The NLCS Champs - the Coastal, Diagonal Script Jerseyed Matts hosted the ALCS Champs the Bay Area Mikes in Game 1 of the COVID-19(73) Statis-Pro World Series.
Don Sutton, who dominated the Gotham Pauls in the ALCS took the bump against Vida Blue, who also won 2 games in the LCS, against the Leo RedSox.
Sutton was a little shaky in the first - giving up two singles, but a double play grounder ended that mini threat.
Blue was his equal until the bottom of the 4th:
- With 2 outs, Bobby Grich drew a walk
- Grich moved to third on Willie Crawford's base hit
- Ron Cey put the Matts on the board with another base hit
After Sal Bando lead off the 2nd with a single, Sutton put down 9 straight Altesemen before giving up a lead-off walk to pinch-hitter Steve Ontiveros in the 6th.
Sutton eliminated the next 4 in order before Sal Bando tied the game with a solo home run to left field with 1 out in the 7th.
Bob Reynolds for the Matts and Horacio Pina, Darold Knowles and Don McMahon for the Mikes held the score at 1-1 until the 10th.
- Charlie Hough opened the 10th with consecutive screwball strikeouts of Garry Maddox and Chris Speier before giving way to Jim Brewer to face the switch hitting Tito Fuentes
- Fuentes battled Brewer and eventually hit a seeing-eye single
- Jesus Alou, pinch-hitting for McMahon singled Fuentes to 3rd, ending the night for Brewer
- Grant Jackson came in and retired Bill North to hold the score at 1 apiece
Rollie Fingers relieved McMahon and got two quick outs, but 2-out Matt Magic struck again
- Lopes singled and stole second base
- Merv Rettenmund then knocked a base-hit out to Bobby Bonds in left
- The speedy Lopes just beat the throw for the 2-1 win
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