Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Royals sun ci 2<unk>0 a zagaye na huɗu na Danny Cox lokacin da Willie Wilson ya buga wasan farko wanda George Brett da Frank White suka biyo baya. Koyaya Charlie Leibrandt ya ci gaba da tarihin rashin sa'a a cikin postseason. A shekarar da ta gabata, ya yi rashin nasara a wasa na 3 na gasar
1984 ALCS, 1 <unk> 0, zuwa Detroit Tigers lokacin da ya jefa wasa uku. Ya rasa wasa na 4 a cikin 1985 ALCS a cikin na tara. Da yake rike da ragamar ci biyu a wasan na tara, kocin Dick Howser ya zabi kada ya tura Dan Quisenberry mai taimakawa don rufe wasan. Leibrandt ya ba da izinin sau biyu zuwa Willie McGee, sannan ya kasance daya daga cikin jerin da aka yi a daya a kowane lokacin da ya ba da izinin RBI guda zuwa Jack Clark. Bayan ninki biyu da tafiya da aka ɗora a kan tushe, Terry Pendleton ya share su tare da ninki biyu kuma ya ba Cardinals jagora 4 × 2. Quisenberry ya shigo kuma bayan ya fitar da Darrell Porter sai ya fita daga wasan. Jeff Lahti ya sami ceto tare da rashin nasara a ƙarshen inning. Cardinals'hudu gudu tara zai zama kawai inning a cikin jerin a cikin abin da suka zira kwallaye fiye da daya gudu.