John Tudor pitches a five-hit, 3 – 0 victory over the Kansas City Royals, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA
On October 23, 1985 — At Busch Stadium, on three days rest John Tudor pitches a five-hit, 3 – 0 victory over the Kansas City Royals, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the World Series. Putting the Cardinals on the verge of winning their second World Series in four years. Tito Landrum, only playing due to a tarp injury to Vince Coleman, continued to make his case for series MVP with a home run in the second off of Bud Black. Willie McGee homered in the 3rd makes it 2–0 Cardinals. They capped off their scoring in the fifth when Terry Pendleton tripled with one out and scored on Black’s throwing error on Tom Nieto‘s bunt attempt.
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PLAY BY PLAY
ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Smith popped to catcher in foul territory;
Wilson singled to center; Brett grounded out (first unassisted)
[Wilson to second]; White flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: McGee grounded out (third to first); Smith
walked; Smith was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher
to first to shortstop to catcher); Herr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Sundberg lined to right; Motley struck out; Balboni
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Clark struck out; Landrum homered; Cedeno
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pendleton grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Biancalana was called out on strikes; Black was
called out on strikes; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Nieto walked; On a bunt Tudor hit into a double
play to pitcher [Nieto out at first (pitcher to second)]; McGee
homered; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); Brett struck
out; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 4TH: Herr grounded out (third to first); Clark singled
to left [Clark out at second (left to second)]; Landrum grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Cardinals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Sundberg lined to right; Motley grounded out (third
to first); Balboni singled to left; Biancalana flied to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 5TH: Cedeno popped to first; Pendleton tripled to
center; Nieto reached on a fielder’s choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Pendleton scored, Nieto to second (error by Black)]; Tudor
struck out; McGee was walked intentionally; Smith flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: WATHAN BATTED FOR BLACK; Wathan struck out; Smith
popped to first; Wilson popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 6TH: BECKWITH REPLACED WATHAN (PITCHING); Herr doubled
to right; Clark struck out; Landrum grounded out (third to
first); Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: VAN SLYKE REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING RF); Brett
singled to left; White flied to center; Sundberg singled to
right [Brett to second]; Motley flied out to left; Balboni
walked [Brett to third, Sundberg to second]; MCRAE BATTED FOR
BIANCALANA; McRae forced Sundberg (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 7TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING SS); Pendleton
grounded out (second to first); Nieto struck out; Tudor struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: JONES BATTED FOR BECKWITH; Jones doubled to left;
Smith struck out; Wilson grounded out (second to first) [Jones
to third]; Brett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0,
Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 8TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); McGee
singled to left; Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [McGee to second]; Herr was walked intentionally;
Quisenberry threw a wild pitch [McGee out at home (catcher to
pitcher), Herr to third]; Clark walked; Landrum grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
popped to first in foul territory; Motley flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Cardinals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 0 5 1 6
Cardinals 3 6 0 5
Other Resources & Links
Retrosheet.org Boxscore:SLN198510230
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Baseball-Reference Box Score World Series Game 4 John Tudor gives St Louis 3-1 Lead