1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history. 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,800 Not many picked the Cardinals to win it all in 1982. 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,000 National sports publications and the wire services had St. Louis pick to 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,320 finish anywhere from second to fourth in the National League East. 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,320 Questionable pitching and definite lack of power said the experts. 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,280 While they weren't too far wrong in the power shortage, the Cardinals finished the 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,400 year with the fewest home runs of any team in the majors in 1982. 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,600 But the pitching staff was another story and the Card's position in the standings 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:43,600 at year end was yet another story. It began on March 1st when 43 players 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,080 reported to spring training. By April 5th, Whitey Herzog had pared the team down to 11 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:54,600 its 25-man limit and anticipation was high. Things didn't start out as Card 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,440 fans would have liked. St. Louis opened their season with three losses in their 13 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,680 first four games. With catcher Gene Tennesse and third baseman Ken Oberg 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,920 fell on the disabled list, fans were already starting to wonder. Then came an 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,880 April 11th game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucks led the Card 6-5 in 16 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,920 the bottom of the ninth. With two outs and a man on, Julio Gonzalez was called 17 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,920 on to pinch hit. There's a shot into left center and that may tie the game. 18 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:29,920 He goes to the wall and roof, runs third base. He will score. Gonzalez heads for third base. 19 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:35,920 They hold him up there. We have a tie game. 6-6 with two out in the bottom of the ninth. 20 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:41,920 He found the gap. Then Dane Orge gave the team the lift it needed. 21 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,920 Two balls and a strike. Orge trying to win it. First and third, two out. Bottom of the ninth. 22 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,920 Tied 6-6 the pitch. Swing and on, ground ball, base hit. It's over. It's over. 23 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,920 And so is the losing streak. 24 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,920 On the ground, through the hole, in the left, 7-6 Cardinals. Dane Orge did it. 25 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,920 The Cardinals were off and running. They would not lose the game in the next 13 days. 26 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:14,920 April 15th, the cards were clinging to a 1-0 margin over the Cubs when Julio Gonzalez 27 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,920 came to the plate with the bases loaded. 28 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:22,920 Base hit in the right field. One run is in. Here comes Porter. 29 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:28,920 He's going to score in the Cardinals lead 3-0. He snaps out a second and Orge is saved. 30 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,920 He makes a magnificent slide. And first, getting back into second base. 31 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:39,920 The final 6-1 victory was the team's fifth consecutive win, lifting the Redbirds into first place 32 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:45,920 for the first time in 1982. Four days later, the Cardinals showed the determination that would 33 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:51,920 prove to be a trait of this team. Four times the Philadelphia Phillies held a lead over St. Louis, 34 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:58,920 and four times the Cardinals battled back. Down 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinals 35 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:05,920 trimmed the lead to 5-4 on a George Hendrick RBI single. With two out and runners at first and second, 36 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:11,920 rookie David Green came to the plate. Reed comes to the plate. Swing and a base hit to right. 37 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:18,920 Here's Hernandez trying to score. Throw home. He is safe. The runners are at second and third. 38 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:21,920 And we're tied 5-5. The kid did it. 39 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:27,920 Two innings later, it was Green again, with men at first and second. The runners lead away. 40 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:35,920 Here's the pitch. And a swing and a line drive. Base hit. Right center. Here's Hernandez. Eight in a row. 41 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:42,920 A week later, the Cards were in Philadelphia. Down 3-0 at one point. They fought back to tie the game 42 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:48,920 at four and then took command in the eighth inning. With Orr, Jobrikfell, and Lonnie Smith on base, 43 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,920 pinch hitter Orlando Sanchez responded. 44 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,920 The Cardinals trying to grab the lead for the first time today here in the eighth inning and win their 12th in a row. 45 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,920 Base had loaded one out, one and one to Sanchez. He wants to hit the ball somewhere. 46 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,920 Swing and a ground ball to short. The play will be to first base. A run scored. The Cardinals have the lead. 47 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:17,920 5-4 as Green fled across the plate. An RBI single for Sanchez and the shortstop Franco had only the one play. 48 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:26,920 The Cardinals went on to win 7-4. It was their 12th win in a row, a number that matched the club's longest streak since 1943. 49 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,920 St. Louis was now on top of the National League East by three and a half games. 50 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:38,920 But all good things must come to an end. The next night, April 25th, Steve Carlton broke out of an 0-4 start 51 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:44,920 and Philadelphia handed the Cardinals an 8-4 loss, the first of three straight losing efforts. 52 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:50,920 There would be six losses in the next 11 games, but the Cardinals were still in first on May 8th 53 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,920 when the National League's Western Division leaders, the Atlanta Braves, came to town. 54 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:02,920 In a seesaw battle before a capacity crowd, the Cards pulled out an 8-7 win. Not at its 7 in the bottom of the 9th, 55 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Lonnie Smith let off the inning with a walk and then a lead by Lonnie. He's going! The pitch out! The throw! No! Stolen base! 56 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Ozzie Smith was up next and he caught everyone by surprise. Here's a pitch to Ozzie. Bunch! 57 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:25,920 And there goes the runner to third, the play to first. Safe! The ball gets away! Here's the runner trying to score! 58 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:33,920 He is safe! And the Cardinals have won a thrilling game before 50,000 people! 59 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,920 The throw got away from the first baseman and Lonnie Smith kept pumping. 60 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:44,920 Once again, Lonnie and Ozzie Smith teamed up to be the catalysts for the 1982 Cardinals. 61 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,920 Seven days later, the same teams met in Atlanta for another thriller. 62 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:53,920 Carrying a 3-0 lead into the ninth, the Braves suddenly found the game tied. 63 00:05:53,920 --> 00:06:00,920 The Cards forced extra innings. In the tenth, Obergefell scored from second on a mishandled bunt 64 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,920 and the Cards had their first lead of the game. Next up was Lonnie Smith. 65 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,920 Cardinals who tied it in the ninth have gained the lead here in the tenth inning. 66 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,920 The camp comes to the belt and to the plate. Swing and a high fly ball down the line, maybe a home run. 67 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:24,920 It curves and it is a home run. It hits the foul screen and the Cardinals get three more and lead 7-3. 68 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:30,920 Seven pitchers had been used in the game and it was Bob Forge who came in to save the game for the Cardinals 69 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:36,920 when Souter tired in the bottom of the ninth. It was Forge's first save in his eight-year career. 70 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,920 The Cardinals headed to the West Coast, a trip that in the past had been unkind to them. 71 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:48,920 It didn't take St. Louis long to get things in motion in the Bay Area for their May 24th game with San Francisco. 72 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:55,920 The Cardinals scored once in the second on an RBI triple for Mike Ramsey who was filling in for the injured Tom Herr. 73 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,920 Ozzie Smith added to the lead with an RBI single in the fourth and then Willie McGee, 74 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:09,920 the quiet rookie who had been called up to replace the injured David Green, opened the floodgates by connecting on an offering by giant starter Rich Gale. 75 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Gale checks, kicks the pitches. McGee a line drive into right field, back, back, back, over the right fielder's head. 76 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:23,920 Off the wall, one run in, here comes Ramsey, here comes Ozzie Smith. They missed the cutoff man. 77 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,920 Three runs score and over to third goes Willie McGee in a flash. 