Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Coolers 8 88 Destroyers 11 W-Clancy L-R.Robinson S-Bedrosian HR-Whitt 2, McGwire Pitching took a back seat in game If as the hitters strutted their stuff. Ernie Whitt homered twice and home run champ Mark McGwire also homered, but the Destroyers singled and doubled their way home on the way to an 11-8 victory. Milt Thompson went 3 for 3 with 2 doubles, Harold Baines went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and Dave Martinez notched 4 singles. These three combined for 8 rbi. Jim Clancy went 4.2 innings to get the win. Ron Robinson took the loss for the Coolers. There was a frightening moment in the 8th when Kenny Williams lined a single off relief ace Steve Bedrosian. Fortunately, Bedrosian was only shaken up. He went on to finish the game. Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Coolers 1 88 Destroyers 8 W-Guidry L-C.Young S- HR-D.Martinez, Rice The left-handed aces battled in game 2. Ron Guidry and Curt Young went nose-to—nose and Guidry won in an romp. Spike doubled home two runs to get the game—winner. Dave Martinez hit a two-run homer and Jim Rice added a solo shot for some added power. Guidry went 7 innings and struck out 4 to get the win. Young allowed 5 runs in 2.1 innings and got the loss. Luis Salazar tripled home California's only run. Game 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Destroyers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 l 88 Coolers 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 X 7 9 O W-Rhoden L-Forsch S- HR-Whitt A two out error by Bobby Meacham set the table for Ernie Whitt's 2 rbi double in the bottom of the first. It was Whitt again in the bottom of the third, this time smacking a Bob Forsch pitch for a 3 run homer. Rick Rhoden cruised through 7.2 for the win. Forsch was pinned with the loss. Game 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Destroyers 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 11 l 88 Coolers 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 X 8 11 0 W-Agulera L-B.Long S- HR-Mulliniks, Whitt Rance Mulliniks hit a 2 run shot in the bottom of the first to spot Rick Aguilera a 2—0 lead. Delaware came back in the 3rd with rbi singles by Thompson and Baines, and went ahead on Mike Schmidt's sacrifice fly. The Destroyer lead vanished in the bottom half as Whitt followed McGwire's rbi single with a 3 run homerun that sent DLD starter Bill Long to the showers. The Destroyers rallied for 2 runs in the 6th inning but fell short as the Cooler bullpen allowed only one hit over the last 3.2 innings. Game 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Destroyers 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 0 88 Coolers 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 W-Clancy L-R.Robinson S- HR-B.Diaz Bo Diaz hit a 3 run dinger in a 4 run Delaware second inning that put this one on ice and gave DLD a 3 games to 2 lead going back to Fenway. After a rough playoff, Jim Clancy collected his second victory of the World Series, scattering 9 hits over 7.1 innings. Thompson and Don Mattingly each had 3 hits for the winners. Ron Robinson took the loss for the Coolers. Game 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 88 Coolers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 12 1 88 Destroyers 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 X 11 15 1 W-Forsch L-Rhoden S-None HR- Four consecutive singles by Schmidt, Mattingly, Paul Molitor and Dave Martinez brought home 2 Destroyer runs and gave Bob Forsch the lead he would never relinquish. Mike Schmidt drove in two in the 4th and another in the 6th for a DLD romp. Forsch went the distance and Rhoden was tagged with the loss. Schmidt finished the day 3-5 with 4 rbi. The first ever SWBA World Series is won by the Delaware Destroyers 4 games to 2. Delaware finished with a combined record of 103—71. California finished 101—73.
