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The 1977 American League Championship Series was a five-game series in Major League Baseball's 1977 postseason played between October 5 and 9, 1977, between the Eastern division champion New York Yankees and the Western division champion Kansas City Royals. The games were played at Yankee Stadium (Games 1–2), and Royals Stadium (3–5).
When the series moved to Los Angeles, the Yankees took Game 3 off a complete game performance from Mike Torrez, and ace Ron Guidry pitched yet another complete game for the Yankees in Game 4 as they went up 3–1 in the series. In Game 5, the Dodgers, thanks to a complete game performance from Don Sutton, blew out the Yankees, 10–4, to send ...
The team finished in first place in the American League East with a record of 100–62 (.617), 2½ games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles to successfully defend their division title. In the best-of-five League Championship Series (ALCS), they beat the Kansas City Royals in five games.
1977 ALCS. The Royals won 102 games in the regular season, while the Yankees were 100-game winners. After taking the opening game of the ALCS, the Royals showed they weren’t going to be pushed ...
The 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 48th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 19, 1977, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the ...
The ALCS and NLCS, since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and Games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not. The series concludes when one team records its fourth win.
- The ALCS Game 5 pitching matchup is due to be Yankees' lefty Carlos Rodon, the Game 1 winner, vs. right-hander Tanner Bibee, lifted after 1.1 innings (2 earned runs) in ALCS Game 2 at Yankee ...
Long before Boston Red Sox second baseman Pokey Reese threw to first base off a grounder by New York Yankees pinch hitter Ruben Sierra in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 in the 2004 ...