| 1986 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 8–15 | |||||||||
| MVP | Mike Scott (Houston) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Doug Harvey (crew chief) Lee Weyer Frank Pulli Dutch Rennert Joe West Fred Brocklander | |||||||||
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| Television | ABC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Keith Jackson and Tim McCarver | |||||||||
| Radio | CBS WHN (NYM) KTRH (HOU) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Brent Musburger and Johnny Bench WHN: Bob Murphy and Gary Thorne KTRH: Gene Elston, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bill Worrell, Jerry Trupiano | |||||||||
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The 1986 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven Major League Baseball postseason series between the NL East champion New York Mets and NL West champion Houston Astros. It was the 18th NLCS and the first MLB playoff series in which the opponents were two "expansion" teams that had begun play in the same season (1962). The series was won by the Mets, four games to two, culminating with their 7–6, 16-inning triumph at the Astrodome in Game 6. New York then defeated the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, four games to three.