Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 2
League Championship Series Game 3 Played on Friday, October   7, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  1
Royals       0  1  1    0  1  2    1  0  x  -   6 12  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Poquette rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
White lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .400        Otis ph,cf          2   0   1   2     0   0   .100
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .333      McRae lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .273
Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .091        Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Brett 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .231
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .091      Cowens cf,rf          4   0   0   2     0   1   .250
Piniella dh           3   0   1   1     0   1   .273      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Lahoud dh             1   2   0   0     2   0   .000
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Wathan ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .444      Porter c              4   1   3   0     0   0   .571
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .444
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   4   1     1   4             Totals               33   6  12   6     2   2

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 41,285
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Royals 7
DP: Yankees 0, Royals 0
Errors: White, Mayberry
Doubles: White 2 (2), Piniella (1), McRae 2 (2), Otis (1), Mayberry (1)
Stolen Bases: White (1), Otis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek 2 (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(0-1)           5.2   8   5   5   2   1   0  27   7.94
Lyle                    2.1   4   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.38
Totals                  8    12   6   6   2   2   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(1-0)          9     4   2   1   1   4   0  32   1.00
Totals                  9     4   2   1   1   4   0  32

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Bill Deegan, LF - Jerry Neudecker, RF - Russ Goetz


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers popped to first in foul territory; White
doubled to left [White out at third (left to third)]; Munson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to left; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Poquette to second]; Brett reached on a
fielder's choice [Poquette out at third (pitcher to third)];
Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Lahoud
walked; Porter singled to left [Lahoud to second]; Patek singled
to left [Lahoud scored, Porter to third, Patek to second (error
by White)]; White struck out; Poquette grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Randolph
flied out to right; Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae doubled to right; Brett singled to second
[McRae to third]; Cowens grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae
scored, Brett to second]; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted) [Brett to third]; Lahoud lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Rivers flied out to left; White grounded out
(second to first); Munson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to right; Patek flied out to right;
White singled to first; White stole second; Poquette flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss was called out on strikes; Nettles singled to
shortstop; Piniella doubled to left [Nettles scored]; Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae doubled to left; Brett grounded out (second to
first) [McRae to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to first)
[McRae scored]; Mayberry flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
flied out to right; White popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Lahoud walked; Porter singled to pitcher [Lahoud to
second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lahoud
to third, Porter to second]; White flied out to left; LYLE
REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); OTIS BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Otis
doubled to left [Lahoud scored, Porter scored]; Otis stole
third; McRae flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
1, Royals 5.

YANKEES 7TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Munson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Jackson walked; Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to right; Cowens struck out; Mayberry
doubled to right [Brett scored, Mayberry out at third (right to
second to third)]; WATHAN BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Wathan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 6.

YANKEES 8TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Piniella struck
out; Randolph flied out to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR DENT;
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); Porter
singled to right; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Porter to second]; White flied out to center [Porter to
third]; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
1, Royals 6.

YANKEES 9TH: ZDEB REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Rivers popped to
first; White doubled to right; Munson flied out to center;
Jackson reached on an error by Mayberry [White scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Jackson to second]; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Royals 6.