 1 49 7.50
C.Hudson 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 1.50
B.Knepper 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 42 6.00
T.Burke 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00
J.Cerutti 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.38
Totals 8 9 8 8 3 4 1
Redbirds (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Lapoint WIN(1-0) 6 6 4 1 2 5 1 97 3.71
D.Leiper 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
D.Wells 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
M.Morgan 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 1.93
B.Hurst 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10.80
S.Farr 0 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 0.00
G.Minton SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.86
Totals 9 7 4 1 4 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,226 DATE- Wednesday, October 12th 1988 TIME- Night
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Fire: 6 Redbirds: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Fire: 0 Redbirds: 2
ERRORS- W.Backman
DOUBLES- D.Tartabull(4th), R.Jordan-2(4th), D.Walling(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Winfield(3rd), G.Gaetti(1st)
RBIs- D.Winfield-3(6th), R.Jordan(3rd), V.Hayes(3rd), E.Davis(2nd),
G.Gaetti-4(4th), O.Guillen(1st), W.Wilson(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Backman
WALKS- D.Winfield, D.Tartabull, J.Lind, M.Fitzgerald, W.Backman, K.McReynolds,
V.Hayes
STRIKE OUTS- R.Quinones, C.Wilkerson, D.Winfield, D.Tartabull, B.Jackson-2,
B.Jacoby-2, E.Davis, G.Gaetti, M.Nokes, D.Lapoint
GIDP- R.Quinones, R.Jordan
2-out RBI- R.Jordan, V.Hayes, E.Davis, D.Winfield-3
RLISP 2-out- B.Jackson, G.Gaetti, R.Jordan, V.Hayes, J.Moses, C.Wilkerson
TEAM RISP- Fire: 1 for 7 Redbirds: 5 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Gary Gaetti robbed Brook Jacoby of a base hit.
The Columbus Redbirds tallied 4 runs in the 1st inning and bested the Chicago
Fire by a 8 to 4 score at Busch Stadium.
Dave Lapoint(1-0) gave Columbus a solid outing. He went 6 innings allowing 6
hits and 2 walks seeing his ERA drop from 4.91 to 3.71. Columbus totaled 9
hits on the night.
Lapoint was helped out by Greg Minton who recorded his 1st save. Bret
Saberhagen(0-1) was the loser. He was unable to control the Columbus offense
and allowed 6 hits and 2 walks in 2 innings.