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By pitching well at AA San Antonio (Texas League) during the 1981 major league baseball strike, Niedenfuer earned a promotion to the Dodgers for the second half of the season. He capped a successful rookie season with 5-2/3 scoreless postseason innings. His 94-mph fastball made him the Dodgers' bullpen stopper after Steve Howe's departure. Niedenfuer gave up two notorious homers to Ozzie Smith and Jack Clark in the final two games of the 1985 NLCS, with Clark's home run sending the Cardinals to the World Series. (TG)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 14, 1985: Ozzie Smith homers off Tom Niedenfuer with one out in the bottom of the 9th to give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead in the NLCS. It is the switch-hitting Smith's first ML home run while batting lefthanded. » October 16, 1985: Baseball gets its first intrastate World Series since 1974, as the Royals and Cardinals win their respective playoff series. Kansas City beats Toronto 6–2 in game seven to cap a comeback from a 3-games-to-1 deficit. While in Los Angeles, Jack Clark drills a 3-run home run off Tom Niedenfuer with two outs in the top of the 9th and 1B open to give the Cardinals a 7–5 victory and a 4-2 series win. » August 2, 1986: Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds 7–1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the 6th inning. It is the 5th time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's ML record. » September 18, 1988: Baltimore's Bob Milacki allows one hit over eight innings in his ML debut and Tom Niedenfuer pitches the 9th to complete a 2–0 one-hitter against the Tigers.