Boston Red Sox 5–8 New York Mets
New York Mets won 8–5 · game 7 of the 1986 World Series
Winner-take-all — the New York Mets took the 1986 World Series in game 7. The New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox 8–5 in game 7 of the 1986 World Series.
The New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox 8–5 in game 7 of the 1986 World Series on 1986-10-27.
Why this game is here
- The winner-take-all finale of the 1986 World Series (game 7)
Selection is threshold-earned: a game qualifies only by structural singularity (a tied game, or the winner-take-all finale of a series that went the distance) or by holding an outright covered-era record. Fame carries no weight.
The game
| Series | 1986 World Series (game 7) |
|---|---|
| Date | 1986-10-27 |
| Score | Boston Red Sox 5, New York Mets 8 |
| Innings | 9 |
Source: Retrosheet World Series game logs (glws.zip), 1986 World Series, game 7 (1986-10-27). The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. — source
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