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Mike Boddicker pitched a complete-game shutout for the Orioles in Game 2 as they won 4–0 to even the series. In Chicago, the Orioles blew out the White Sox in Game 3 by ten runs, and then shut out the White Sox again in an extra-inning Game 4 to secure the pennant. Game 4 of the 1983 ALCS was the last postseason game ever played at Comiskey Park.
The 1983 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1983 season.The 80th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.
The season was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without manager Earl Weaver, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season. [2] The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer [3] Weaver [4] with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their most ...
The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series. The All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park; the American League won by a score of 13–3, with California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn being
The 1983 ALCS was the first post-season series in the Orioles' history in which they lost the first game--in their 11 post-season series going back to 1966 the team had always won Game 1. Similarly the O's would lose Game 1 of the 1983 World Series before coming back to sweep the remaining four games. This is the Orioles' most recent pennant to ...
Lowenstein hit an extra inning walk-off home run for the Baltimore Orioles to win Game 1 of the 1979 American League playoffs against the California Angels. [10] He also made a spectacular, off-the-wall catch to rob the Phillies' Bo Diaz of a home-run in Game One of the 1983 World Series [11] and hit a home run for the Orioles in Game 2. [7]
With the series shifting to Philadelphia, Dodgers starter Bob Welch was pulled from the game in the second after walking two with one out. A wild pitch and passed ball by reliever Alejandro Pena scored the game's first run. After Bo Diaz walked, Ivan de Jesus's RBI groundout made it 2–0 Phillies.
The 17 years between Palmer's first World Series win in 1966 and the 1983 win is the longest period of time between first and last pitching victories in the World Series for an individual pitcher in major league history. He also became the only pitcher in major league baseball history to have won World Series games in three decades.