October 12, 1980: Phillies rally to clinch NL pennant in 10 innings at Astrodome
In spite of the previous night’s 5-3 loss in 10 innings, the Houston Astros were confident of victory as they prepared to face the Philadelphia Phillies on October 12 in the “winner-take-all” Game Five of the 1980 NLCS. In addition to being a battle-tested team that had already survived a one-game playoff with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West Division title, they had won one of two games in Philadelphia and were certain that they could prevail over the Phillies in the Astrodome. The 44,802... Читать дальше...