Visitor:  St. Louis Cardinals

Home:  Kansas City Royals

Date:  October 27, 1985

World Series Game 7

 

Scoring:

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

STL                 0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0             0       5          0

KC                  0          2          3          0          6          0          0          0          x            11      14        0

 

Visitor playmakers:

P Bret Saberhagen (MVP, .050 ERA), RF Darryl Motley, 3B George Brett, 1B Steve Balboni, LF Lonnie Smith, CF Willie Wilson, C Jim Sundberg,

 

Home playmakers:

None

 

Network:  ABC  (ESPN Classic rebroadcast)

Announcers:  Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver

 

Pregame:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  90/100

 

Notes:  The Royals eat Cardinals pitcher John Tudor alive in this spectacular (for KC fans) finale in the 1985 World Series.  After Tudor’s 3rd inning exit, KC feasts on Bill Campbell, Jeff Lahti, Ricky Horton, Joaquin Andujar, and Bob Forsch in the fifth inning.  In all, the Cards go through seven pitchers on their way to a stinging loss.  Manager Whitey Herzog and Andujar get ejected in the fifth after a huge tantrum over two called balls that Andujar felt were strikes (the home plate umpire was Don Denkinger from Game 6 fame.)

 

The Royals become the first team to ever lose the first two games at home and come back to win the Series.

 

KC's pitching staff held the Major League's best hitting club to 13 runs and a batting average of .185 - the lowest ever in a seven-game World Series.

 

This copy has had the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings edited out, as well as parts of other innings.  Not a complete game, but still great to watch.

 

Running time:  1:34