The Michigan Daily-Sunday, October 9, 1977-Page 7
A.L. PLAYOFF SERIES DECIDED TONIGHT
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By The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY - Rubber-armed
Sparky Lyle, the last dependable
pitcher in New York's bullpen, bailed
the Yankees out with 5s innings of
shutout relief and saved Saturday's
6-4 victory over Kansas City that tied
the seesaw American League pen-
nant playoff at two games each.
The fifth and deciding game will be
played tonight at 8:15 p.m. with the
winner advancing to the 1977 World
Series against the National League
champion beginning Tuesday night.
LYLE PERMITTED just two hits
and shut off a Royal comeback that
nearly wiped out an early 4-0 Yankee
lead. It was a great clutch perform-
ance by Lyle, who led the American
League by pitching in 72 games and
had a piece of 39 of New York's 100
regular-season victories with 13 wins.
and 26 saves.
Using his slider and some tight
New York defense, the left-handed
reliever kept the Yankees' cham-
pionship hopes alive in this do-or-die
game. He came on with runners at
first and third in the fourth inning
and retired George Brett on a rally-
ending line drive that left Kansas
City's comeback one run short. .
Then he kept the Royals away for
the rest of this windy, chilly after-
noon.
The margin of victory in this tense,
tight game was an unearned run the
Yankees scored in the fourth when
Kansas City committed two errors.
WILLIE RANDOLPH, whose sec-
ond-inning single touched off a
two-out, two-run Yankee rally, led off
with a grounder to shortstop. Freddie,
Patek, who nearly drove the Yankees
to distraction with a single, double
and triple, threw wide to first and
Randolph was safe.
Bucky Dent sacrificed and then
Mickey Rivers popped to first, but
John Mayberry dropped the ball for
an error. Given another swing,.
Rivers advanced Randolph with a
grounder to short and Graig Nettles
singled the runner home.
That unearned run was all that was
left of the Yankee lead when Lyle
arrived, with the Yanks ahead 5-4.
He protected the lead tenaciously,
weaving his way through a lineup
that was trying to nail down Kansas'
City's first pennant ever.
THE YANKEES, seeking to avoid
elimination, came out fast against
Royals starter Larry Gura. Rivers,
who had four hits, opened the game
with a first-pitch double to right-
center field. He moved to third on an
infield hit by Nettles and scored on
Thurman Munson's forceout ground-
er.
New York added two more runs in
the second on Randolph's single,
an RBI double by Dent and Rivers'
single through the middle.
When Gura-surrendered a leadoff
double to Munson in the fourth and
then walked Reggie Jackson, Marty
Pattn relieved for the Royals. Lou
Piniella laced a perfect hit-and-run
single to right field, making it 4-0,
and it looked like the Yankees were
on their way to a laugher.
It did not, however, turn out that
way.
PATEK OPENED the Kansas City
third against Yankee starter Ed
Figueroa with a triple over Jackson's
head in right. Frank White's sacri-
fice fly brought him home.
With two out, Hal McRae singled
up the middle and scored on Brett's
triple down the right-field line. Al
dffli
Cowens walked, but Mayberry ended
the rally by striking out.
After the Yankees added their
unearned run in the fourth, the
Royals knocked out Figueroa with
two more runs.
Amos Otis drew a one-out walk and
scored from first on Patek's double
- his sixth hit of the series and the
fourth that went for extra bases. That
made it 5-3 and finished Figueroa.
DICK TIDROW relieved for the
Yankees, but White greeted him with
a ringing double that brought Patek
home and left the Yankees only one
run' in front. Tidrow got Tom
Poquette on a grounder that moved
Patek to third, but walked McRae on
a 3-2 pitch.
Now, with the lefty-swinging Brett
coming up, Yankee Manager Billy
Martin went for Lyle, the southpaw
reliever. The strategy paid off, with
Brett drilling a line drive to Piniella
in left field, ending the inning.
Now the game rolled into the
middle innings with Lyle hanging
onto that narrow one-run lead. He
came into the game with the knowl-
edge that he was Martin's last
healthy arm available in the bullpen,
and that the game was his to win or
lose.
He dominated it, permitting only
singles by Patek in the sixth and
Brett iri the seventh. Before Brett's
hit, McRae backed Piniella to the left
field wall on a ball that seemed to
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stay in the park only because of a
gusty, 19-mile-per-hour wind that
was blowing from left to right all day
long.
FOLLOWING Brett's single, Cow-
ens cracked a shot at third baseman
Nettles, who started a snappy double
play that ended the inning. It was th'e
last piece of help Lyle needed.
