1985 National League Championship Series

1985 National League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
St. Louis Cardinals (4) Whitey Herzog 101–61, .623, GA: 3
Los Angeles Dodgers (2) Tommy Lasorda 95–67, .586, GA: 5½
DatesOctober 9–16
MVPOzzie Smith (St. Louis)
UmpiresDick Stello (crew chief)
Bruce Froemming
John McSherry
Terry Tata
Paul Runge
Jerry Crawford
Broadcast
TelevisionNBC
TV announcersVin Scully and Joe Garagiola
RadioCBS
KMOX (STL)
KABC (LA)
Radio announcersBrent Musburger and Johnny Bench (CBS)
Jack Buck and Mike Shannon (KMOX)
Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter (KABC)
Streaming
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The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9–16. It was the 17th NLCS and the first played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smith's dramatic walk-off home run in Game 5. This is the second consecutive NLCS where a team overcame a 2–0 series deficit to win the series after the Padres did so in the best-of-five 1984 NLCS.

Dodger announcer Vin Scully and former Cardinal player Joe Garagiola called the games for NBC. Both were announcers on the year-long Game of the Week.


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