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The series concluded with Game 6 in Philadelphia, which ended with closer Tug McGraw striking out Willie Wilson at 11:29 pm EDT on Tuesday, October 21. Wilson set a World Series record by striking out 12 times in the six-game set (after 230 hits (and 81 strikeouts) in the regular season).
The Phillies won the first game 3–1, with McGraw earning the save. [33] The Astros, however, came back in game two with an extra innings victory to send the series to Houston tied at a game apiece. [34] McGraw entered game three in the eighth inning with a runner on second, and one out.
Prior to 1980, the Phillies hadn't won a World Series game since Game 1 of the 1915 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. The series offered many intriguing storylines. Phillies pitcher Bob Walk became the first rookie to start the first game of a World Series since Joe Black of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952. The 1980 World Series was the ...
The ritual of throwing out the first pitch at the World Series held a prolific amount of meaning for Tim McGraw. Tim McGraw honors late father, Mets pitcher Tug McGraw, during World Series Skip to ...
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In the 1980 World Series, Wilson batted just .154 and struck out against Tug McGraw for the final out of the Royals' Game 6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. [15] This strikeout was Wilson's 12th of the Series, breaking the record of 11 held jointly by Eddie Mathews and Wayne Garrett in the 1958 and 1973 World Series, respectively. [16]
Tug McGraw's series-ending strikeout of the Royals' Willie Wilson was instrumental in their win. One of the most notable Eagles games at the stadium, which occurred less than three months after the Phillies won the 1980 World Series, was Eagles 20–7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game, played before 70,696 fans ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks hosted Game 3 of the World Series on Monday and multiple celebrities made an appearance at Chase Field. Among them> New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was on hand at the ...