78 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:36,920 Joaquin Andohar shut out the Giants that night and the Cardinals 6-0 success started them on a three game sweep of San Francisco 79 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,920 and that boosted the Cardinals West Coast record to 6-3. 80 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,920 It was comeback time again on May 30th when San Diego came to Bush Stadium. 81 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:52,920 The Pondres held a three run edge after 8-1-2, but the Cardinals rallied for three in the bottom half of the ninth. 82 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,920 San Diego scored two in the top of the tenth. 83 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:01,920 With two outs in the bottom of the tenth, Henrik singled the left trying to get things started. 84 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Next up, Lonnie Smith. 85 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,920 Lonnie Smith with one swing could tie it. He waits. 86 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Here it comes, runner going, swing and a ground ball, fair pass third into the corner. 87 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Henrik comes around third base to score. 88 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,920 There's Lonnie Smith stopping at second with a tying run, it's five to four. 89 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Then it was Mike Ramsey's turn. 90 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,920 Tying runs at second two out, a ball and a strike to Ramsey. 91 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,920 Here it comes to Mike. Swing and a base hit up the middle. 92 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:38,920 The game's tied. Lonnie Smith scores, it's five-five. 93 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:45,920 After Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, San Diego brought in reliever Floyd Schiffer to face Dane Orridge. 94 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,920 Ramsey takes his lead off second to pitch. 95 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:57,920 A shot in the center, it's going to be a hit. Here comes Ramsey, six-five, St. Louis, unbelievable. 96 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,920 Dane Orridge ends it with a hit to center. 97 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:07,920 The cards get three in the ninth, three in the tenth, and beat San Diego six to five. 98 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,920 It all happened with two outs some day. 99 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:17,920 The Redbirds like coming from behind so much that they did it again the next night against San Francisco. 100 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Trailing three to one in the fourth, the Cardinals sent 15 men to the plate and exploded for 10 runs in the inning. 101 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Ozzie Smith, McGee, and Tito Landrum each drove in two runs in the assault, and the Giants fell 11 to six. 102 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,920 A milestone was passed four days later when the Dodgers were in town. 103 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:42,920 Pitcher Bob Forch threw a complete game 5-2 victory to record the 100th victory of his career 104 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,920 and give the Cardinals a five-and-a-half game lead over Montreal. 105 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,920 Their biggest lead since the season began. 106 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:55,920 Consistently strong pitching performances like this one were being turned in almost daily by Cardinals starters. 107 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,920 Without them, the Cardinals certainly would not have been on top. 108 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:03,920 The Cardinals played some whitey ball in Montreal on June 8. 109 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:09,920 Using the hit-and-run, stretching singles into doubles, and stealing bases as they had all season, 110 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,920 the team attempted to break a 3-3 deadlock in the 12th inning. 111 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,920 It was time to entertain the Canadian fans. 112 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,920 Ozzie Smith let off with a walk and took second on a sacrifice. 113 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,920 With one out... 114 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,920 Two-and-two to Willie McGee. 115 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:30,920 Ozzie Smith walked. He's been butted down to second. He's there with one out and the 2-2 pitch. 116 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:36,920 On the way, swing, and there's a line drive into right. It is fair into the corner. 117 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,920 The run scores. The Cardinals regain the lead. There goes Willie for third with one out. 118 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:51,920 He is safe. McGee hit the chalk out in the right field corner to regain the lead for the Cardinals 4-3 on a walk and a triple. 119 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:58,920 Ken Obergefell brought home what proved to be the game winner on a play that became a Cardinal trademark in 1982. 120 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:05,920 The infield is in squeeze play and Obergefell bunts it. The squeeze play works and the Cardinals have another run. 121 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,920 Obergefell's out at first. For the second time tonight, the Cardinals worked the squeeze play. 122 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:19,920 The squeeze play was used time and again by the running Redbirds, but never as effectively as in Montreal where it gave St. Louis its fifth run in a 5-4 victory. 123 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:25,920 The next 20 days were trying ones for the Cardinals. They won only 6 of 17. 124 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:34,920 And after a June 28th loss to the Phillies and Steve Carleton, they found themselves in second place by two-tenths of a percentage point. 125 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:42,920 The next night, the Birds set things straight by snapping the Phillies' eight-game win streak with a 15-3 pounding. 126 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:47,920 The teams traded runs in the first before the Cards took the lead for good in the second. 127 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,920 With runners at second and third, Lonnie Smith was hoping to sting his former teammates. 128 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:58,920 The Cards need a two-out hit from Lonnie Smith. There it is, a line drive into center field, one run home. 129 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:05,920 Here comes Ozzie. The throw is terrible, and Lonnie Smith stops it first and the Cardinals lead 3-1. 130 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:10,920 The Cardinals added three more runs in the fifth with some help from Hendrick's two-run double. 131 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,920 One inning later, the Redbirds extend their lead when Hernandez took the ball downtown. 132 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:22,920 He's won for three of the night at a double in the first inning. Bats here with runners at first and third and hits the first one. 133 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:29,920 A high fly ball to left field, it is going deep, it is gone for a three-run homer over the left field wall, 134 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:38,920 right at the 3.71 mark by Hernandez, his third of the year, and the Cardinals have a 10-1 lead. 135 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,920 The bases were loaded in the eighth when Hendrick closed out the scoring with a tremendous blast. 136 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:49,920 A pitch to Hendrick with a base that loaded, a long one is a grand slam for George Hendrick. 137 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:59,920 Way back up into the seat, that makes it 15-1. Hendrick reached out and poked it way up into the seat. 138 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:04,920 He has now driven in four, six, seven runs tonight. 139 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:10,920 George's third career grand slam pushed the Cardinals back into first place, but it didn't last long. 140 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:17,920 The name at the top of the standings changed three more times as the Cards and Phillies jockeyed for possession of the lead. 141 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:25,920 And when the All-Star break began on July 12th, it was the Phillies on top of the division and the Cardinals in second place. 142 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,920 Cardinal fans were able to watch two of their favorite players in action at the All-Star game, 143 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,920 with both Ozzie and Lonnie Smith being elected to represent the National League. 144 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:40,920 In the eighth inning, the All-Star fans were treated to an outstanding defensive display by Ozzie Smith. 145 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:46,920 With two on and two out, the American League was threatening to erase the National League's 4-1 lead, 146 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:54,920 but Ozzie saved the day. He took a hit away from Lance Parrish and showed the baseball world what Cardinal fans already knew. 147 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,920 In the field, little Ozzie is the greatest. 148 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:04,920 The Cardinals spent 26 of their next 28 games in second place, proving that even in a championship season, 149 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,920 there are disappointments and barriers on the road to victory. 150 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,920 The night of August 2nd was perhaps the epitome of such frustration. 151 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:20,920 Playing Pittsburgh at Busch Stadium, the cards came from behind to send the game into overtime a 2-2 tie. 152 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,920 Eight innings later, the game was over. 153 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,920 24 Cardinal runners were stranded in the 17-inning game. 154 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:36,920 Four hours and 55 minutes after the contest began, Jim Cott, who had valiantly held off the Pirates for six innings of relief, 155 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:42,920 gave up two runs on a single, a walk, and a triple, and the Cardinals lost 4-2. 