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The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 96th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 28th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 23rd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. The team won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS.
The Dodgers took Game 1 as Fernando Valenzuela out-dueled the Cardinals' John Tudor, and in Game 2, Orel Hershiser pitched a complete game as the Dodgers blew out the Cardinals to take a 2–0 series lead headed to St. Louis. The Cardinals got on the board in the series with a 4–2 victory in Game 3.
For Game 6, it was Hershiser for the Dodgers against Andujar for St. Louis. Unlike the previous three games, it was the Dodgers and not the Cardinals who got the scoring started quickly when Mariano Duncan's double and Madlock's single put the Dodgers ahead, 1–0. An inning later, a walk to Greg Brock and singles by Hershiser and Duncan scored ...
Former MVP Freddie Freeman ended Game 1 with a stunning grand slam in the 10th inning. ... Yeager spent the first 14 years of his MLB career with the Dodgers from 1972 to 1985. Yeager was one of ...
NY regains lead on sacrifice fly: Yankees 6, Dodgers 5. NEW YORK - Giancarlo Stanton restored order in Game 5 of the World Series, putting the New York Yankees back on top with a sacrifice fly.
Rappers Ice Cube and Fat Joe will take the stage in front of their hometown crowds — in L.A. and New York, respectively — at Games 2 and 3 of the World Series.
The 1985 Major League Baseball season ended with the Kansas City Royals defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the I-70 World Series. Bret Saberhagen, the regular season Cy Young Award winner, was named MVP of the Series. The National League won the All-Star Game for the second straight year.
— For the first time in a Dodgers uniform, 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki threw to hitters Wednesday in front of a gigantic crowd of spectators, the likes of which rarely gather for such a ...