Pittsburgh - (AP): On a cold, windy, overcast night in Pittsburgh, the Dodgers and Pirates matched up to see who would play the 1986 Mets in the wild card series. The Dodgers came in with a 4 game winning streak but still were considered underdogs. Los Angeles had a well rested Orel Hershisher going while Pittsburgh had their ace John Candelaria on the hill. Pittsburgh scored first on a Tim Foli RBI in the second but was quickly tied during the top half of the third inning on a Kirk Gibson RBI single to plate Steve Sax. With 2 outs in the third inning, the
rain came down with a steady down pour and the game was halted for 103 minutes. When play resumed, Canderlaria could not come back out and was replace by veteran hurler Dave Roberts. Unfortunetly, Roberts did not have his stuff and was belted around for 6 runs on 7 hits in 2.1 innings pitched. Orel Hershisher threw 7 innings of 1 run, 3 hit ball to earn his second victory and improve to 2-4 on the year. Roberts got hung with the loss and is now 1-2. Final score: Dodgers 8....Pirates 1. The Dodgers will now face off against a powerful 1986 Mets club in a best of 5 series. On the regular season, the Mets had little trouble with the Dodgers as they took 3 of the 4 games played.
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