Editing Kansas City Royals (section)

====1985 World Series====
{{Main|1985 World Series}}

In the 1985 World Series (nicknamed the "I-70 Series" because the two teams are both located in the state of [[Missouri]] and connected by [[Interstate 70]]) against the cross-state [[1985 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]], the Royals again fell behind, three games to one. After Danny Jackson pitched the Royals to a 6–1 win in game five, the Cardinals and Royals headed back to Kansas City for game six. Facing elimination, the Royals trailed 1–0 in the bottom of the 9th inning, when [[Jorge Orta]] led off, hitting a bouncing ground ball to Cardinals 1st basemen [[Jack Clark (baseball)|Jack Clark]], who flipped the ball back to pitcher [[Todd Worrell]] at first base. The ball beat Orta to the bag, but umpire [[Don Denkinger]] called him safe, and following a dropped popup by Clark and a passed ball, the Royals rallied to score two runs, winning on a walk-off single from pinch hitter [[Dane Iorg]] to send the series to game seven. In game seven [[Bret Saberhagen]] shutout the Cardinals as Kansas City dominated the Cardinals 11–0, clinching their first title in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web|title=1985 World Series Kansas City Royals over St Louis Cardinals|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1985_WS.shtml|access-date=June 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130235354/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1985_WS.shtml|archive-date=November 30, 2007}}</ref>