1984 National League Championship Series

1984 NL Championship Series (3-2) San Diego Padres (92-70) over Chicago Cubs (96-65)

• BR 1984 NLCS Summary

Introduction

Umpires

• Games 1 and 2: Dick Cavenaugh, Dave Slickenmayer, Joe Pomponi, Joe Maher
• Games 3 and 4: Terry Bovey, Frank Campagna, Frank Fisher, John Stewart
• Game 5: John Kibler, Paul Runge, John McSherry, Doug Harvey

Because of a labor conflict with the Major League Umpires Association, the National League was forced to use replacement umpires for the first four games of the 1984 NLCS. One four-man crew umpired the two games in Chicago, and a second one worked the first two games in San Diego, at which point the conflict was settled and regular umpires were able to return to action for the deciding Game 5. However, only a four-person crew was used for that game, instead of the six-person crew usually in effect for postseason games.

Results

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Padres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Cubs	2	0	3	0	6	2	0	0	x	13	16	0
WP: Rick Sutcliffe (1-0), LP: Eric Show (0-1)
Home Runs: CHI - Ron Cey (1), Bob Dernier (1), Gary Matthews 2 (2), Rick Sutcliffe (1)

• Attendance: 36,282

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Padres	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0
Cubs	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	x	4	8	1
WP: Steve Trout (1-0), LP: Mark Thurmond (0-1), SV: Lee Smith (1)
Home Runs: none

• Attendance: 36,282

Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Padres	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	x	7	11	0
WP: Ed Whitson (1-0), LP: Dennis Eckersley (0-1)
Home Runs: SD - Kevin McReynolds (1)

• Attendance: 58,346

Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	8	1
Padres	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	7	11	0
WP: Craig Lefferts (1-0), LP: Lee Smith (0-1)
Home Runs: CHI - Jody Davis (1), Leon Durham (1); SD - Steve Garvey (1)

• Attendance: 58,354

Game 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1
Padres	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	x	6	8	0
WP: Craig Lefferts (2-0), LP: Rick Sutcliffe (1-1), SV: Rich Gossage (1)
Home Runs: CHI - Jody Davis (2), Leon Durham (2)

• Attendance: 58,359

Further Reading

• John Kuenster: Heartbreakers: Baseball's Most Agonizing Defeats, Ivan R. Dee Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2001. ISBN 978-1566634120
• Kevin Mills: "Steve Garvey and the Most Iconic Moment in San Diego Sports History", in Cecilia M. Tan, ed.: Pacific Ghosts, The National Pastime, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2019, pp. 79-82.

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