Game 1 Canton 7 Calif. 1 -- Milt Thompson and Mike Sharperson scored twice each for the Comets and Mark McGwire registered three hits including a double, and drove in a pair as the Comets broke open a close game late. Dave Fleming went the distance for the Comets allowing just five hits. Sid Bream drove in the only Tide run of the game.

Game 2 Calif. 6 Canton 3 (16 inn) -- Don Slaught homered for the Comets in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game at 3 and the teams battled another six innings before Carlos Baerga singled home Gary Pettis and the Comets committed a pair of errors to allow two unearned insurance runs to give the marathon victory to the Tide. Milt Thompson, Ken Caminiti and Ricky Jordan had four hits apiece for the Comets who outhit the Tide 20-7 but left 21 on base in the contest.?

Game 3 Canton 12 Calif. 4 -- Dennis Martinez allowed only 4 hits and one earned run in going the distance for the Comets. Albert Belle had three hits, including a pair of 3-run homers and Danny Tartabull hit a bases-loaded three-run double to provide the offense. George Bell had a three-run double after a pair of walks and an error loaded the bases in the top of the second.?