Remembering Mets History (1986) Tim Teufel's Walk Off Grand Slam
The Phillies had won the series opener the night before. Prior to that the Mets had won five of six games & were now leading the NL East by eight games.
Tonight's starters were Bobby Ojeda for the Mets, who came in at 7-2 with a 2.29 ERA against Philadelphia's Charlie Hudson (4-3).
In the top of the 1st, Bob Ojeda escaped trouble after walking the leadoff man, giving up a single to Juan Samuel & getting the bases loaded after Rafeal Santana's error at short. Ojeda then got Von Hayes to pop up & then struck out John Russell to end the inning.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, Darryl Strawberry led off with a walk from Charlie Hudson. Gary Carter then a two run HR, his ninth HR of the season, putting the Mets ahead 3-2.
Ojeda pitched 7.2 innings giving up four runs on seven hits, issuing a season high six walks. He also struck out five. Bobby O was relieved by Doug Sisk.
Tim Teufel had come into the game batting .226 with one HR. He certainly made his manager proud, delivering a walk off Grand Slam HR, to win the game.
In the top of the 3rd, the Phillies Jeff Stone & Ron Roenicke led off with base hits. Juan Samuel grounded out to second base, but Jeff Stone was able to score with the first run of the game.
In the top of the 4th, Ojeda walked Steve Jeltz & Ron Roenicke. Juan Samuel then singled scoring Jeltz making it 2-0 Phils.
In the bottom of the 4th, Darryl Strawberry hit a one out double to right field. Gary Carter then singled to drive in Straw with his 35th RBI of the season, narrowing the Phillies lead to 2-1.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, Darryl Strawberry led off with a walk from Charlie Hudson. Gary Carter then a two run HR, his ninth HR of the season, putting the Mets ahead 3-2. In the top of the 7th, the Phillies battled back, Juan Samuel & Glenn Wilson led off with base hits. Samuel advanced to third on a sacrifice & scored on Von Hayes' sac fly.
In the top of the 8th, with Bob Ojeda still on the hill, he walked Steve Jeltz to start the inning. Darren Daulton sacrificed him over to second. Ron Roenicke then drove a base hit to left field scoring Jeltz to put the Phillies ahead 4-3.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, after getting the first out, Don Carmen was relieved by Steve Bedrosian for the Phillies.
Trivia: In 1986 Steve Bedrosian would save 29 games & in 1987 he led the NL with 40 saves.
"The Kid" Gary Carter greeted Bedrosian with his second HR of the night, a solo shot to left centerfield to tie up the game. It was Carter's tenth HR of the year giving him 38 RBIs on the season.
Gary Carter Trivia: On the night Carter collected three hits, going 3-4 with two HRs, four RBIs & two runs scored. It was the first of three multi-HR games he had that season. Carter would hit 24 HRs & drive in 105 runs, making it three straight seasons with 100 plus RBIs.
In the top of the 9th, after Doug Sisk recorded the first two outs Kevin Mitchell made an error at short on Milt Thompsons ground ball. Sisk then hit Rick Schu with a pitch putting two men. Mets manager Davey Johnson, then went to Jesse Orosco in the bullpen. Orosco got slugger Mike Schmidt to fly out to centerfield for the third out.
Extra Innings: Roger McDowell came on for the Mets & pitched two scoreless innings, getting the Mets to the 11th inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Randy Lerch came on for Philadelphia & retired the Mets in order.
In the bottom of the 11th, Ray Knight led off with a base hit. After Rafael Santana grounded out, pinch hitter, Barry Lyons was walked intentionally. Randy Lerch then walked Len Dykstra to load the bases.
Philadelphia manager Tom Felske brought Tom Hume into pitch. Mets skipper, Davey Johnson then called upon Tim Teufel to pinch hit for Wally Backman, liking the better matchup.
The Teufel Shuffle: In classic Tim Teufel style, he waved his hips in a circular motion as he stood in the batter's box. The trademark move was known as "the Teufel Shuffle".
Trivia: This was the fourth walk off grand slam HR in franchise history. Mike Jorgensen was the last to have had done it six years earlier in 1980. Tim Harkness & Jim Hickman had done it in 1963.
Five other Mets have done it after Teufel. Kevin McReynolds (1991) Jordany Valdespin (2013) Ike Davis (2014) Jose Bautista (2018) & Pete Alonso (2025)