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The Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NLCS, the first year the championship series was in a "Best of seven" format. Jack Clark hit a 450-foot home run off Dodger closer Tom Niedenfuer to win game six and the NLCS for the Cardinals.
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 ...
On August 4, at Anaheim Stadium, Rod Carew got his 3000th hit as a member of the California Angels. [3] On September 11, Pete Rose reached 4,192 hits, breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league career hits record. [4] On October 6, Phil Niekro won his 300th game and became the oldest pitcher (age 46) to record a shutout as a member of the New ...
Yankees cut lead in half: Dodgers 2, Yankees 1. Alex Verdugo and the New York Yankees cut the lead in half with a fielders choice in the bottom of the second of Game 4 of the World Series.
Full umpire lineups for Games 1-4 here. ... Yeager spent the first 14 years of his MLB career with the Dodgers from 1972 to 1985. Yeager was one of the Dodgers’ three co-MVPs of the World Series ...
The Dodgers forced a pivotal Game 5 against the Giants in the NLDS by taking big gambles, making important adjustments and executing a sound game plan.
The Cardinals took Games 1 and 2 in Kansas City. When the series moved to St. Louis, the Royals got on the board with a 6–1 victory in Game 3 thanks to excellent pitching from Bret Saberhagen, however the Cardinals would win Game 4 off a complete-game shutout performance from John Tudor to take a 3–1 series lead. The Royals again won 6–1 ...
On July 4, 1985, [2] [3] [4] the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 16–13 in a 19-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) contest [5] that featured Keith Hernandez hitting for the cycle, [6] Mets manager Davey Johnson being ejected, and the Braves coming back to tie the game twice in extra innings, most notably in the bottom of the 18th.