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Miley BB CD 1977 ALCS Game 5
 Called by Frank Messer, Bill  White and Phil Rizzuto

The Yankees score 3 runs in the ninth to win the ALCS in 5 games. Singles by Paul Blair, Mickey Rivers, a walk to Roy White, and an error do the damage.

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New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 3

League Championship Series Game 5 Played on Sunday, October 9, 1977 (N) at Royals Stadium

NY  A    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   5 10  0
KC A 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rivers cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0
Randolph 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 2
Munson c 5 0 1 1 0 1 7 1
Piniella lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 1
Johnson dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jackson ph,dh 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Blair rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
White ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4 3 3 27 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Nettles-Randolph-Chambliss.
BATTING - 
2B: Piniella (3,off Splittorff); Johnson (2,off Splittorff).
SF: Randolph (1,off Littell).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rivers (1,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter).
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Patek ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
McRae lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 3
Cowens rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 5 0
Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Wathan 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Rojas dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3 3 6 27 16
FIELDING - 
E: Brett (2).
BATTING - 
2B: McRae (3,off Guidry).
3B: Brett (2,off Guidry).
GDP: Patek (1,off Lyle).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rojas (1,2nd base off Torrez/Munson); Otis (2,2nd base off Torrez/Munson).
CS: Brett (1,2nd base by Torrez/Munson).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Guidry 2.1 6 3 3 0 1 0 13
Torrez 5.1 3 0 0 3 4 0 20
Lyle W(2-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Totals 9 10 3 3 3 6 0 37
Inherited Runners - Scored: Torrez 1-0; Lyle 2-0.
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Kansas City Royals           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Splittorff 7 6 2 2 2 2 0 29
Bird 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Mingori 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Leonard L(1-1) 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2
Gura 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Littell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 10 5 4 3 3 0 41
Splittorff faced 1 batter in the 8th inning
Leonard faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
Gura faced 1 batter in the 9th inning
Inherited Runners - Scored: Bird 1-1; Mingori 2-0; Gura 2-1; Littell 2-2.
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Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Marty Springstead, 
LF - Russ Goetz, RF - Jim McKean