Original radio broadcast of Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS played on October 6, 1978, between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees, at Yankee Stadium. Thurman Munson's 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th helps to offset George Brett's 3 homers. Called by Frank White and Denny Matthews. This is an authorized production of the famous Miley Collection, on 2 CDs. Postage is $2.50. Thanks for looking.
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Box score below courtesy of Retrosheet.org:
KC A 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 10 1
NY A 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 x - 6 10 0
BATTING
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Brett 3b 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 1
McRae dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0
Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0
LaCock 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 5 0
Hurdle lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 6 1
Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5 3 7 24 6
FIELDING -
DP: 2. White-Patek-LaCock, Hurdle-Porter.
E: Patek (2).
BATTING -
2B: LaCock (2,off Hunter); Porter (1,off Hunter); Otis (1,off Gossage).
3B: LaCock (1,off Hunter).
HR: Brett 3 (3,1st inning off Hunter 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off Hunter 0 on
1 out,5th inning off Hunter 0 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Otis (4,2nd base off Hunter/Munson).
CS: Patek (1,2nd base by Hunter/Munson).
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Rivers cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Blair ph,cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
White lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Munson c 4 2 3 2 0 0 7 1
Jackson dh 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
Piniella rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Stanley 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 6 10 5 0 3 27 8
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Rivers-Nettles.
PB: Munson (1).
BATTING -
2B: Munson (1,off Splittorff).
HR: Jackson (2,2nd inning off Splittorff 0 on 0 out); Munson (1,8th inning
off Bird 1 on 1 out).
SF: Jackson (1,off Splittorff).
GDP: White (1,off Splittorff).
Team LOB: 2.
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Splittorff 7.1 9 5 4 0 2 1 29
Bird L(0-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals 8 10 6 5 0 3 2 32
Inherited Runners - Scored: Bird 1-1.
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New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Hunter 6 7 3 3 3 5 3 26
Gossage W(1-0) 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 12
Totals 9 10 5 5 3 7 3 38
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Terry Cooney,
LF - Lou DiMuro, RF - Rich Garcia