In Game 1, Brewers’ leadoff batter Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game. The third baseman’s 5-for-6 Fall Classic performance helps Milwaukee rout the Cardinals, 10-0, the largest shutout margin since the Yankees blanked the Bucs 12-0 in 1960.
1982 – The Milwaukee Brewers complete their comeback from a 2-0 ALCS deficit by edging the California Angels, 4 – 3, to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series. Angels outfielder Fred Lynn bats .611 for the Series and is named MVP in a losing cause.
October 8, 1982 – At County Stadium, game 3 of the ALCS, the pitching of veteran Don Sutton going 7+ innings allowing 3 runs‚ and a 2-run home run by Paul Molitor off Mike Witt‚ stave off elimination in the Brewers’ game against California. The Brewers dropped the first 2 games of a best of…
October 3, 1982 – San Francisco’s Joe Morgan and Jack Clark celebrate after “Little Joe” hit a 3-run home run off of LA Dodgers’ reliever Terry Forster in the 7th inning which leads the Giants to a win and more importantly eliminates LA from the NL West Race on the final day of the season….
On October 3, 1982, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Don Sutton defeats Jim Palmer and the Baltimore Orioles, 10-2 giving the Milwaukee Brewers the American League East title on the final day of the season. Sutton, went 4-1 since being acquired by the Brewers in late August coasts to the victory, pitching 8 innings…
1982 – Astros hand the Reds their 100th loss of the season, the first time in their storied 114-year history. Starter Frank DiPino has the honors with a 4-2 victory. Harry Spilman gets the key hit, a two-run single in the four-run fourth. Astros would win the next day to finish with a 77-85 campaign, in fifth place ahead of only Cincinnati.
Red Sox starter Brian Denman goes the distance, defeating Dave Righetti at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The 26 year-old rookie right-hander’s six-hit shutout will be his ninth and last appearance in a major league uniform.
At San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, recording artist Vicki Carr and 43,077 fans sing an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday before the Padres game with Atlanta, helping owner Ray Kroc celebrate his 80th birthday. As part of the fun the San Diego Chicken along with Ronald McDonald pop out of a giant cake.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia October 1, 1982 – New York Mets pitcher Terry Leach tosses a 10-inning one-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies‚ finally winning 1-0 on Hubie Brooks’s sacrifice fly. Luis Aguayo’s 5th-inning triple is the Phillies sole hit. It is the only extra inning one-hitter in Mets history. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Other Resources…
In his last game, A’s shortstop Fred Stanley goes 1-for-3 in a 12-7 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. With ‘Chicken’ retiring there are now no active players left in the majors who once played with the Seattle Pilots.
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