156 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:49,920 But the mark of a good team is the ability to bounce back, and the cards were a resilient bunch. 157 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,920 They turned around and handed the box a loss the next night, 158 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:58,920 and were on the winning side in six of nine games following that early morning loss to Pittsburgh. 159 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,920 The ninth game of that stretch was against, who else? The Pirates. 160 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,920 All three of the Redbird runs came in the fifth inning that night. 161 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,920 There were runners at second and third when Lonnie Smith stepped up to the plate. 162 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:16,920 Two on, one out. Second and third. Baumgarten works from the stretch. 163 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,920 He's there now, kicks and pitches, change up line drive, base it into left center, and that'll score both runners. 164 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,920 Smith comes in to score. Here comes Andahar, cards lead, 2-0. 165 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,920 Fourteen consecutive days in second place was enough. 166 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:37,920 The 3-2 win jumped the Cardinals back into first, and started a five-game victory streak in their next six attempts. 167 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:42,920 It looked like the team would add another win the next night, August 20th, when the Giants were in town. 168 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:48,920 After six, the cards had a 7-0 advantage over the Giants, and all was well. 169 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,920 But someone forgot to tell the Giants they couldn't play hardball with the Redbirds. 170 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:57,920 A seven-run, seven-thinning blitzkrieg by the Giants left the cards reeling, 171 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,920 and a certain victory turned into an 8-7 loss. 172 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,920 Once again, the team's fiber was tested, and once again, they bounced back. 173 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,920 Leading the Giants 6-5 in the sixth inning the next evening, 174 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:17,920 Lonnie Smith scored what proved to be the winning run in a subsequent 7-6 St. Louis win. 175 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:24,920 Long went into left field off the bat of Smith. Overdiving is the left field. He can't get it. It goes off the wall. 176 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Lonnie digs for second. He's around second. He's around third. They're going to try to score him. 177 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,920 Here's the throw. He is safe. It's an inside-the-park home run. 178 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:39,920 Many fans, and broadcasters too, if the truth be known, left the ballpark on Saturday night, 179 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:45,920 thinking that inside-the-park home run was as exciting a scoring play as the Cardinals had produced all year. 180 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,920 No one knew what was in store for them the very next afternoon. 181 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:54,920 The Cardinals and the Giants each collected four runs in regulation on Sunday, 182 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,920 and were still dead even when David Green came to the plate in the bottom of the 12th. 183 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,920 Having left 10 men on base in the previous six innings, 184 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,920 Cardinal fans were beginning to have flashbacks to the August 2nd loss to Pittsburgh. 185 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:13,920 They crossed their fingers. The bases were loaded with catcher Glenn Brummer, the leading runner at third. 186 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,920 But there were two outs and two strikes on the batter. 187 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:24,920 Brummer's the big runner. He's at third. Two down. Sax jam. Lavelle at the belt. 188 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,920 Checks. Brummer's stealing home. He is safe, and the Cardinals win. 189 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:35,920 Brummer's stalled home. The dugout comes out and they congratulate him. You wouldn't believe it. 190 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,920 Glenn Brummer steals home, and now the Giants are out arguing about the call. 191 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,920 The umpire never called the two-strike pitch. 192 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,920 Glenn Brummer engraved his name in the minds of Cardinal fans and trivia buffs that day, 193 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:54,920 and also typified the heads-up aggressive brand of baseball played by Whitey's Redbirds. 194 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,920 Four days later, the Cardinals moved their show to the West Coast. 195 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,920 With a slim two-game lead over Philadelphia, every game was oh so important. 196 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:10,920 Having split two games with the Padres, it fell to Doug Baer to hold off San Diego in the rubber game on August 29. 197 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:16,920 Baer pitched Brogdon in relief, striking out seven in three and a third innings of scoreless baseball. 198 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:22,920 Souter came in to preserve the 5-3 St. Louis victory, and the Cardinals headed north to Los Angeles. 199 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,920 Fernando Valenzuela was pitching for Los Angeles in the series opener, 200 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,920 knowing that the Cardinals had beaten him only once in five attempts. 201 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:38,920 Pitted against him was Cardinal rookie John Stupor, who had made his Major League debut just three months earlier. 202 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,920 Will wonders never cease? 203 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,920 The unflappable Stupor got himself in and out of jam after jam for seven and two-third innings, 204 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:53,920 and then stepped aside to let Souter nail down his 30th save as the Cardinals eased by Fernando 3-2. 205 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,920 The next night, the Cardinals surprised the Dodgers with four first-inning runs. 206 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:04,920 It watched as Los Angeles retaliated with four of their own in the seventh, plus one more in the eighth. 207 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:10,920 With one out in the ninth, Tito Landrum drilled an RBI single to tie it at five. 208 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:15,920 Four innings later, Kelly Parris, seeing action in his first Major League game, 209 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,920 single to start the ball rolling what proved to be a lucky 13th. 210 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:25,920 After advancing to second on a sacrifice, Parris waited as Ozzie Smith looked for the two-out hit. 211 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:31,920 Three-two pitch with the runners going. Ozzie swings and hits it hard to second, and it's booted. 212 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:36,920 Here's the runner trying to score. He does as Sacks holds the ball. 213 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,920 Sacks kicked the backhand stop. Kelly Parris kept running and slid home. 214 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,920 Sacks had a play at the plate but never did throw. 215 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,920 The Cardinals stood their ground in the bottom half of the inning, giving them a 6-5 win 216 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,920 and a 4-2 West Coast record as they hit the trail to play the San Francisco Giants. 217 00:19:54,920 --> 00:20:00,920 There was trouble in Candlestick Park, where the cold winds added to the chill left by three straight 218 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:05,920 San Francisco victories. The only warmth generated by the Cardinals came in the second game 219 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,920 of the series on September 4th, when Lonnie Smith burned a path around the diamond 220 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,920 by stealing five bases in nine innings to tie a modern National League record. 221 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,920 No time to pout about those three defeats though, as it's home to St. Louis to face the threatening 222 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:26,920 Montreal Expos. The Cards won two of three in the Crucial Series, almost unbelievably 223 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:32,920 escaping with two 1-0 victories. Darned if the Redbirds didn't turn right around and lose 224 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:40,920 two of three to the last place New York Mets. The St. Louis lead had been whittled down to one half game. 225 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:46,920 Now is the stuff of which penned races and baseball legends are made, as it was on to Philadelphia 226 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,920 for a head-to-head confrontation with a team that was nipping at the Cardinals' heels. 227 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:56,920 It was Carlden and Forge in the first game on September 13th, and both were sharp. 