European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 24. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 royals trim cards in game 3 ii John my son is i 01 is. To i pm j a my White Mill does t fed Ike a cleanup Hiller. Al though he helped sure that the Kan Sas its k ovals need not worry about bcim1. Swept in the world series when i int a Home run. I m just As surprised As the next Guy White said and he was Llic most surprised Puy in the Ballpark tuesday night when he hit a two run Homer in the fifth inning helping the rivals Bounce Back from two straight losses and beat St. Louis d-1 in game .1 of the Besl of Sevcit championship. Bret Saberhagen. The 21 year old Ace of Kansas City s staff struck out eight and allowed just six singles in slopping the momentum of the cardinals and keeping the Kovals out of a double jeopardy Situa Tion. White said he was particularly sur prised about this Home run after watching y Long drive by teammate Steve Dalboni fall into the Glove of St. Louis left fielder Tito in the second inning. I hit 22 Home runs this year and if i get a Pilch. I can till it out of any Ball his said after the game hut when i go tip to lie plate people Aren t going to Sas i m a big Gin like Dalboni and i m going to hit it White also drove in a run with a double and i Onnie Smith had a two run double As i he k s a is ended an offensive drought that had seen them score just three runs As Thev lust games i and 2. Kansas its s George Brett also tied a world series ecord by reaching base in All five plate appearances tuesday Brett said that after losing the Way we did sunday night on four St. runs in the ninth inning we bounced Back and played very we showed them we can beat them we feel like we can beat them he said. No one has won after getting Down 0-2 at Home. But if we win tomorrow i think the pressure is on them a Little " the royals scored their first two runs off cardinals right hander Joaquin Andu Jar in the fourth inning on Smith s hit. Then while ended yet another futile Day s work for Andujar when lie Hil the two run Homer in the fifth. Mis run scoring double came in a Tun run be Eniti was Irving ims Best and throw ing Well Andujar said lint Thev were find ing the holes. I or Lhing i was throwing was Good but when Sou re in a slump that s How it goes " White s Homi i was the first of this world series. It also was the first in world series play for White who was pressed into Dulvas a cleanup hitter after the absence of a designated hitter had relegated Hal Mcrae to the Bench. Game 4 of the series on wednesday night was to Send Kansas City left hander Bud Black 10-15. Against the Ace of the cardinals staff left hander John Tudor 21 a and the Winner of game i. After struggling a Little in the first two innings. Saberhagen asserted himself. He did t allow a run until the cards put to Gether three straight singles with one out in the sixth Jack Clark drove in the run Andujar. On the other hand was in trouble from the Start. He muddled through three innings without giving up a run but crumbled in the fourth. It was a familiar scene after a 17-4 Start this sea son. Arlinar finished 4-k. Losing his Litia three decisions to the regular season and was 0-1 in Llie National i Eatrue a a Olls i lie Victory snapped a siring of Lour straight world series for the a \ als. Who had not won Smice game 4 of the i Juko world series against Philadelphia the cardinals meanwhile had won four straight series games losing their last in game 5 of the in classic at Milwaukee the Koals stranded i 1 runners including five in the first three innings before cracking the thin Shell of protective Armor surrounding Andujar. Jim Sundberg led off with a walk and. One out later. Buddy Biancalana Hil a High chopper which Andujar fielded Between first and second. Second baseman Tomms Herr and Clark the first baseman also converged on the Ball. No one covered first and Andujar stood helpless with the bait in his hand Biancalana on first with a single and Sundburg had gone Easis to second. Saberhagen bunted the runners ahead. Bringing up i Onnie Smith who started the see royals on Page 19 Saberhagen toiled As his wife Laboured Kansas City s Bret Saberhagen tried to keep i. Mind on the game St. Louis a Bret Saberhagen had two things to worry about tuesday night a baby and a Ball game. He won the game pitching the Kansas City royals to a ft-1 Victory Over the St. cardinals in game .1 of the world series while his wife Ancane was at Home waiting to give birth to the couple s first child. My wife is Fine Saberhagen said afterwards. In s a Normal labor and she is still at was he distracted during the gambit was not on my mind when i was out there pitching the 21-year-old father to be said. I thought about her when i came into the dugout each inning. Someone told me that she May go into the Hospital to night. 1 think when i get out of Here i la Call Home and find out if that s he did t have much to worry about As far As the game went. He gave up Only six singles and struck out eight retiring the last 11 batters. In the first inning i was really Ner Vous Saberhagen said. It was a big game for us. But after i got through that first inning and my first at Bat i Felt a Little bit better. 1 started pitching the Way i Saberhagen who was 20-6 during the season was handed a 4-0 Lead after five innings and lost his shutout in the sixth when Jack Clark drove in Oie Smith they re Tough from no. 1 to the pitch he said. You be got to make Good pitches on All of although he established himself As the Ace of the Kansas City pitching staff this year Saberhagen declined to Call himself the hero. I think All of our starters feel thai a he said. There s no difference in All five of us. That s what got us in his first major league at bal. Saberhagen sliced a pitch from Joaquin Andujar Down the right Field line that was barely foul. "1 Haven t hit in three or four ears so i m a Little apprehensive Saberhagen said. Center fielder Willie Wilson chipped in with two hits As did George Brett. I rank White Lonnie Smith and buddy Biancalana. I think it s Good that a lot of Guys made a contribution tonight Wilson said. Thai s the sort of thing that can get a bal club moving. It s not always that Way when it s just one or two people getting in on the royals minds was the four run rally the cardinals staged in the ninth in Ning to win game 2. When we got four runs ahead we weren t Wilson said we wanted did bad Luck or bad Calls spoil Andujar s bid St. Louis a Joaquin Andujar a hero from yesterday who has fallen upon hard times did t know whether to blame the Umpire or his own bad Luck for what happened to him tuesday night in game 3 of the world series. I was throwing All right said Andujar the losing Pilcher in Kansas City s 6-1 Vic tory Over the St. Louis cardinals. My fast Ball was Good. Sometimes when you re nol Lucky the Ball just goes through. "1 do my Busl he said. I Don t try to throw Home runs. 1 gave it my Busl but it Van t Good aside from the nine hits he yielded in four plus innings including Frank v Lute s iwo run Homer in the fifth the is. going to Cream it. Andujar said he also had trouble with the location of his fastball. While hit a fastball. 1 wanted to keep the Ball away and in came Back Over the Middle he said. Everybody knows my fastball moves. 1 did t want to throw the Ball where he could hit aside from the problems encountered by Andujar the cardinals heaped Praise on Young Kansas City right hander Bret Saberhagen 21, who shackled them with a six Hitler and struck out eight while walk ing Only one. Age makes no difference. Dwight Good in of the new York mets showed us that. If you can pitch you can pitch third base Man Terry Pendleton said. He just Kepi us off balance. Only in the sixth inning did it look like we were going to gel something St. right fielder Andy Van Sake said the turning Point in the contest was Lonnie Smith s two run double which snapped a scoreless tic in the fourth. The sinking line drive went off the Glove of the diving Van Slyke in right Conler enabling Jim Sundberg and buddy Biancalana to score. An inning later White followed George Brett s single with his Long Homer Over the left Field Fence. It Hil the Heel of my Glove and popped out Van Slyke said of Smith s double. A couple of inches More and it s
