 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Paaive neOrioles, Grich akaonekwa muAmerican League Championship Series ALCS muna 1973 na1974, apo Baltimore yakarasikirwa neOakland. Ngirozi dzakaita zviratidzo zvadzo zvitatu zvekutanga munguva yebasa raGrich, asi dzakadonha muALCS nguva imwe neimwe; kurasikirwa neOrioles muna 1979 uye kuMilwaukee Brewers muna 1982. Grich akasvika pedyo zvikuru mumwaka wake wokupedzisira weMLB 1986, apo Angels akatungamirira ALCS 3-1 uye aida imwe chete kukunda kuti afambire mberi kuWorld Series. Vakarova 5-2 vachitungamira Boston Red Sox muchikamu chechipfumbamwe cheMutambo 5, ipapo vakarasikirwa nemimwe miviri yakatevera uye vakabviswa. Grich akarova homerun mumutambo wechishanu iyo yakatsausa giravhiti remutambi wepakati wepakati Dave Henderson, ichiisa Ngirozi pamusoro 3-2. Asi sezvo Red Sox yakanga yava pedyo nokurova kokupedzisira, Henderson akarova homerun kuti Boston ive pamberi. Mukubvunzurudzwa kwepashure pemutambo mushure meMutambo 7, Grich akazivisa kuti akanga aenda pamudyandigere aine makore makumi matatu nemanomwe. 