Baseball misplaced a legend on Tuesday.
Former Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who turned the one participant in MLB historical past to win Rookie of the Yr and the Cy Younger Award in the identical season in 1981, died at 63, three days earlier than Sport 1 of the 2024 World Collection between the Dodgers and Yankees.
The 2 iconic franchises final met within the Fall Basic in 1981 through the top of “Fernandomania.”
Affectionately generally known as “El Toro” (which interprets to “The Bull”), Valenzuela received Sport 3 of the Dodgers’ 4-2 collection win over the Yankees.
His win was Los Angeles’ first within the collection after New York took a 2-0 lead. Valenzuela pitched his thirteenth full recreation of the season within the 5-4 residence win, permitting 4 earned runs and putting out six batters on 147 pitches.
It was on no account his finest efficiency, as Valenzuela allowed 9 hits, together with two residence runs, and 7 walks, however he held the Yankees to 1-for-10 with runners in scoring place and acquired Yankees outfielder Lou Piniella to strike out swinging for the sport’s remaining out.
