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OCTOBER
1983

Saturday, October 1st

SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 1, 1983
Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 4 at Astrodome (att. 7,657)
W: Frank Pastore L: Mike Madden
San Francisco Giants 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 34,707)
W: Mark Davis L: Burt Hooton S: Gary Lavelle
New York Mets 5, Montreal Expos 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 12,144)
W: Brent Gaff L: Bill Gullickson S: Carlos Diaz
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 34,763)
W: Porfi Altamirano L: Cecilio Guante S: Don Carman
San Diego Padres 4, Atlanta Braves 3 (10 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 9,153)
W: Sid Monge L: Pete Falcone
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 23,543)
W: Bob Forsch L: Craig Lefferts S: Bruce Sutter
New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 (12 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 38,038)
W: Rich Gossage L: Bill Swaggerty
Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at Fenway Park (att. 33,491)
W: Lary Sorensen L: Oil Can Boyd
Milwaukee Brewers 10, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 14,788)
W: Jaime Cocanower L: Jack Morris
Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
W: Paul Splittorff L: Steve McCatty S: Dan Quisenberry
Kansas City Royals 7, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 11,346)
W: Mike Armstrong L: Jeff Jones S: Dan Quisenberry
Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 25,467)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Matt Young S: Jerry Koosman
California Angels 6, Texas Rangers 5 at Arlington Stadium (att. 11,356)
W: Bob Lacey L: Odell Jones S: John Curtis
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 3 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 25,332)
W: Doyle Alexander L: Jay Pettibone
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, October 2nd

IN THE NEWS: In his final ML game, Carl Yastrzemski plays left field and goes 1-for-3 as the Red Sox beat Cleveland 3–1 at Fenway Park.

Rusty Staub's 2-run pinch double with two out in the bottom of the 9th gives the Mets a 5–4 win over the Expos in their season finale and gives Staub 25 RBI as a pinch hitter this season, tying the major-league record shared by Joe Cronin and Jerry Lynch. After the game the Mets fire manager Frank Howard.

Heralded rookie Sid Fernandez makes his first and only start for the Dodgers, and walks six in three innings against the Giants. The Dodgers eventually lose, 4–3. El Sid will be traded to the Mets in December.

SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 2, 1983
Houston Astros 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Astrodome (att. 12,357)
W: Jeff Heathcock L: Jeff Russell S: Frank DiPino
San Francisco Giants 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 47,007)
W: Jim Barr L: Sid Fernandez S: Gary Lavelle
New York Mets 1, Montreal Expos 0 at Shea Stadium
W: Walt Terrell L: Charlie Lea
New York Mets 5, Montreal Expos 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 6,393)
W: Tim Leary L: Jeff Reardon
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 33,284)
W: Lee Tunnell L: Charles Hudson
Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,959)
W: Ken Dayley L: Greg Booker S: Tony Brizzolara
St. Louis Cardinals 9, Chicago Cubs 6 at Busch Stadium II (att. 38,763)
W: John Stuper L: Chuck Rainey S: Dave VonOhlen
Baltimore Orioles 2, New York Yankees 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 41,314)
W: Mike Boddicker L: Shane Rawley S: Tippy Martinez
Boston Red Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 1 at Fenway Park (att. 33,491)
W: Al Nipper L: Bud Anderson
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Detroit Tigers 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 18,815)
W: Chuck Porter L: Dan Petry S: Pete Ladd
Oakland Athletics 8, Kansas City Royals 4 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 23,699)
W: Mark Smith L: Don Hood
Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 0 at Kingdome (att. 4,750)
W: Richard Dotson L: Jim Beattie S: Dennis Lamp
California Angels 2, Texas Rangers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 8,727)
W: Steve Brown L: Al Lachowicz
Minnesota Twins 9, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 40,692)
W: Albert Williams L: Jim Clancy
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, October 3rd

IN THE NEWS: Less than a year after leading the club to its first World Series, Brewers manager Harvey Kuenn is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann. Milwaukee finished 5th in the American League East this season with an 87-75 record.

Tuesday, October 4th

IN THE NEWS: In the NLCS opener, Mike Schmidt's first-inning homer and Al Holland's clutch relief pitching to get out of an 8th-inning bases-loaded jam are enough for Philadelphia to top Los Angeles 1–0.

Having finished last in the National League West for the 2nd straight year, the Reds drop manager Russ Nixon and replace him with Vern Rapp.

Wednesday, October 5th

IN THE NEWS: Five-hit pitching by LaMarr Hoyt is the margin in the 2–1 White Sox victory over the Orioles in Game One of the ALCS.

Fernando Valenzuela wins the 2nd NLCS game for the Dodgers downing Philley 4–1.

Thursday, October 6th

IN THE NEWS: Orioles rookie Mike Boddicker ties the LCS record with 14 strikeouts in a 4–0 shutout of the White Sox, evening the series at 1–1.

Jim Frey will manage the Cubs, succeeding interim manager Charlie Fox, who has returned to the front office after the season.

Friday, October 7th

IN THE NEWS: The Orioles waltz in game 3, beating the Sox 11–1. In the National League game, rookie Charlie Hudson goes the distance for Philadelphia, winning 7–2, aided by Gary Matthews's 3-for-3 with four RBI.

Saturday, October 8th

IN THE NEWS: The Phillies and Orioles each win game four of their respective LCS to advance to the World Series. Philadelphia gets home runs from Gary Matthews and Sixto Lezcano in another 7–2 victory, while Baltimore's Tito Landrum hits a solo home run in the top of the 10th inning to break a scoreless tie and spark the Orioles to a 3–0 win.

Monday, October 10th

IN THE NEWS: John E. Fetzer sells the Tigers to Michigan businessman Tom Monaghan, the founder and president of Domino's Pizza.

Tuesday, October 11th

IN THE NEWS: In the World Series opener, homers account for all the scoring as the Phillies top Baltimore 2–1.

Wednesday, October 12th

IN THE NEWS: In game 2, Mike Boddicker pitches a 4–1 three-hitter to tie the Series 1-1. He has yet to allow an earned run in 18 post-season innings, and is the first rookie to pitch a 3-hitter in the World Series since Dickie Kerr in 1919.

Friday, October 14th

IN THE NEWS: The Orioles rally to win game three by a 3–2 margin. Jim Palmer wins and his batterymate Rick Dempsey has two doubles.

Saturday, October 15th

IN THE NEWS: Rich Dauer has three hits and three RBI to lead Baltimore to a 5–4 Series win.

Sunday, October 16th

IN THE NEWS: Eddie Murray slams a pair of home runs and Scott McGregor pitches a 5-hitter as the Orioles beat the Phillies 5–0 and win the World Series 4–1. Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey, who hit .385 with four doubles and a home run, is the Series MVP.

Tuesday, October 25th

IN THE NEWS: White Sox pitcher LaMarr Hoyt, who led the American League with 24 wins but whose 3.66 ERA was not among the league's 15 best, wins the AL Cy Young Award, beating out the Royals Dan Quisenberry and the Tigers Jack Morris.