228 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,920 Each pitcher went the distance, giving up only three hits, but Carlden struck out 12, 229 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:07,920 and the Phillies managed to edge by the Cardinals two to nothing and move into first place by a half game. 230 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:13,920 The next night, it was Stupor versus Cruco. There was no scoring until the fourth, 231 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,920 when Darrell Porter straddled the plate after a George Hendrick walk. 232 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:24,920 Porter along went into right, way back, way back, and Darrell Porter has just hit a two-run homer 233 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:31,920 to put the cards on top. A one-ball, two-strike delivery, Cruco took a little off, Porter timed him, 234 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,920 and he puts the cards on top with his ninth home run of the year. 235 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,920 The game wasn't over yet. In the bottom of the eighth, the Phillies loaded the bases, 236 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,920 creating an incredible clash between baseball's premier relief pitcher, Bruce Souter, 237 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,920 and one of baseball's best hitters, Mike Schmidt. The count went to 2-2. 238 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:56,920 Souter brought it home again, and Schmidt swung. And what could have been the turning point of the entire season, 239 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,920 Souter fielded a ground ball and threw a home to start a 1-2-3 double play. 240 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:08,920 That play seemed to haunt the Phillies the next night, as they were shot out by Induhaar, and the Cardinals 8-0. 241 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,920 Then the bright lights and glitter of the Big Apple were beckoning at the next stop on the journey, 242 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,920 but Cardinal thoughts were on the pennant race. The Phillies were still lurking one-and-a-half games 243 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,920 behind the first-place Cardinals, and St. Louis was facing a backbreaking schedule, 244 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,920 five games to play in three days against the Mets. 245 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,920 To make matters worse, the first game of the weekend series was pushed into extra innings 246 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,920 after Eric Rasmussen had held off the Mets for seven innings. 247 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,920 But Willie McGee saw to it that the game would not be a long affair. 248 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,920 McGee waits. Allen checks and fires. Curb ball. Line drive into center field. 249 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Here comes Mookie Wilton. He dies. He can't get it. It goes by him. 250 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:54,920 Here comes Hernandez into score. It's 3-2. Henry goes to third. McGee into second. 251 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,920 Willie McGee with a key double to put the cards on top. 252 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:04,920 The 3-2 extra inning victory propelled the Cardinals to a 7-1 shellacking of the Mets in the nightcap that evening. 253 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:09,920 Momentum was clearly on the Cardinals' side. They swept the next three games with the Mets 254 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:15,920 and headed triumphantly home, having achieved a 7-1 record on the road in the heat of a pennant race. 255 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:22,920 But more important than that, in a span of seven days, St. Louis had gone from one-and-a-half game out of first place 256 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:31,920 to four-and-a-half games on top. With 13 games remaining, it was home sweet home to meet the Phillies again on September 20th. 257 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,920 The Cardinals won their eighth straight game that night by a 4-1 score. 258 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:43,920 The much maligned pitching staff had given up only seven runs in that eight-game period to put the cards in the catbird seat. 259 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,920 The late-season winning streak ended the next night as it began. 260 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:53,920 Carleton struck out 14 this time, and the Cardinals went down 5-2 to Philadelphia. 261 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:59,920 But the Phillies were on the verge of elimination. The Cardinals could taste the champagne now. 262 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:05,920 September 22nd, going into the bottom of the eighth, Pittsburgh and St. Louis had one run each. 263 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:10,920 Then Steve Braun connected for the sixth hit in his last eight pinch-hit appearances. 264 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:18,920 It was a double, and it sparked a Cardinal rally. Moments later, with Landrum running for Braun, Tom Herr was up. 265 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:24,920 With one out, Landrum at second. The pitch to Tommy Herr. Line drive bakes it into left field. 266 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:30,920 Here comes Landrum around third. Here comes the throw. He is saved! 267 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,920 The Cardinals lead 2-1. Down to second base goes Tommy Herr. 268 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:40,920 A 2-1 victory, a 5-1 half-game lead, and just 10 games remaining. 269 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:48,920 The Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh the next night, but their lead was still 4-1 half-games, and the magic number was six. 270 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Chicago was in town on the 24th, and things were not at one in the eighth. 271 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,920 When Gene Tennis came to the plate with the bases loaded. 272 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,920 Gene Tennis with the bases loaded and one out. 273 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:05,920 What will it be? A grand slam or a double play or something in between? 274 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:12,920 Herr is at third, Hernandez at second, and Hendrick at first, and Tennis is batting for Porter, who drove in the first Cardinal run. 275 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,920 He bats against Willie Hernandez, and the first pitch is coming. 276 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,920 Swing and a fly ball into deep right. Durham's gonna catch it. We're gonna have a play. 277 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:26,920 There's the catch. Herr's trying to score. The throw, he is saved! 278 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,920 What an argument we had. 279 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:35,920 And Morland's all over the plate umpire. Morland swears that he tagged him, and he certainly had the ball, but the Cardinals lead 2-1. 280 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:41,920 St. Louis added another run and won that game, and now the lead was back up to 5-1 half-games. 281 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:48,920 The next night, Joaquin Andojar threw his third three-hitter of the year, and the Cubs were beaten by a 5-1 score. 282 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:59,920 The Magic number was now three with eight games left. The Cardinals lost 6-1 to the Cubs on the 26th, but the Phillies lost also, reducing the Magic number to two. 283 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:08,920 There was a lot to think about the next day on the long flight from St. Louis to Montreal, where the Cardinals had won only two of seven games in 1982. 284 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:17,920 September 27th, and Dave LaPointe was on the mound for the Cardinals, but the game that loomed as quite a battle was over almost before it began. 285 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:23,920 After doubling the left with one out in the first, Ken Obergefell scored in a single by Dane Orge. 286 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:29,920 Darrell Porter was up next, and he drew a walk, turning things over to Willie McGee. 287 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,920 Willie McGee against Bill Gullickson, the pitch coming. 288 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:38,920 Swing and a fly ball into left center, Dawson on the run, on the run, on the run, he can't get it. 289 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:45,920 The ball goes to the wall, two runs score, McGee makes circle the bases, they bring him around third base. 290 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,920 He's trying to score, the throw home, he is safe. 291 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,920 And inside the park home run, and the Cardinals lead 4-0. 292 00:26:53,920 --> 00:27:00,920 That was all the scoring that was needed. LaPointe gave up two runs before being lifted in favor of Souter. 293 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:06,920 With the Phillies having lost to the Cubs that night, a save by Souter would clinch the division championship for the Cardinals 294 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:13,920 for the first time since the divisions were established in Major League Baseball in 1969. 295 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,920 Players and fans alike hung on the edge of their seats as they watched Souter work. 296 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,920 The Cardinals leading by the score of 4-2. 297 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:28,920 They are one out away from being the division champs for 1982. 298 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:35,920 And then will be playing at home next week against the Western Division winner of the pitch, a ground ball to third. 299 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:42,920 Obergefell has it, that's it, the Cardinals have won it by the score of 4-2. 300 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:52,920 And that one is for Mr. Bush, for Butch Gatkeman, for Ken Boyer, for all of the Cardinal fans who have been so loyal this year, 301 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:58,920 setting an all-time home attendance record. 302 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,920 And the Cardinals have won it here tonight. 303 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,920 It was a fitting ending to the season, what with Bruce Souter picking up his 36th save of the year. 304 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:14,920 The Cardinals bullpen led by engine number 42 was the difference between a fourth place finish and a first place finish for the Cardinals. 305 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Besides Souter, outstanding support came from Doug Baer and the ageless one, Jim Cott, 306 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,920 extricated the team from many a tight spot, as did John Martin and Jeff Lottie. 