Visitor: Philadelphia Phillies

Home: Kansas City Royals

Date: October 19, 1980

World Series Game 5

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

PHI 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 0

KC 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 2

Visitor playmakers:

P Tug McGraw, 3B Mike Schmidt

Home playmakers:

CF Amos Otis

Network: NBC

Announcers: Joe Garagiola, Tom Seaver, Tony Kubek

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Notes: The Royals' hope for a Royals Stadium sweep faded as Philadelphia got its third come-from-behind victory. The Phillies' two-run ninth inning off of Quisenberry sealed KC's fate. Schmidt's two-run home run in the fourth inning broke the scoreless tie. The Royals sent Marty Bystrom to the showers with a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Otis continued his sizzling offensive performance with a game-tying home run (his 3rd of the Series) leading off the sixth. KC took the lead on a U.L. Washington sacrifice fly scoring Clint Hurdle in the 6th. Phillies' relievers Ron Reed and McGraw silenced the KC bats the rest of the way. The Royals loaded the bases on three walks in the ninth, but McGraw fanned Jose Cardenal to end the game.

In Game 4, a rejuvenated Royals team held the Phillies to a 0-0 tie going into the fourth and for the first time in the tournament, prepared to take the lead. After Schmidt broke the tie by depositing a Gura pitch over the wall for a two run advantage, Kansas City answered back with some fancy "woodwork" of their own. Brett "got the ball rolling" and took rookie Marty Bystrom for a RBI groundout in the fifth. Next, Otis added a third homer to his stats and finally, U.L. Washington nailed a sac-fly for the 3-2 lead in the sixth. Gura struggled in the seventh with a two-on, one-out situation, but Quisenberry came to his rescue and maintained the one-run decision going into the ninth. Down again, but far from out, the Philadelphia line-up decided it was their turn to repeat history. First, Schmidt led off with a single and pinch-hitter Del Unser brought him home with a double. After Keith Moreland sacrificed Unser to third, Maddox grounded out holding him on the bag. Manny Trillo followed with a line drive off Quisenberry's glove and Unser sped home for the go-ahead run. Philly's McGraw continued his inconsistency on the mound after issuing three walks in the bottom of the ninth, but Royal Jose Cardenal fanned for three and the final out of the game.

Thanks Paul!

Running time: 2:20 (2 discs)