1978 American League Championship Series

New York Yankees (E) 3 vs Kansas City Royals (W) 1
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GAME 1 AT Kansas City, October 3rd

NY   011  020  030           7  16   0
KC   000  001  000           1   2   2

Pitchers       NY - BEATTIE, Clay (6)
               KC - LEONARD, Mingori (5), Hrabosky (8), Bird (9)
Home Runs      NY - Jackson
Attendance     41,143
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GAME 2 AT Kansas City, October 4th

NY   000  000  220           4  12   1
KC   140  000  32X          10  16   1

Pitchers       NY - FIGUEROA, Tidrow (2), Lyle (7)
               KC - GURA, Pattin (7), Hrabosky (8)
Home Runs      KC - Patek
Attendance     41,158
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GAME 3 AT New York, October 6th

KC   101  010  020           5  10   1
NY   010  201  02X           6  10   0

Pitchers       KC - Splittorff, BIRD (8), Hrabosky (8)
               NY - Hunter, GOSSAGE (7)
Home Runs      KC - Brett (3)
               NY - Jackson, Munson
Attendance     55,535
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GAME 4 AT New York, October 7th

KC   100  000  000           1   7   0
NY   010  001  00X           2   4   0

Pitchers       KC - LEONARD
               NY - GUIDRY, Gossage (9)
Home Runs      NY - Nettles, R.White
Attendance     56,356
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NY (E) PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB Reggie Jackson, dh, of .462 4 13 5 6 1 0 2 6 3 4 0 Mickey Rivers, of .455 4 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Chris Chambliss, 1b .400 4 15 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 Graig Nettles, 3b .333 4 15 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 Roy White, of, dh .313 4 16 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 Brian Doyle, 2b .286 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Thurman Munson, c .278 4 18 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Lou Piniella, of .235 4 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bucky Dent, ss .200 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Fred Stanley, 2b .200 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Paul Blair, of, 2b .000 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gary Thomasson, of .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cliff Johnson, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .300 140 19 42 3 1 5 18 7 18 0 PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H ER BB SO Ken Clay 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 3.2 0 0 3 2 Ron Guidry 1 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 1 1 7 Jim Beattie 1 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 5 3 Catfish Hunter 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 5 Rich Gossage 1 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 3 2 0 3 Dick Tidrow 0 0 4.76 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 3 2 1 Sparky Lyle 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 0 0 Ed Figueroa 0 1 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 5 3 0 0 TOTAL 3 1 3.86 9 4 0 0 2 35.0 35 15 14 21
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KC (W) PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB Amos Otis, of .429 4 14 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 5 4 George Brett, 3b .389 4 18 7 7 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 Clint Hurdle, of .375 4 8 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 Pete La Cock, 1b .364 4 11 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 Darrell Porter, c .357 4 14 1 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 Willie Wilson, of .250 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Frank White, 2b .231 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Hal Mc Rae, dh .214 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 Al Cowens, of .133 4 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Freddie Patek, ss .077 4 13 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 Steve Braun, of .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 John Wathan, 1b .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Poquette, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .263 133 17 35 6 3 4 16 14 21 6 PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H ER BB SO Larry Gura 1 0 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 2 2 Al Hrabosky 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 2 Dennis Leonard 0 2 3.75 2 2 1 0 0 12.0 13 5 2 11 Paul Splittorff 0 0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 9 4 0 2 Steve Mingori 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 3 3 0 Doug Bird 0 1 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 Marty Pattin 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 0 0 TOTAL 1 3 4.76 11 4 1 0 0 34.0 42 18 7 18
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