The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 12, 1977-Page 9
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BLAIR'S SINGLE WINS IT IN 12th
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- slashed a shot through the left side of balls and came all the way home on Bill backed Mickey Rivers to the runni
, the Yankee infield to plate' Baker with Russell's triple tp the gap in left-center track in center field, some 400 feet fro
the tying tally. field. After Reggie Smith walked, Ron p .
(By The Associated Press)
. NEW YORK - Paul Blair, in-
serted in the ninth inning for his
defense, drilled a 12th-inning
jingle into left field to- score
Willie Randolph with the win-
ing run as the New York
Yankees nipped the Los An-
geles Dodgers 4-3 last-night in a
thrilling' opening game of the
1977 World Series.
Sparky Lyle retired 11 consecutive
batters after surrendering a game-
tying pinch single to Lee Lacy in the
ninth and nailed down the victory in
relief of Don Gullett, who pitched a
courageous 8 1-3 innings in atough duel
with the Dodgers' Don Sutton.
As the game whirled past midnight
and into extra innings, the Yankees
twice put leadoff men on first base but
were unable to move them against
reliever Mike Garman as reserve cat-
cher * Jerry Grote thwarted two
sacrifice attempts with dazzling defer
sive plays.
The Dodgers rallied in the top df th
ninth to tie the score at three and sen
the game into extra frames. Dust
Baker, the MVP of the Dodgers NI
playoff win over the Phillies, lined a 2-
Gullett pitch to left for a single.
After pinch hitter Manny Mota flie
softly to right, Gullett walked catche
Steve Yeager on four pitches. Lee Lacy
pinch hitting for the pitcher promptly
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The Yankees had taken their 3-2 lead
in the bottom of the eighth on a run-
scoring, hit-and-run double to left by
Thurman Munson which sent Willie
Randolph home.
'The Dodgers jumped in front, nicking
Gullett for two quick runs in the first
inning when the Yankees' left-hander
walked three batters.
,Dave Lopes opened with a base on
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Cey's sacrifice fly scored Russell,
making it 2-0.
Smith was caught in a run-down while
tryingto steel. After walking Steve
Garvey, Gullett got Dusty Baker to end
the inning on a ground ball to third.
New York came back with a run in its
half of the first on consecutive two-out
singles by Thurman 'Munson, Reggie
Jackson and Chris Chambliss.
Chambliss was batting fifth in the
Yankee lineup because Manager Billy
Martin made a last-minute switch,
dropping Graig Nettles to the No. 6
spot.
Gullett got into a third-inning jam
with two out when. Smith singled and
Cey walked. Then Garvey's long drive
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Sutton settled down after the first
retiring 11 consecutive Yankee, batters
until Bucky Dent singled with one out in
the fifth. Gullett sacrificed Dent: to
second, but Rivers' line drive toright
ended the inning.
The Dodgers almost scored in the six-
th. Garvey laid down a perfect bunt
single with one out and Baker flied out
before Glenn Burke delivered a hit
and-run single to right.
Rivers and Jackson appeared :to.
hesitateon the hit and Garvey tried to
score. But Rivers recovered the ball
and threw to Munson, whose hnging
tag caught Garvey,in a close play at the
plate.
Willie Randolph opened the Yankee's'
sixth with a home run into the left field
stands and going into the seventh, the
score was tied 2-2.
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THE DODGER'S Steve Garvey is tossed out at home plate by the Yankees Thurman Munson in the fifth inning of
the first game of the 1977 World Series. The Dodgers were leading at the time, 2-1, but Willie Randolph later tied
up the game with a home run. The Yankees took the lead, 3-2 in the eighth inning on a double by Munson, scoring
Randolph.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Di-
Maggio, one of the all-time greats on
the New York Yankees, who was
scheduled;to throw out the first ball
of the first World Series game,
watched the New York-Los Angeles
opener on television - if at all.
Upset by a hassle over tickets, the
Rall of Fame outfielder declined to
go to Yankee Stadium and one friend
quoted him as saying: "I don't care if
I ever go to the Stadium again."
DiMaggio had come to the ball
park early Tuesday to pick up tickets
for friends and, like scores of others,
was left to cool his heels.
He was unable to get through to his
Ci pper
friend, owner George Steinbrenner of
the Yankees.
"I will watch the game from my
room on television," he told a friend
after leaving the park. A Minneapolis
newsman, who ran into DiMaggio at
a midtown restaurant shortly before
the game, quoted the so-called
"Yankee Clipper" as saying:, "I
didn't want the tickets for myself. I
was getting them for some friends."
DiMaggio Was registered at a
midtown hotel but was not available
immediately for comment.
Meanwhile, Steinbrenner was re-
ported to have phoned DiMaggio with
an apology and a request to throw out
the first ball before the second game
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Tuesday night. It was not known
whether this offer was accepted.
DiMaggio's absence caused a stir
among Commissioner Bowie Kuhn
and his baseball hierarchy, occupy-
ing a box next to the New York
Yankees' dugout.
"At first, it was thought maybe we
could get Governor Carey in a
hurry," a spokesman said. "Then,
we decided onWhitey Ford."
Ford is another Hall of Famer, one
of the Yankees' great left-handed
pitchers.
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