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Los Angeles Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals

1985-10-14 · 1985 League Championship Series · Game 5 of 6 ◀ Game 4 Game 6 ▶ · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 53706 · 68°F, cloudy, damp · 2:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Jeff Lahti earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5

W: Jeff Lahti L: Tom Niedenfuer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Jerry Crawford · 2B: Dick Stello · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: John McSherry · RF: Terry Tata

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mariano Duncan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Landreaux	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pedro Guerrero	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Madlock	4	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Marshall	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Scioscia	2	0	1	0	1	0
Greg Brock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Sax	3	0	0	0	0	2
Fernando Valenzuela	3	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie McGee	3	1	0	0	2	2
Ozzie Smith	3	2	1	1	1	0
Tom Herr	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jack Clark	3	0	1	0	1	1
Cesar Cedeno	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tito Landrum	3	0	0	0	1	0
Terry Pendleton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darrell Porter	2	0	0	0	2	2
Bob Forsch	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Dayley	2	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Harper	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fernando Valenzuela	8.0	4	8	7
Tom Niedenfuer	0.1	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Forsch	3.1	3	2	0
Ken Dayley	2.2	2	1	1
Todd Worrell	2.0	0	0	1
Jeff Lahti	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mariano Duncan: W
Ken Landreaux: 8
Pedro Guerrero: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Willie McGee: W
Ozzie Smith: W.1-2
Tom Herr: D.2-H;1-H
Jack Clark: PO2(E1).2-3
Jack Clark: 5/L
Cesar Cedeno: K
Tito Landrum: 8

Top 2

Bill Madlock: 5/L
Mike Marshall: 63
Mike Scioscia: S
Greg Brock: 13

Bot 2

Terry Pendleton: D
Darrell Porter: W
Bob Forsch: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Willie McGee: K
Ozzie Smith: 6/P

Top 3

Steve Sax: 53
Fernando Valenzuela: 7
Mariano Duncan: 3/G

Bot 3

Tom Herr: 63
Jack Clark: K/C
Cesar Cedeno: 3/P

Top 4

Ken Landreaux: S
Pedro Guerrero: 8
Bill Madlock: HR/7.1-H
Mike Marshall: W
Mike Scioscia: C/E2.1-2
Enos Cabell: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Tito Landrum: 53
Terry Pendleton: 63
Darrell Porter: W
Ken Dayley: S.1-2
Willie McGee: K

Top 5

Steve Sax: K
Fernando Valenzuela: 6/P
Mariano Duncan: 53

Bot 5

Ozzie Smith: 7
Tom Herr: 7
Jack Clark: S9/L9S
Cesar Cedeno: WP.1-2
Cesar Cedeno: IW
Tito Landrum: 5(2)/FO

Top 6

Ken Landreaux: S8/F8S
Pedro Guerrero: 9
Bill Madlock: 9
Mike Marshall: 13

Bot 6

Terry Pendleton: K
Darrell Porter: K
Ken Dayley: 31

Top 7

Mike Scioscia: W
Enos Cabell: S.1-2
Steve Sax: K
Fernando Valenzuela: 13.2-3;1-2
Mariano Duncan: 2/P

Bot 7

Willie McGee: W
Ozzie Smith: 14/SH.1-2
Tom Herr: 63.2-3
Jack Clark: IW
Cesar Cedeno: 8

Top 8

Ken Landreaux: 7
Pedro Guerrero: 3/P
Bill Madlock: 3/G

Bot 8

Tito Landrum: W
Terry Pendleton: 7
Darrell Porter: K+SB2
Brian Harper: 7

Top 9

Mike Marshall: 63
Mike Scioscia: 9
Enos Cabell: 8

Bot 9

Willie McGee: 5/P
Ozzie Smith: HR/9D

Notes & reviews

as Steve Sax walked back to the dugout, a fan threw a drink on him; Sax tried to get into the stands but was restrained by trainer Charlie Strasser and manager Tom Lasorda
the pitch hit well in front of plate and bounced into dugout
Ozzie Smith's first career home run hitting left-handed

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