He mowed the Royals down in
order in the eighth and ninth innings
and had the luxury of an extra run in
the ninth, courtesy of Rivers' fourth
hit of the game.
Rivers opened the Yankee ninth
with a single, reached second on a
wild pitch, advanced to third on
Nettles' long fly and trotted home on
Munson's sacrifice fly.
That made it 6-4 and kept the series
going for one more day. It also
continued the trend these two teams
established in the playoffs last year.
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AFTER STUMBLING, Yankee left fielder Lou Piniella hauls in a Hal
McRae drive in the seventh inning of yesterday's American League playoff
game. New York won 6-4, thus sending the playoffs into the deciding fifth
game.
BUCKEYES BLANK BOILERMAKERS:
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Minnesota
By The Associated Press only 11 of
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Dave Holsclaw threw two
kicked field goals of 33, 18, 24 and 20 Purdue
yards for a school and Kinnick Stadium and 0-2 in
record to lead Iowa to an 18-6 Big Ten once. Th
Conference victory over Minnesota in Ohio State
college football yesterday. before H
Senior quarterback Tom Mc- tions to ha
Liughlin, in his first start since being Springs
injured in the season opener, hit wing- most of t
back Jesse Cook on a 27-yard pass for gan sidel
Iowa's lone touchdiown. only 10 t
The rivalry between the two teams, yards.
dating to 1891, became heated in the Ohio St
closing seconds when coaches of both into four
teams had to restrain their players Leonar
from going onto the field following a punt and
roughing the kicker penalty that gave ble by Jo
Minnesota a reprieve and a chance for due territ
another touchdown with less than a
minute remaining.
A fumble by Avery on the Minnesota llni
15-yard-line set up Iolsclaw's fourth MADIS
field goal. Nick Quartaro held the old serve qua
Iowa field goal record with three again- pleted 11
st Michigan State a year ago. yard tou
. The Iowa defense held the Gophers to les, and ti
61 yards rushing and did not allow a four turns
single pass completion in the first half. victory ov
Tailback Rod Morton led all rushers Wiscon
with 115 yards in 16 carries. at 3-0, me
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Freshman full- nine of hi
back Joel Payton scored four times 12-yard r
while Mike Guess and Ron Springs de- half for t
livered the big plays as fourth-ranked 'Illinois,
Ohio State trampled Purdue 46-0 yes- Ten, was
terday in Big Ten Conference football mage pla
Payton, who now leads the Buckeyes
with eight touchdowns this season,
scored on runs of one, one, 10 and two 1
yards before 87,707, the 54th straight
sellout in Ohik Stadium. His perfor-
mance helped the Buckeyes to a 4-1
overall record and 2-0 in the confer-
ence.
Guess, a defensive halfback, re-
turned a pass interception 65 yards for
a touchdown on the fifth play of the
game, setting the Ohio State rout into
motion. .
The veteran Ohio State defense blunt-
ed fthe nation's second-ranking passer,
Purdue freshman Mark Herrmann. The
6-foot-5 Herrmann, averaging 22 com-
pletions before Saturday, connected on
surprised
f 21 passes for 117 yards and manage a first
interceptions. quarter.
, falling to a 2-3 overall record . Steve Veith ca
n the league, threatened only with a 22-yard fie
e Boilermakers drove to the took a 3-0 lead la
e 20 early an the fourth quarter James Coleman
errmann threw two incomple- kickoff 57 yards
altthedrive. However, fresi
, a junior tailback shouldering recovered a Cole
he rushing load with Jeff Lo- later and the B
ined with an injury, carried yard, nine-play
imes for a game-leading 151 Tim Halleran's
run as Wisconsin
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of its first five touchdowns.
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Joe Allergo recovered a fum- EVANSTON,:
hn Skibinski, all deep in Pur- returned a punt
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down until the third
apped a 16-play .drive
ld goal as the Badgers
te in the first quarter.
returned the ensuing
to the Wisconsin,34.
hman Dave Ahrens
man fumble two plays
adgers launched a 74-
drive culminated by
one-yard touchdown
made it 10-0.
* *
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I. - Dave Abrams
38 yards for a touch-
k Burnett, Scott Arnett
each scored once yes-
Indiana to a 28-3 vic-
awkeyes
tory over Northwestern in a Big Ten
football name.
Northwestern took the opening
kickoff and marched to the Hoosier 8-
yard-line before it settled for a 25-yard
field goal by Sam Poulos and a 3-0 lead.
Abrams returrned a hurried punt by
Bob Schmitt 38 yards early in the
second quarter for the touchdown
which put the Hoosiers ahead to stay.
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