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The 1985 World Series, popularly known as the "Show-Me Series" and the "I-70 Series", pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion Kansas City Royals. Interstate 70, which crosses Missouri and links the two cities together, inspired the nickname for this year's Major League Baseball championship.

It was the second Missouri-only World Series: the first was the 1944 World Series between two St. Louis teams, the Cardinals vs. the Browns.

Although the Royals lost the first two games at home, they overcame their poor start and became World Series champions for the first time, thanks in particular to Series MVP Bret Saberhagen
and his victories in games 3 and 7.

Managers: Dick Howser
(Kansas City), Whitey Herzog
(St. Louis)

Umpires: Don Denkinger (AL), Billy Williams (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Bob Engel (NL), John Shulock (AL), Jim Quick (NL)

Television: ABC (Al Michaels, Tim McCarver
and Jim Palmer
announcing)

Game 1

October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1
 Kansas City Royals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0

PITCHERS: STL - Tudor, Worrell (7) KCR - Jackson, Quisenberry (8), Jackson (9)

WP - Tudor LP - Jackson SAVE - Worrell

HOME RUNS: STL- none KCR- none

ATTENDANCE: 41,650

Game 2

October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 0
 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

PITCHERS: STL - Cox, Dayley (8), Lahti (9) KCR - Leibrandt, Quisenberry (9)

WP - Dayley LP - Leibrandt SAVE - Lahti

HOME RUNS: STL- none KCR - none

ATTENDANCE: 41,656

Game 3

October 22, 1985 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 11 0
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0

PITCHERS: KCR - Saberhagen STL - Andujar, Campbell (5), Horton (6), Dayley (8)

WP - Saberhagen LP - Andujar SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: KCR - White STL - none

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 4

October 23, 1985 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 6 0

PITCHERS: KCR - Black, Beckwith (6), Quisenberry (8) STL - Tudor

WP - Tudor LP - Black SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: KCR - none STL - Landrum, McGee

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 5

October 24, 1985 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Kansas City Royals 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 11 2
 St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1

PITCHERS: KCR - Jackson STL - Forsch, Horton (2), Campbell (4), Worrell (6), Lahti (8)

WP - Jackson LP - Forsch SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: KCR - none STL - none

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 6

October 26, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0

PITCHERS: STL - Cox, Dayley (8), Worrell (9) KCR - Leibrandt, Quisenberry (8)

WP - Quisenberry LP - Worrell SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: STL - none KCR - none

ATTENDANCE: 41,628

See also:
  • Don Denkinger#.22The Call.22

Game 7

October 27, 1985 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
 Kansas City Royals 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 X 11 14 0

PITCHERS: STL - Tudor, Campbell (3), Lahti (5), Horton (5), Andujar (5), Forsch (5), Dayley (7) KCR - Saberhagen

WP - Saberhagen LP - Tudor SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: STL - none KCR - Motley

ATTENDANCE: 41,658

Trivia

  • This was the first World Series in which all games were played at night.
  • The Cardinals' .185 batting average was the lowest for a seven-game World Series until the New York Yankees hit .183 in the 2001 World Series.
  • Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog
    was ejected in Game 7 by the home plate umpire, Don Denkinger. Denkinger had infamously and incorrectly called safe Jorge Orta
    at first base in Game 6. When asked about why he would allow himself to get ejected from the seventh game of the World Series, Herzog said "I've seen enough!"
  • The day before starting Game 7, World Series MVP Bret Saberhagen
    's wife Janeane gave birth to the couple's first child, a nine-pound, three-ounce boy named Drew William. By the 8th inning of Game 7, Saberhagen looked directly towards ABC's cameras and asked his wife over the air, "Is the baby still there?"
  • John Tudor
    was so enraged after his performance in Game 7, in which he allowed five earned runs and four walks in 2 1/3 innings, that he took a punch (with his throwing hand) at an electric fan. The fan got the better of the encounter.
  • This was the first World Series that featured commentator Tim McCarver
    , who called the World Series with Al Michaels and Jim Palmer
    for ABC. Howard Cosell was originally supposed to be in the booth, but he was removed from his assignment just prior to Game 1 because of the controversy surrounding his book I Never Played the Game.
  • Game 6 hero (and former Cardinal) Dane Iorg
    got his nose broken when his teammates, led by 230 pound (104 kg) pitcher Mike Jones, mobbed him after his game winning hit.
  • Perhaps the most memorable image of the Series was George Brett
    racing over to hug Bret Saberhagen after the clinching out. Just moments earlier, Brett approached his pitcher at the mound and told him to stick around on the mound once the final out was made.
  • The Royals became the first team ever to win the World Series after dropping Games 1 and 2 at home.
  • The Cardinals scored only 13 total runs, an all-time low for a seven game series, scoring only once in the final 26 innings of the series. If they had held on for the win in Game 6, they still would have been outscored in the series 15-13.

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