<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: AmaCubs ka-1984 enza ukubonakala kokuqala kwe-franchise ngemuva kwe-postseason kusukela ngo-1945, futhi kwakuyiqembu lokuqala lamaqembu amabili kuphela we-playoff uSmith adlala kuwo elinye kwakungu-1988 Red Sox. USmith wasindisa imidlalo engaphezu kwengu-30 ngokokuqala ngqa empilweni yakhe, kodwa wahlanganisa i-3.65 ERA, okubi kakhulu kwakhe kule minyaka eyishumi. Emidlalweni yokugcina, wabonakala emidlalweni emibili ye-  <response>: I-NL Championship Series. Emdlalweni wesibili, uSmith wathola i-save emdlalweni owawunqotshwe yiCubs ngo 4x2 ngokufaka ama-out amabili okugcina. Ukunqoba kwanikeza iCubs ukuhola ngemidlalo emibili kuya kweyodwa ochungechungeni lwe-best-of-five, kodwa iSan Diego Padres yanqoba imidlalo emithathu elandelayo ukuvimbela iCubs ukuthi ingene ku-World Series ka-1984. USmith wathatha ukunqotshwa emdlalweni 4: engena ezansi kwesishiyagalombili nomdlalo uboshwe, 55, wavumela ukushaya okukodwa futhi wagcina umdlalo uboshwe; ezansi kwesishiyagalolunye, wavumela i-one-out single kuTony Gwynn, elandelwa yi-two-run walk-off home run kaSteve Garvey ukuphoqa umdlalo wesihlanu onqumayo. USmith akazange adlale emdlalweni wesihlanu; ngenkathi iChicago ihola ngo-3-0 ngemuva kwe-inning yesibili, iSan Diego yathola amaphuzu ayisithupha engaphenduliwe ngomdlalo wokugcina ngo-6-3. Ezinkathini eziyisishiyagalombili zikaSmith namaCubs 19801987, lo bekungunyaka owodwa amaCubs aba nawo irekhodi lokuwina, futhi ukuphela kwesikhathi abaqede ngaphezulu kwesine esigabeni sabo. 