John Tudor

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John Tudor of the Dodgers on the mound, and it'll be Dwight Gooden for the New York Mets.

But Jay Howell's story, we'll have a report on that in just a moment.

But right now, the American League Championship Series ended in four games in Oakland with the A's wiping out the Boston Red Sox.

The Jay Howell story, hardly over, and it will have ramifications up and down the line for years.

But tonight, the big story here at Shea Stadium, where the Dodgers take on the New York Mets.

John Tudor on the mound for Los Angeles.

White good and going for New York.

As a 21-year-old rookie in 1978, he won this epic confrontation with Reggie Jackson.

He's opposed tonight by the former Cardinal John Tudor.

Look at that glittering ERA.

And Tudor says the recent hip problem he's had, he's beyond that.

Hitting eighth, number 33, Jeff Hamilton, third base.

And batting ninth, number seven, Alfredo Griffin, shortstop.

Warming up in the visiting vault, we have the nice starting pitcher for Los Angeles, number 30, John Tudor.

And now, your American League champion, Oakland Athletics.

The return to Busch Stadium prompted a St. Louis turnaround.

John Tudor pitched brilliantly through seven innings.

While Vince Coleman put the Cardinals ahead with a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh.

And tonight, the Cardinals try to even things up.

What a difference one night can make.

The Minnesota Twins not only on a roll after the first two games, winning handily 10-1 and 8-4 and only two wins away and thinking of a sweep.

Last night it was John Tudor and Vince Coleman who helped do the Twins in.

Final score was 3-1 and all of a sudden with a victory tonight we could be even and with a victory tonight That would mean a guaranteed sixth game, and we'd go back to Minnesota for that on Saturday.

The St. Louis Cardinals would love to be home tonight.

They can pop the champagne corks here, have a very pleasant flight home and a nice celebration at the airport if they win and they send John Tudor to the mound.

The Cardinals are seeking their first world championship since 1982 when they beat Milwaukee in the World Series.

The Minnesota Twins have never won a world title.

They are 60-25 this year at the Metrodome.

The one problem today is the matchup.

They have Les Straker going against John Tudor, and consider Les Straker.

He was 8-10 on the regular season.

infielder Mike Jorgensen, catcher Tom Nieto, outfielder Brian Harper, outfielder Steve Braun, outfielder Vince Coleman.

Pitcher John Tudor.

Pitcher Bob Force.

Pitcher Jeff Lottie.

For stadium tonight and then tomorrow night, game four, and there are the probables.

Bud Black is scheduled to work for Kansas City.

John Tudor, who pitched in game one, goes for the cards.

And if you're wondering about Danny Jackson, who worked in game one for KC, Dick Hauser wants him to have the extra day rest.

If Bulldog wants the ball, Bulldog will get the ball.

Are you concerned about Tudor

not working for a week and a half, two weeks, before he gets the ball again in game three?

I don't think so.

Tudor's the kind of guy that could go out there and still have good control with that amount of time.

But if I don't pitch Tim Belcher tomorrow, which means he won't pitch until next Tuesday...

I think the time will affect him a lot more than it will affect Tudor.

All right, now manja.

The Minnesota Twins' victory in Game 6 was filled with images that will linger.

John Tudor struggling to hang on to a 5-3 lead.

Before Don Baylor tied the score in the fifth inning.

The base hit by Steve Lombardozzi.

later.

Two and one.

Whitey telling us before the game that everybody on the roster is available but Greg Matthews, the left-hander, and John Tudor, the left-hander.

And Tom Pagnozzi has a touch of the flu, but he's available.

It's better than 50-50 that he will play tomorrow in Game 5.

John Tudor with the bad elbow is finished for the series, and Dr. Jobe said, pending further examinations, it is possible that the elbow injury is career-threatening.

Now, in the Dodger lineup tonight, you've got Danny Heap as the designated hitter, Mike Davis in right field, Mickey Hatcher in left, Franklin Stubbs at first.

The A's lineup was stronger than the Dodgers to begin with, but without Gibson and Marshall, in fairness, pitching aside, and Dodger pitching is excellent...

The scene shifted to the Bay Area for Game 3, and the A's left the Dodgers bashed in blue.

John Tudor left with an injured elbow.

Mike Marshall left with a strained back.

And hometown hero Mark McGuire broke the Dodgers back with a two-out home runoff.