Cardinals ace John Tudor is a 3 – 1 winner in the I-70 World Series opener against in-state opponent Kansas City.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA
On October 19, 1985 — At Royals Stadium, Cardinals ace John Tudor is a 3 – 1 winner in the I-70 World Series opener against in-state opponent Kansas City.
When Lonnie Smith led off for the Royals, he became the first player in MLB history to be traded from a team (the St. Louis Cardinals) during a season and play against that team in the World Series the same season.
John Tudor scattered seven hits in 6⅔ innings for the Cards and won with relief help from Todd Worrell. The Royals struck first in the second on Steve Balboni’s RBI single with runners on first and second, but the Cardinals tied it off of Danny Jackson in the third on Willie McGee’s RBI groundout with runners on second and third. Next inning, Tito Landrum doubled with one out, then scored on late-season acquisition César Cedeño’s RBI double to give Jackson the loss despite Jackson throwing seven innings of two-run ball. The Cardinals padded their lead in the ninth off of Dan Quisenberry when Tom Herr singled to lead off and scored on Jack Clark’s double.
This was the first Saturday night game in World Series history. The Series began on a Saturday from 1969 through 1976, and again from 1985 through 2006 (with the exception of 1990, which began on a Tuesday night).
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PLAY BY PLAY
CARDINALS 1ST: McGee struck out; Smith grounded out (shortstop
to first); Herr grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Smith flied out to right; Lonnie Smith becomes
the first player to play in the World Series against a team for
which he played in the same season; Wilson flied out to
right; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Royals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Clark popped to first; Landrum lined to second;
Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: White grounded out (catcher to first); Sundberg
walked; Motley singled to left [Sundberg to second]; Balboni
singled to left [Sundberg scored, Motley to third (error by
Pendleton)]; Motley was caught stealing home (catcher to third
to pitcher to shortstop) [Balboni to third]; missed squeeze
bunt; Biancalana walked; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Pendleton walked; Porter singled to right
[Pendleton to third]; Tudor out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Pendleton stayed at third, Porter to second]; McGee
grounded out (second to first) [Pendleton scored, Porter to
third]; Smith walked; Smith stole second; Herr grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Smith singled to left; Smith was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first
to second); Wilson popped to second; Brett singled to shortstop;
White grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 4TH: Clark was called out on strikes; Landrum doubled
to right; Cedeno doubled to left [Landrum scored]; Pendleton
grounded out (second to first) [Cedeno to third]; Porter was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Sundberg doubled to left; Motley flied out to right
[Sundberg to third]; Balboni hit into a double play (third to
catcher) [Sundberg out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Tudor was called out on strikes; McGee doubled to
center [McGee out at third (center to second to third)]; Smith
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals
2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Biancalana grounded out (shortstop to first);
Jackson struck out; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: On a bunt Herr grounded out (third to first);
Clark flied out to right; Landrum popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Wilson singled to center; Brett popped to second;
White flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: Cedeno popped to first in foul territory;
Pendleton struck out; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Motley flied out to left; Balboni struck out; JONES
BATTED FOR BIANCALANA; Jones tripled to right; MCRAE BATTED FOR
JACKSON; McRae was hit by a pitch; WORRELL REPLACED CEDENO
(PITCHING); VAN SLYKE REPLACED TUDOR (PLAYING RF); CONCEPCION
RAN FOR MCRAE; Smith walked [Concepcion to second]; Wilson flied
to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Royals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); CONCEPCION
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Van Slyke was called out on
strikes; McGee grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: Brett flied to right; White popped to catcher in
foul territory; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Herr singled to center; Clark doubled to left
[Herr scored, Clark out at third (left to shortstop to third to
second)]; Jack Clark rounded 2B too far; Landrum singled
to right; Worrell struck out; Sundberg allowed a passed ball
[Landrum to second]; BLACK REPLACED QUISENBERRY (PITCHING);
Pendleton was walked intentionally; Porter walked [Landrum to
third, Pendleton to second]; Van Slyke was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: SHERIDAN BATTED FOR MOTLEY; Sheridan doubled to
right; Balboni grounded out (first unassisted) [Sheridan to
third]; ORTA BATTED FOR BLACK; Orta flied to center; IORG BATTED
FOR CONCEPCION; Iorg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Royals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 3 7 1 6
Royals 1 8 0 8
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