Monday, October 28, 1985/The Battalion/Page 7 Royals crowned king K.C. slaughters St. Louis in final game Cheese Sale TAMU Dairy Science Club Jalepeno cheese Sharp cheddar $3. 00 a pound $3. 25 a pound Place orders at MSC on Tuesdays and Fridays 9a.m. to 1p.m. or from any Dairy Science Club membei Associated Pr.ess B KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kan sas City Royals, rallying behind the fie-hit pitching of Bret Saberhagen, completed one of baseball’s most shocking comebacks Sunday night and won their first World Series championship, defeating the St. Lpuis Cardinals 1 1-0 in the decisive seventh game. ■ The Cardinals, who had seen theii 3-1 lead in games vanish along with their hitting, simply collapsed in the final game. ■ What had been billed as the great est seventh-game pitching matchup in more than two decades went up in smoke created by the Royals’ bats. Ifie Cardinals’ ace, 21-game winner John Tudor, couldn't even make it through the third inning and wound up in a Kansas City hospital for stitches after cutting his index finger on an electric fan in the clubhouse. ■ The destruction occurred at the Thuds of platoon outfielder Darryl Motley, who hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs; Steve Bal- boui, who drove in two of Kansas City’s three runs in the third inning; and the suddenly rejuvenated [George Brett, who had four hits. ■ The Royals put the game away with six runs in the fifth inning, dur ing which both pitcher Joaquin An- dujar and Manager Whitey Herzog were ejected by home plate umpire Don Denkinger. Herzog had argued ahitical Denkinger call at first base that fueled the Royals’ winning, nnth-inning rally in Game 6, and consecutive ball calls on inside pitches to Royals catcher Jim Sund- beig brought all the frustration erupted to the surface. ■ While the Royals completed a comeback unprecedented in the [game — recovering not only from a 1{3 deficit in the American League payoffs hut f rom 0-2 and 1-3 disad- yautages in the Series — the Cardi nals faded into offensive oblivion. ■ After leading the National League with a .264 team average during the Season, the Cardinals hit just .185 in the World Series and scored a total of 13 runs. ■ Part of the Cardinals’ offensive wpes probably could be traced to the absence of injured leadofl hittet Vince Coleman, but the lack o( St. Louis hitting also had to be a tribute uj the young, well schooled pitc hing staff of the Rovals. The destruction occurred nt the hands oi platoon outfielder Dan yl Motley, who had a two run homer; Steve Balboni, who drove in two runs; and the suddenly rejuve nated George Brett. T he Royals’ pitchers not only qui eted the St. Louis bats but li ustrated and eventually halted altogether the vaunted running game of the (lardi- nals. The Cards had stolen 3 14 bases during the season, for an average ol nearly two a game, but managed just two swipes in the Set it s against the predominantlv left-handed Royals staff. This night, however, belonged to a 21-year-old right-hander by the name of Saberhagen, whose wife, Janeane, had given birth to their first child, son Drew, the day before. Saberhagen, who had won Game 3 to give the Royals hope, struck out two and walked none. Saberhagen, selected most valu able player, allowed a second-inning single to Jack Clark, then retired 1 1 in a row before giving up another single to Tito Landrum with two out in the fifth inning. He also allowed singles to Ozzie Smith, Andy Van Slyke and T erry Pendleton. Saberhagen pitched the Royals’ first victory ol this Series a six-hitter in Came 3. 1 he Royals’ hitters meanwhile, asked for no quai i< i, and gave none. After dispensing with Tudor, they slugged tneir way through another six St. Louis pitchers, winding up with 14 hits and tin. grea st margin ol victory ever ir the seventh game of a World Series. I he Cardinals used five pitchers in th< f h inning, tying a World Series record set by Baltimore in 1979. In their big inning, die Royals sent 11 men to the plate against Bill Campbell, Jeff Lahti. Rickey Hor ton, Andujar and finally, Bob Forsch, in the process building their biggest winnmg margin of the sea son. They had won two earlier games 10 J Without ?t>* sc , ■ - s i a desig nated hittes the Ren o >