1986 NLCS Gm 3: Lenny Dykstra hits walk-off home run

10/11/86: Lenny Dykstra's two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th gives the Mets a 6-5 win over the Astros in Game 3 of the NLCS


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[jameshughes]

Citifield is beautiful, but Shea Stadium was magic!!! I was at game 7 of the '86 world series and the seats were shaking.

[petertalleos]

The Greatest Pennant and World Series of All Time!!

[i_lovedandysworld]

Most dramatic MLB Playoffs ever. This walk off HR by Len Dykstra, the final out in GM 6 of this series, the Red Sox comeback over the Angels, and the then that epic WS

[lloyddobbler]

Damn... brings back memories. I was 17 and working at JC Penny that Saturday (I believe it was a Saturday) and instead of doing what I was supposed to be doing, I was up in the home entertainment department watching as the game was playing on 30 floor model TVs along with a whole bunch of other people.

[pjp]

one of the greatest games I ever was at

[AdamFerrari]

1986 NLCS what a series, those Mets were heavy favorites all year but really had to earn it

[elmeranderson]

I remember that game. That 1986 NLCS was probably the most dramatic of them all! It had drama, suspense, everything!

[raymondhoagland]

One heck of a series, what a team they were ! Glad we got to see a World Series victory ⚾ !

[kp]

Mets fan here. That kind of raw emotion from the fans is something that we just don't feel too often. Tremendous moment for our Mets.

[matthewdietz]

i was just being born, but still had the pleasure of watching lenny dykstra play for the phils live plenty of times =D

[martinrigggs]

Baseball like it oughta be!!!! ⚾️ miss those days. Hard to believe that that was the last time we won it all😔0for2 since😞

[FMD]

Oct. 11, 1986
"Lenny Dykstra, the man they call Nails on the Mets ballclub is waiting ... Now the pitch, and it's a high fly ball hit to right field ... It's fairly deep ... It's way back, by the wall ... A home run! A home run! The Mets win the ballgame ... Dykstra wins it ... Len Dykstra hit a home run ... This ballgame is over ... Lenny Dykstra is being mobbed by his teammates." -- Murphy's call of Lenny Dykstra's ninth-inning, game-winning home run at Shea which gave the Mets a 6-5 win over Houston in Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS.

[mikebdb]

lenny coming up from the minor league was such a shot in the arm for the mets...you knew immediatley he was a gamer hardnosed player who was clutch...i remember pete rose saying he loved the kid

[epappas]

This was my favorite emotional Mets homerun in my entire life …. Until last Night Pete Alonso Homerun yesterday is my new # 1 … He nailed it … Let’s Go Mets

[meirdaniel]

Good old Shea stadium andn the 86 Mets. Dykstra with one of the most clutch home runs in Mets history. If he doesn't hit that maybe we don't win the series.

[cutycatgo]

Len Dykstra, to this day, is my favorite met of all time.

[nickv]

"Baseball like it outa be". Cocaine, alcohol, hangovers, cigarettes in the dugout, fighting with other teams, fighting with your own teammates. Damn! I miss those days.

[bwaters]

And to think they traded this guy smh. He was one helluva player.

[hawkeye]

I remember this moment well! Let's go Mets!

[trippnorris]

That game was just as good as the 16 inning one.