307 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:32,920 Overall, Cardinal relievers won or saved more than half of the team's 96 victories. 308 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,920 And you can't say enough about the Cardinals' front line pitching. 309 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,920 Up until the time they won the pennant, the team never lost more than three games in a row, 310 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,920 and they posted the second best earned run average in the National League. 311 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,920 Joaquin Andujar was overpowering down the stretch, 312 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:56,920 recording 29 and two-third consecutive scoreless innings and a 1.64 ERA during seven straight wins. 313 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:03,920 Bob Fource started the season with five straight wins and went on to his best campaign since 1977. 314 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:12,920 John Stupor called up from Louisville after the season began, displayed maturity beyond his years and tremendous determination to win. 315 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Steve Muirai had the team's second longest individual win streak with six in a row. 316 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:25,920 And Dave LaPointe, the card's only left-handed starter, extended his record of never having had a losing season in professional baseball. 317 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,920 Questionable pitching staff, the critics had said six months earlier. 318 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:34,920 Well, Cardinal fans knew otherwise, and now the only question remaining was, 319 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,920 which team would St. Louis meet in the National League playoffs? 320 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,920 It came down to the final day of the season, October 3rd, but the Cardinals finally got the answer. 321 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:52,920 The Atlanta Braves pulled out the National League West title by one-half game on that Sunday, and the Cardinals knew their opponent. 322 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,920 The first game was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 6th, 323 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:03,920 but rain halted the game with Phil Necker on the Braves leading Joaquin Andujar and the Cardinals 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth. 324 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,920 So the next night, they tried game one again. 325 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,920 This time was Bob Fource on the mound. 326 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:14,920 The dean of the Cardinals' staff was making his first ever start in postseason play. 327 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,920 Fource pitched perhaps the finest game of his career that night. 328 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:25,920 He walked none, struck out six, gave up three hits, and shut out the high-powered Braves 7-0. 329 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:34,920 But what Cardinal fans will remember most of this game was Willie McGee and the inside-the-park home run that almost was. 330 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,920 Next pitch from Perez. Swing and a ground ball. Fair pass first, down into the left field corner. 331 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:42,920 He'll get two. He may get three. 332 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:48,920 Right fielder gets...can I get the ball? He may circle the bases. They bring him around. 333 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:54,920 He stops for no reason at all at third base, and he's there with nobody else. 334 00:30:54,920 --> 00:31:06,920 For no reason at all, he stopped at third base, and the right fielder, Claude L. Washington, didn't even have the ball out in the right field corner. 335 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:11,920 McGee was redeemed moments later when he scored on a sacrifice fly by Ozzie Smith. 336 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:19,920 Here's the pitch. Swing and a fly ball to deep center field. That will score the run. Murphy makes the catch. 337 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,920 Here comes McGee. A throw. Too late. St. Louis leads one to nothing. 338 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,920 That was all the scoring that was needed, but the Cardinals didn't stop. 339 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:35,920 They put on an awesome display in the sixth inning by sending 11 men to the plate and putting things out of reach for the Braves. 340 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:40,920 St. Louis set a National League Championship Series record that inning with six singles. 341 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:46,920 Those hits, combined with a walk, a sacrifice fly, and a hit batsman, led to five Cardinal runs. 342 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:55,920 A rainout of game two on Friday night allowed Phil Negros another day of rest, enabling him to take the mound on Saturday night with his baffling knuckleball. 343 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:01,920 The Cardinals took an early lead when Ken Obergefell scored from third on a wild pitch in the first inning. 344 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:11,920 The Braves took a two-to-one lead in the third when a three-base error with a man on base allowed batter Rafael Ramirez to round the bases on what should have been a single. 345 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:16,920 The Braves picked up another run in the fifth, but they would get only two more hits in the game. 346 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:24,920 Sixth inning. After singling to right, Keith Hernandez scored on a Darryl Porter double to move the Cardinals within one run. 347 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:31,920 Two innings later, with Gene Garber pitching, the Cardinals scratched out a run in typical whitey ball style. 348 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,920 Not much power, but very effective. First up, Darryl Porter. 349 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:41,920 Hernandez is grounded out here in the eighth. The 3-2 pitch is coming to Porter. 350 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:46,920 Ball four. And the tying run is on. The pitch was inside. 351 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,920 The batter is George Hendrick, the leading home run hitter for St. Louis this year. 352 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,920 That was the fifth walk given to the Cardinals to go with their six hits. 353 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:04,920 And a battle now between Garber and Hendrick. Well, what will it be? A double play or a home run or something in between? 354 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:11,920 The Braves can get the double play if they can get the ground ball. Royster guards the third base power line to guard against the extra base hit. 355 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:18,920 And they play Hendrick to pull just a little. Outfielders are really spread out. Porter is not fast. 356 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:24,920 The pitch swing and a ball up the middle is a hit. Porter makes the turn. He's gonna go to third. 357 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,920 The throws into second. First and third one out. 358 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:34,920 The tying runs at third. The lead run at first. And who's up? 359 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:41,920 The fellow who committed the error earlier that allowed Atlanta to get the extra run. He has struck out three times. 360 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:50,920 Willie McGee. After three pitches, McGee was facing a two-strike count and in danger of striking out for the fourth time in the game. 361 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:56,920 McGee is just a rookie. He's an excitable sort. And he's gotta be beside himself at the moment wondering what in the world 362 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:02,920 this veteran relief pitcher is gonna serve up there. Garber's not gonna groove it for him. 363 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:09,920 He'll try to get McGee to chase a bad ball. The one-two pitch is on the way. 364 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:15,920 And a bouncing ball over the pitcher's head. Shortstop gets it. Tags a man. But the tying run scores. 365 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,920 Three-three. McGee is on. You should have seen him hit that ball. 366 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:26,920 He did everything but strike out as he drove home the tying run. Three-three here in the bottom of the eighth. 367 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,920 The inning ended and Bruce Sutter came into face Atlanta. Result, three up, three down. 368 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:37,920 Now it was up to David Green, Tommy Herr, and Ken Obergefell to send the fans home happy. 369 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:47,920 After singling to left, Green was sacrificed to second, setting the stage for Obie, who had gone six out of ten against Garber in 1982. 370 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,920 Strike one to Obergefell. A hit would win it for St. Louis and put them up two games to nine. 371 00:34:52,920 --> 00:35:01,920 Garber trying to send it into extra innings. Winning run at second, one out. He spins but does not throw. Back to second base. 372 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:11,920 And some of the uninitiated yell, Bok. A single by Green, a sacrifice by Herr, and the pitch to Obergefell. 373 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:18,920 Swing and a shot to right center field. Butler's on the move. He cannot get it and the winning run scores. 374 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:24,920 The Cardinals have won the game four to three and they lead two games to nine. 375 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:33,920 Butler, the center fielder, came within an eyelash. Within an eyelash of making a game-saving catch. 376 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,920 He didn't get it. The Cardinals won it and they're in the spot to sweep. 377 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:47,920 And I repeat, how they could have pitched to Obergefell is beyond me, but that's not my concern. 378 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:56,920 Both teams traveled to Atlanta that night for Sunday's game. The Braves had fought off adversity all season and they were determined to do it again. 