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The 1978 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in Major League Baseball's 1978 postseason pitting the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1978 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals for the third straight year to win ...
Game 6 of the 1978 World Series was the last for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash on August 2, 1979, at Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] These historical rivals would meet each other again in the World Series in 1981 and 2024 , which were both won by the Dodgers.
October 6 – The Yankees overcome three home runs by the Royals' George Brett to win Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, 6–5, and take a 2 games to 1 series lead. October 7 – The Los Angeles Dodgers win their second consecutive National League pennant over the Philadelphia Phillies, with an extra-inning 4–3 win in Game 4 ...
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 1978 New York Yankees season was the 76th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 100–63, finishing one game ahead of the Boston Red Sox to win their third American League East title. The two teams were tied after 162 games, leading to a one-game playoff, which the Yankees won.
The New York Yankees couldn't hold on to a 5-3 lead and lost to the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of the ALCS. ... the Cleveland Guardians in game 3 of the American League Championship Series at ...
The 1978 Kansas City Royals season was their tenth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their third consecutive American League West title with a record of 92–70. For the third postseason in a row, Kansas City lost to the New York Yankees , falling 3-1 in the ALCS .
The Los Angeles Dodgers win the National League Championship Series, three games to one, with a 4–3 home victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Bill Russell's 10th-inning, two-out single scores Ron Cey with the winning run. A walk to Cey and a routine liner that Garry Maddox muffs in center field sets up Russell's game-winner.