New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5
League Championship Series Game 3 Played on Friday, October   6, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium
Royals       1  0  1    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   5 10  1
Yankees      0  1  0    2  0  1    0  2  x  -   6 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              5   3   3   3     0   0   .429      Rivers cf             1   0   1   0     0   0   .556
McRae dh              5   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Blair ph,cf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Otis cf               3   1   2   0     1   1   .500      White lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .333
Porter c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .364        Thomasson lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
LaCock 1b             3   0   2   0     1   1   .400      Munson c              4   2   3   2     0   0   .286
Hurdle lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .429      Jackson dh            3   2   2   3     0   0   .600
  Wilson pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Piniella rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .286
Cowens rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .167      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     1   1   .100      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .500
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Stanley 2b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   5     3   7             Totals               31   6  10   5     0   3

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 55,445
Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 2
DP: Royals 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Patek
Doubles: LaCock (2), Porter (1), Otis (1), Munson (1)
Triples: LaCock (1)
Home Runs: Brett 3 (3), Jackson (2), Munson (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (4)
Caught Stealing: Patek (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (1)
GIDP: White (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              7.1   9   5   4   0   2   1  29   4.91
Bird L(0-1)             0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1   9.00
Hrabosky                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.00
Totals                  8    10   6   5   0   3   2  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  6     7   3   3   3   5   3  26   4.50
Gossage W(1-0)          3     3   2   2   0   2   0  12   6.00
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   7   3  38

Passed Balls: Munson (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Terry Cooney, LF - Lou DiMuro, RF - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Brett homered; McRae flied out to right; Otis
singled to second; Otis stole second; Porter flied into a double
play (center to third) [Otis out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; White grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivers out at
second]; Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: LaCock doubled to center; Hurdle flied out to center
[LaCock to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Patek
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson homered; Piniella flied out to right;
Nettles flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett
homered; McRae was called out on strikes; Otis walked; Porter
doubled to right [Otis to third]; LaCock walked; Hurdle struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley struck out; Dent flied out to right;
Mickey Rivers reinjured his left leg; BLAIR BATTED FOR
RIVERS; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 4TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Cowens lined to
center; Patek walked; White flied out to left; Patek was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Munson doubled
to right; Jackson singled to center [Munson scored]; Piniella
singled to left [Jackson scored (error by Patek) (unearned),
Piniella to third]; Nettles flied into a double play (left to
catcher) [Piniella out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett homered; McRae flied out to center; Otis
struck out; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss flied out to right; Stanley was called
out on strikes; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 6TH: LaCock tripled to center; Hurdle struck out; Cowens
grounded out (second to first); Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); White
singled to left; Munson singled to left [White to third];
Jackson lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [White scored];
Piniella singled to right [Munson to third]; Nettles grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees
4.

ROYALS 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); White popped to
shortstop; Brett flied out to center; McRae grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Stanley flied out to
left; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Yankees 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis doubled to right; Porter singled to left [Otis
scored]; LaCock struck out; Hurdle singled to center [Porter to
third]; WILSON RAN FOR HURDLE; Cowens forced Wilson (shortstop
to second) [Porter scored]; Munson allowed a passed ball [Cowens
to second]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Blair popped to
second; White singled to center; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); Munson homered [White scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED
BIRD (PITCHING); Jackson flied out to left; Piniella was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 6.

ROYALS 9TH: THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); BRAUN BATTED
FOR WHITE; Braun struck out; Brett flied out to left; McRae
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 6.