379 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:02,920 But the Cardinals came up flying high in game three, wanting to end things quickly and get back to St. Louis. 380 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:09,920 Second inning, Keith Hernandez had singled and Darrell Porter walked when George Hendrick let his bat do some talking. 381 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:17,920 The pitch to Hendrick. Swing and a line drive, base hit and a right. Hernandez will score. Porter goes on to third without a play. 382 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,920 St. Louis leads one to nothing here in the second. 383 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,920 Next up, wondrous Willie McGee. 384 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,920 Ball on the count, the pitch coming. McGee swings and a shot to right center. 385 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,920 That ball's a base hit and that ball goes to the wall. It's already two to nothing. 386 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,920 Here comes Hendrick to score. The throw to the plate, they may get him. 387 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,920 He is safe and it's three to nothing and McGee ends up at third base. 388 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,920 It was Ozzie Smith's turn to make a contribution. 389 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,920 There's a base hit up the middle by Ozzie Smith. 390 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,920 Willie McGee is home to make it four to nothing. 391 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,920 And the fans are all riled up here in Atlanta. 392 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:59,920 A four run rally and still nobody out and that's going to be all for Rick Camp as Joe Torre comes out of the dugout. 393 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:05,920 The Cardinals and the Braves each added two more runs before Souter was called on to put the victory on ice. 394 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,920 Souter laboring to get that final out. 395 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,920 His pitch, a swing and a fly ball to deep center. 396 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,920 Willie McGee is under it and so's Lonnie Smith. 397 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:21,920 It's caught by Lonnie Smith and that's a pennant winner for the St. Louis Cardinals. 398 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:29,920 The Cardinals win 6-2 and eliminate the Atlanta Braves in three games in a row. 399 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:37,920 So St. Louis, the team that did not have enough power to win, swept three games from the team which led the National League in home runs. 400 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,920 And it was the Cards who headed on to their 13th World Series to meet the Milwaukee Brewers. 401 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,920 Once more it was power versus speed. 402 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:54,920 The Cardinals' 67 home runs looked mighty weak when compared to Harvey's Wallbangers Major League leading 216 round trippers. 403 00:37:54,920 --> 00:38:04,920 But then again the Cardinals left the Brewers flat footed when it came to stealing bases, having been successful on 200 thefts to Milwaukee's 84. 404 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:10,920 The sellout crowd of 53,000 at Busch Stadium was buzzing with excitement on Tuesday, October 12th 405 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:16,920 after August A. Busch Jr. had circled the field on a hitch pulled by the magnificent Clydesdales. 406 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:22,920 As things turned out, that was the best performance St. Louis fans saw all evening from their hometown favorites. 407 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,920 It was one of those nights when nothing went right. 408 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:32,920 The Cardinals were blank 10-0 by Mike Caldwell and the Brewers had won the first game. 409 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,920 But there were some bright spots for St. Louis. 410 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:43,920 Darrell Porter, the MVP in the playoffs, continued his torrid hitting with a double and a single to account for two of the team's three hits that night 411 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,920 and leave it to Whitey Herzog to put the evening in perspective. 412 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:51,920 He summarized it best when he said, I'm glad we didn't have to play a double header. 413 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:57,920 Game two started out much like the first game with the Brewers taking an early 3-0 lead. 414 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,920 Cardinal fans were both nervous and quiet. 415 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:06,920 That is until Tommy Herr generated some excitement with two out in the third. 416 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,920 Willie McGee was at third when Herr took charge. 417 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,920 Mowder stays even with the base at third, everybody else straight away, infield, outfield. 418 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,920 Sutton will work from the windup. 419 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,920 Looks at third, rocks back, brings it home. 420 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,920 Tommy Herr swings and hits a long one into right center. 421 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,920 Back, back, Charlie Moore on the run. 422 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:32,920 He can't get it, it bounces, one hop and a ground rule double into the seats in right field. 423 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:43,920 So Tommy Herr digs in for a little muscle and he gives the Cardinals the first run of the 1982 World Series with a two out double in the right center. 424 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,920 Ken Albrechtfell was up next and gave the fans more to cheer about. 425 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,920 With two outs, Herr gets a big lead from second base. 426 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:56,920 Sutton checks and pitches, line drive, past the diving second baseman in the right field. 427 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:02,920 Herr scores as Charlie Moore can't come up with it cleanly and it's now a 3-2 ball game. 428 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:06,920 The Brewers added one more run in the fifth to make the score 4-2. 429 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,920 One inning later, the Cardinals got even for the first time in the World Series. 430 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,920 Albrechtfell singled with one out and stole second. 431 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:18,920 George Henrik followed by drawing a walk from Don Sutton to set the stage for Porter. 432 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:24,920 The Milwaukee defense was playing Porter to pull the ball to right field, but he double crossed them. 433 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:30,920 One ball, two strikes. Here's the pitch, the runner goes off first, the pitch went on, hit to left. 434 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:37,920 It's a base hit and it may tie the game. One run scores, Henrik crosses the plate, a double for Porter. 435 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:44,920 It's 4-4, the throwing gets away, there goes Porter for third base and he's safe over there. 436 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,920 The score was still tied at 4 in the bottom of the eighth. 437 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,920 With one out and a runner at first, it was none other than Darrell Porter, 438 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:58,920 the bespectacled country boy who looks a bit like Superman, who kept the rally alive. 439 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:03,920 He's swinging the hottest bat among the Cardinal players. 440 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,920 Here's the next one, swing and a line drive, base hit into center field. 441 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:13,920 Henrik will stop at second base and Porter continues his hot, hot hitting. 442 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,920 He hit a bullet up the middle. 443 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:22,920 Lonnie Smith walked on seven pitches and now it was pinch hitter Steve Braun's turn to face Pete Ladd. 444 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,920 With the bases loaded and a three ball, no strike count. 445 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:34,920 He'll take 3-0 now and Pete Ladd is going to have to come in there or the Cardinals will take the lead on a bases loaded walk. 446 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:39,920 The infield is in for the play at the plate. 447 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,920 And that's a sign of Bruce Suter. 448 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,920 Brown will take, here's the 3-0 pitch. 449 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:55,920 Ball four, he walked in and the Cardinals lead 5-4 as Henrik trots in from third. 450 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,920 Listen to the crowd. 451 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:05,920 It was up to Bruce Suter to secure the Cardinals' first World Series win in 1982. 452 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:12,920 Following followed John Stupor, Jim Cotten, Doug Baer to the mound, Suter was forced to face the top of the Brewer batting order. 453 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,920 After giving up a bun single to Paul Molitor, things were tense with Robin Yowent at the plate. 454 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,920 But one play changed the whole complexion of the inning. 455 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:33,920 A lead by the runner, there he goes, the pitch swung on and missed, the throw he is, out is Tommy Herr, took it out of the dirt and made the tag. 456 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:47,920 Molitor started it with a bun single, the throw by Porter was in the dirt but that did not deter Tommy Herr, he dug it out and tagged him out. 457 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,920 And Yowent took a strike. 