Visitor:  New York Yankees

Home:  Kansas City Royals

Date:  October 3, 1978

American League Championship Series Game 1

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9            R        H         E

NY                  0          1          1          0          2          0          0          3          0             7       16        0

KC                  0          0          0          0          0          1          0          0          0             1       2         2

 

Visitor playmakers:

Graig Nettles, Bucky Dent, Roy White, Brian Doyle, Reggie Jackson

 

Home playmakers:

Fred Patek, George Brett

 

Network:  ABC (WABC New York, WPIX New York)

Announcers:  Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Jim Palmer for ABC; Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White for WPIX

 

Pregame:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  85/100.  Rough commercial edits.  Coverage switches between the national broadcast on WABC and the local broadcast on WPIX.

 

Notes:  Those damn Yankees shut down the Royals again, as Kansas City struggles with inconsistent pitching.  Yankees bats are hot, as evidenced by Reggie Jackson’s three-run shot off Al Hrabosky’s “mad” pitch.  WP – Beattie.  LP – Leonard.

Thanks Rai!

 

Running time:  3:00  (2 discs)