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Normally a good control pitcher, Lucas entered Game Five of the 1986 LCS with a 5-4 lead and no one on base, needing just one out to send the Angels to the WS. He promptly hit Rich Gedman with his first pitch (his first hit batsman since 1982), setting up Dave Henderson's home run off Donnie Moore in the next at bat. The lanky lefthander debuted with San Diego in 1980, and from 1981 to 1983 he saved 13, 16, and 17 games, leading the NL with 57 appearances in 1981 while posting a career-best 2.00 ERA. He was traded to the Expos for Scott Sanderson after the 1983 season, and then to the Angels two years later. (SCL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 7, 1983: In a complicated 3-team swap, pitcher Scott Sanderson is traded from the Expos to the Cubs. Montreal receives pitcher Gary Lucas from San Diego, and the Padres get P Craig Lefferts, 1B-OF Carmelo Martinez, and 3B Fritz Connally from Chicago.