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Both teams split the first two games at Yankee Stadium - the Royals blew out the Yankees in Game 1 thanks to stellar pitching from starting pitcher Paul Splittorff and closer Doug Bird. In Game 2, the Yankees evened the series with a 6–2 victory as starting pitcher Ron Guidry pitched a complete game.
Royals vs. Yankees: Highlights from Game 2. A late home run was too little too late for New York. ... Phillies 2. Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6. Game 3: Tuesday on FOX/FS1, 5:08 p.m. ET.
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).
Game 4 was a pitchers' duel between Yankees' ace Ron Guidry and Royals' ace Dennis Leonard, which would be won by the former as the Yankees narrowly prevailed by one run to secure the pennant. Both teams would meet again in the 1980 ALCS - where the Royals finally broke through, and in the ALDS in 2024 , which was won by the Yankees.
The Royals are in the middle of a series against baseball’s best team. These were their issues on Tuesday. The Kansas City Royals are being tested by MLB’s best team, the Yankees: Game 2 recap
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 Yankees overcame a midseason deficit of 14 games and went on to win a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to win the Eastern crown and finish with 100 wins. Unlike the prior two ALCS which went five games, this one took the Yankees only four games to wrap up, and the Yankees went on to represent the American League in the 1978 World ...
In Game 2, the Royals, thanks to excellent relief pitching from Paul Splittorff, as well as five errors committed by the Yankees, evened the series headed to the Bronx. In Game 3, the Royals jumped out to an early 3–0 lead after the first inning, but the Yankees rallied with five unanswered runs in the fourth and sixth innings respectively to ...