458 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:57,920 And Suter tries to protect the one-run lead. Fate has decreed that this be a close game. 459 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:07,920 Here's the next one to Yowent, there's a swing and a miss like two. Suter trying to save it for himself and the Cardinals. 460 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,920 And the crowd loved it. 461 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:17,920 Suter got the last outs in the 5-4 game and St. Louisans bid farewell to their heroes who left for Milwaukee tied at one game apiece. 462 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,920 Game three and the world discovered rookie sensation Willie McGee. 463 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:27,920 It's doubtful anyone ever turned in a World Series performance better than the one put on by McGee in Milwaukee. 464 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:36,920 The Friday evening game started as a pitchers duel. Pete Vukovich faced only 13 batters in the first four innings, Joaquin Andujar just 14. 465 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:42,920 Each team had a single hit until the Cardinals rolled out the barrel and had some fun in the fifth. 466 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:48,920 With one out, Lonnie Smith doubled and moved to third when designated hitter Dane Orge reached safely on an error. 467 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,920 Now it was time for Willie. 468 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:59,920 Vukovich checks on the runners, brings it home, McGee, oh and into right field, way back goes Moore, way back, way back. 469 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:04,920 Willie McGee has just hit a three run homer and put the Cardinals on top. 470 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,920 Two innings later Lonnie Smith generated the type of excitement that followed him everywhere this year. 471 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:17,920 Swing and a fly ball into right center field, that ball may not be caught, that ball is to the wall, it's going to be two and he's going to try for three with one out. 472 00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:27,920 He continues to run, the throw to third, he is safe, the ball gets away, into the dugout, Lonnie Smith scores and it's four to nothing. 473 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:33,920 Later in the same inning McGee served notice that his third inning blast was not a fluke. 474 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:40,920 Now he swings and hits it down the line and right, that's going to go, adios and it is five to nothing. 475 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,920 Willie's second homerun of the game. 476 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:52,920 It wasn't just Willie's offensive output that impressed baseball fans, Paul Molitor, the Brewers first batter in the game, came out swinging. 477 00:44:52,920 --> 00:45:04,920 And another three, two pitches coming, swing and a fly ball to center, Willie McGee way back, 400 feet away, that ball is caught by McGee at the 4-0-2 mark and he did it easily. 478 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:21,920 Well I've seen the game change Jack, with plays like that the momentum just kills you and Willie McGee as soon as that baseball was hit turned his back and he went easily to the 4-0-2 mark, leaped up and he robbed Molitor of a homerun. 479 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:27,920 That ball may have been over the wall, it was very close Jack, maybe a foot from leaving the ball park. 480 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:32,920 And on its 4-0-2 mark, didn't think McGee long to get back there did it, whew, he can play. 481 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:40,920 Then in the ninth with the Brewers threatening to rally while Bruce Souter was pitching, it was McGee again who quieted the roaring Brewer fans. 482 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,920 Ogilvie is on base, nobody out. 483 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:57,920 The outfield plays this batter as a rank pull hitter and a fly ball to deep left, this one is at the track and McGee jumps in, he caught it, he caught it high up above the fence, for the out and the runner back to first. 484 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:03,920 And McGee is doing everything to become the star of this game and perhaps the third. 485 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:17,920 McGee made a brilliant catch earlier, hit two home runs during the game, went to the left field wall and jumped above the railing, took a home run away from Gorman Thomas and keeps it a 6-2 game. 486 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:23,920 The Cardinals walked away from the third game with a victory and a 2-1 lead in games and a new national hero. 487 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:34,920 But the victory cost them too, back in the seventh inning with Joaquin Andujar coasting on a two-hit shutout, Ted Simmons hit a shot that made Cardinal fans cringe. 488 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:40,920 Andujar steps off the rubber and goes to the rosin bag. 489 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:52,920 He is eight outs away and the Cardinals lead 5-0 in the seventh pitch to Simmons, swing up the middle, hit Andujar on the leg and he is hurt, that's a hit and Andujar is hurt. 490 00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:55,920 He might have been, may have been, oh he really hurt. 491 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:56,920 Hit him in the knee, Jack I believe. 492 00:46:56,920 --> 00:47:01,920 I think this one got him on the knee, whereas the ball in Atlanta hit him on the leg. 493 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:07,920 This may have gotten him on the knee and the trainer Gene Giesemann goes out. 494 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:09,920 And Andujar is really in pain. 495 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:15,920 X-rays were negative but only time would tell whether the tough Dominican would be able to pitch again in the series. 496 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:24,920 It was cold in Milwaukee on October 16th for game four, but the sun was out and shining on the Cardinals, or so it seemed for six innings. 497 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:30,920 The birds were off to a five-to-one lead and it appeared that everything was going the Cardinals way. 498 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:39,920 In the second inning, Tommy Herr set a World Series record on an unusual scoring play with Willie McGee at third, Ozzie Smith at second. 499 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:46,920 Mousas looks in, gets a sign, Tommy Herr, waives the lumber across the platter. 500 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,920 He's set, so is the pitcher. 501 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:49,920 Here's the three-two delivery. 502 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,920 We ain't gonna pop up into center field. 503 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,920 Back goes Thomas, the ball keeps carrying, carrying, carrying. 504 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:56,920 It'll get the run home easy. 505 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:57,920 The ball goes all the way to the track. 506 00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:58,920 He falls down. 507 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,920 They're gonna try to send Smith home. 508 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,920 Here comes the throw! 509 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:03,920 He is safe! 510 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,920 A sacrifice fly with two RBI. 511 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:13,920 With plays like that, it was obvious that St. Louis was destined to take a three-two lead in games, but then disaster. 512 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:21,920 With one out and nobody on base and the last of the seventh, pitcher Dave LaPoint ran to first to take a throw from Keith Hernandez. 513 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,920 They're deep everywhere for Ben Ogilvie. 514 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:30,920 Thirty-four homers he hit this year, swings, grounds, a bad hop, great play by Hernandez. 515 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:34,920 The pitcher covers, drops the ball, and he's safe at first pass. 516 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,920 An easy play. 517 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:43,920 Once Hernandez got the bad hop, he gave the pitcher LaPoint a good toss, and he simply dropped the ball. 518 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:50,920 That opened the floodgates, and the Brewers went on to score six unearned runs and notched a seven-to-five win. 519 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:53,920 The series was tied again, two games each. 520 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:56,920 What can you say about game number five? 521 00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:01,920 It was a game in which the Cardinals collected 15 hits, but scored only four runs. 522 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:06,920 The key to the game may have been in the seventh, when the Cardinals were trailing the Brewers three-to-one. 523 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:11,920 There were two on and two out when Darrell Porter made his bid to tie the game. 524 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:16,920 Big gap down the left field line. He's burned this club once already like that. 525 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:22,920 Here's the one-one delivery. Darrell Porter, ground ball, into right field. Great diving stop by Cooper. 526 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:26,920 He throws the first and he gets Porter, and he saves the game. 527 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:33,920 There have been two runs that were taken away from the Cardinals on diving stops by the infielders. 528 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,920 This one by Cooper, earlier Gantner did it on a base hit by Hendricks. 529 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,920 That was a labeled base hit, but the inning is over. 530 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:47,920 The Milwaukee defense was outstanding, proving that Harvey's wall bangers were more than just a bunch of good hitters. 531 00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:55,920 The 6-4 Cardinal loss meant that St. Louis would return home down in games three to two in the best of seven series. 532 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,920 But history was on the Cardinal's side. 533 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:06,920 Only 12 of 47 teams had ever come back from 3-2 deficits to win the fall classic, and St. Louis accounted for three of those comebacks. 