<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1984 Cubs yakaita franchise yekutanga postseason kuoneka kubvira 1945, uye yaive yekutanga yezvikwata zviviri chete zveplayoff zvakatambirwa naSmith imwe yacho iri 1988 Red Sox. Smith akaponesa mitambo inopfuura 30 kokutanga mubasa rake, asi akaunganidza 3.65 ERA, yakaipisisa mumakore gumi. Mumwaka wokupedzisira, akaoneka mumitambo miviri ye  <response>: NL Championship Series. Mumutambo wechipiri, Smith akawana kuchengetedza mu 4 × 2 Cubs kukunda nekunyora maviri ekupedzisira kubuda. Kukunda kwakapa maCubs mutungamiri wemitambo miviri-kusina-mumwe mumutambo wakanakisisa-we-mashanu, asi San Diego Padres vakakunda mitambo mitatu inotevera kuti varambe maCubs mu 1984 World Series. Smith akatora kurasikirwa muMutambo 4: kupinda pasi pechisere nemutambo wakabatana, 55, akabvumira imwe hit uye akachengetedza mutambo wakabatana; pasi pechipfumbamwe, akabvumira imwe-kunze imwe chete kuna Tony Gwynn, ichiteverwa ne-two-run walk-off home run naSteve Garvey kumanikidza mutambo wechishanu. Smith haana kukanda mumutambo wechishanu; nepo Chicago yakabata 3-0 inotungamira mushure mechikamu chechipiri, San Diego yakarova nhanhatu dzisina kupindurwa dzemutambo wekupedzisira. Pakati pemwaka misere yaSmith neCubs 19801987, uyu ndiwo chete gore iro maCubs aive nerekodhi yekukunda, uye nguva chete yavakapedza pamusoro pechina muchikamu chavo. 