NLDS: Mets over Reds in Four

Game One
Gary Nolan vs. Doc Gooden. Wally Backman's two-run homer in the fourth breaks a 3-3 tie, while Gooden gets help from Juan Padilla and Roger McDowell to seal down a 5-4 Mets win.

Game Two
Ross Grimsley vs. Jerry Koosman. With the game tied at 2 in the bottom of the eighth and Carl Everett on second base, Scott Williamson's strikeout of Darryl Strawberry for the third out gets boxed by Johnny Bench for a passed ball. Jason Phillips follows up with a single to drive in the go-ahead run. Jesse Orosco and McDowell get the final three outs for the Mets 3-2 win.

Game Three 
Tom Seaver vs. Wayne Simpson. Johnny Bench atones for his Game Two faux-pas with a homer and three RBI as the Reds rough up Tom Terrific and on their way to a 12-8 win to keep the series alive.

Game Four
Jon Matlack vs. Tom Browning. The Reds score three in the fifth and two in the sixth to tie the game 6-6. We had no idea that the teams would not score again for nine innings. With one out in the top of the sixteenth, David Wright's homer to straight-away center gave the Mets the lead; McDowell shakily gets his third save of the series and the Mets move on to the NLCS with a 7-6 win.
--submitted by Chris Gotay--