534 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:13,920 In addition, seven of the 12 previous Cardinal World Series had gone the distance, seven games, 535 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:17,920 and St. Louis was the victor in six of seven of those series. 536 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:21,920 Perhaps tradition and history would work in favor of the Cardinals. 537 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,920 With Gantner backs against the wall, the Cardinals turned to John Stupor. 538 00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:33,920 When he took them out on Tuesday, October 19th, Stupor became only the 14th rookie to record two starts in a World Series. 539 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:42,920 Stupor threw his first pitch at 7-21 that night, and his last one, five hours later, at 12-21. 540 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:49,920 In between were two hours and 21 minutes of game action, and two hours and 39 minutes of rain delays. 541 00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:55,920 Many minded the delays, however, since it was the Brewers' parade that got rained on and not the Cardinals. 542 00:50:55,920 --> 00:51:03,920 Second inning, the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead after Dane Ords doubled and scored when Willie McGee reached first safely on an error. 543 00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,920 Tommy Herr was up next to face Don Sutton. 544 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:19,920 He's got five hours now, and Tommy Herr, it's a long one into right field. Way back, way back, off the wall. McGee's around seventh. He digs for third. Here's the throw home. McGee is safe at home. 545 00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:30,920 And the Cardinals lead two to nothing, and Tommy Herr has just hit the farthest ball we've seen in it all year. He missed a home run by about two feet. 546 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:35,920 Two innings later, it was Darrell Porter's turn to put things out of reach for the Brewers. 547 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:43,920 Now it's Porter's job, as it was Obergefell's earlier, to pull the ball, move the runner over somehow. Preferably drive him home. 548 00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:50,920 The pitch to Darrell. Swing, and a long one into right field. Way back, and McGee out. 549 00:51:50,920 --> 00:52:07,920 And the Cardinals lead four to nothing. It just got over the wall, hit the concrete color, came back on the field, and the Cardinals fans are crazy wild. 550 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:14,920 That wasn't all the fans had to cheer about in the inning. Dane Ords did his part to keep the noise level high. 551 00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:22,920 There's nothing doing in the Milwaukee bullpen in case you're wondering. They're sitting pretty still, leading three games to two. 552 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:29,920 Trailing in this game, four to nothing, fourth inning, and a swing, and a line drive. Base hit into the right field corner. 553 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:39,920 Looks like another double for Dane Ords. The ball gets away from the right fielder. Ords goes for third. He is safe at third base with nobody out. 554 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:49,920 At that point, Dane's slugging percentage was 929 in the World Series, and he was on his way into the record books as the World Series' most successful designated hitter. 555 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:54,920 The fourth inning still wasn't over when Tommy Herr stood at the plate with one out, and Ords at third. 556 00:52:54,920 --> 00:53:03,920 Ball wind up. Squeeze play. Herr bumps the ball. It works. The throw to first. He's out. Five-nothing Cardinals. 557 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:11,920 Several hours later, after two lengthy rain delays, the game was winding down with the score 13 to nothing in favor of St. Louis. 558 00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:19,920 Stupor had courageously resumed where he left off, and was three outs away from being the first rookie to hurl a World Series shutout. 559 00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:27,920 But, understandably, he tired in the top of the ninth, gave up a double, a single, and a wild pitch, and watched a Milwaukee runner cross the plate. 560 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:34,920 In this game, Stupor allowed only two walks and four hits on his way to a 13-1 sixth-game victory. 561 00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:41,920 They kept the Cardinals in the World Series by evening the action at three games each. Not bad for a rookie. 562 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:54,920 After six months, 162 regular-season games, three playoff games, and six World Series games, the championship of the 1982 season boiled down to one game. 563 00:53:54,920 --> 00:54:01,920 The rest of the year didn't amount to a thing anymore. Everything was riding on these last nine innings of play. 564 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:07,920 Much to the delight of Cardinal fans, Joaquin Andujar was declared ready and able to pitch. 565 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:13,920 There was no scoring in the first three innings, but in the top of the fourth, the Brewers tried to change that. 566 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:18,920 Robin Yacht was at first with one out, and Cecil Cooper at the plate. 567 00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:28,920 One on one out for Cecil Cooper. And the pitch, coming. Swing and a ground ball, base hit into right, and the runner will go on to third. 568 00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:36,920 Hendrick's throw is close, but out at third base! He threw him out! And the batter stays at first. 569 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:45,920 Hendrick threw a one-bounce strike over there. I didn't think he had a chance, but the ball came perfectly to Oberknell, and he hanged him out. 570 00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:51,920 So much for that challenge. The Cardinals didn't waste any time in mounting an attack of their own. 571 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:59,920 Willie McGee led off the bottom of the fourth with a single. Tommy Herr followed with another hit to set things up for Lonnie Smith. 572 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:05,920 There's no score in the bottom of the fourth. And the pitch to Lonnie is coming. 573 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:12,920 Swing and there's a ground ball to deep short. It's a base hit and a run. Scores! The Cardinals lead one to nothing. 574 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:20,920 The lead didn't last long. The Brewers tied the game in the top of the fifth, then tacked on two more runs in the sixth to take a 3-1 advantage. 575 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:26,920 Time was running out on the Cardinals. They had nine more outs to play before the season would come to an end. 576 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:35,920 It was the bottom of the sixth when the Cardinals' number four and five batters took charge. The bases were loaded with one out for Keith Hernandez. 577 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:43,920 The Cardinals hit the base and loaded one out in a 3-1 count. They're roaring here. Here's the pitch. Swing and a line drive into right center. 578 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:54,920 That ball is a hit. That ball is a hit and the score is tied. The other man to third. Safe. We have a 3-3 game on a hit by Hernandez. 579 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,920 And George Hendrick was next. 580 00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:08,920 White knuckle turn. If he could rip one, he could give the Cardinals a quick three-run lead. McClure from the belt to the plate. 581 00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:16,920 Swing and a ground ball. Base hit to right. The Cardinals take the lead. Hernandez stops at second. It's four to three. 582 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:25,920 For two innings, the Cardinals protected their slim one-run lead. Then in the bottom of the eighth, they delivered a crushing blow to Milwaukee's comeback hopes. 583 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:34,920 With runners at first and second, Darrell Porter was showered with cheers one more time after he got the better of Brewer reliever Mike Caldwell. 584 00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:44,920 Caldwell to the belt. The left-hander delivers. Swing and a line drive into right. That's a hit. Lonnie Smith scores without a play. 585 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:53,920 The other man to third. He's safe. It's five to three. Porter has pumped some air into the Cardinals' leading margin. 586 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:58,920 Steve Braun then drove in the final run of the season for the St. Louis Cardinals. 587 00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:08,920 Here's the pitch. The runner goes off first. A swing and there's another hit by Braun in the center. A run scores. It's six to three for the Cardinals. 588 00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:19,920 Now it was up to Souter to get three more outs. Just three more and the trophy belonged to St. Louis. The count began. Souter versus Ted Simmons. 589 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:27,920 Swing and a ground ball. Souter has it. Goes to first. Out at first. One gone. Two outs. A way. 590 00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:39,920 Souter versus Ogilvie. Ogilvie grounds the ball to Tommy. Nice going Tommy. Out at first. Two out. Two out. One out away. 591 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:48,920 Darrell Porter was backing up the play behind first. He races behind the plate. Souter can't wait to get back up and pitch to Gorman Thomas. 592 00:57:48,920 --> 00:58:00,920 And finally the Cardinals were one strike away from victory. Souter from the belt to the plate. A swing and a miss. And that's a winner. That's a winner. 593 00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:13,920 A World Series winner for the Cardinals. Porter throws his mask into the air. The players converge around the mound. The Cardinals have won the game six to three. 594 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:23,920 The Cardinals have won the National League pennant and the Cardinals have won the 1982 World Series. 595 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:53,920 Let's celebrate good times. Come on. Let's celebrate.