1971 +/- ALDC New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals

Game 1 Fritz Petereson starts for the Yankees and Dick Drego for the Royals. Ron Blomberg opened the scoring in the 4th with a HR. It stayed that way til the 7th when Thurman Munson hit a 2 run homer to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead. But the Royals finally got to Peterson in the 9th. Amos Otis opened the 9th with a double, followed by a Lou Pinella single to make it 3-1. Paul Schaal followed with a single and Bob Oliver hit a sac fly to cut it to 3-2 with the tying run on first, but Peterson got the next 2 out for the Yankees win. Fritz Peterson got the win, Dick Drago suffered the loss. Yankees 3 Royals 2 Yankees lead 1 game to none

Game 2 Yankee ace Mel Stottlemyre faced Royals Mike Hedland. It was a true pitching duel. There was no scoring through 8 innings with each team managing only 2 hits each. In the bottom of the 9th, with 2 outs, Ron Bloomberg hit a single off Al Fitzmorris. Felipe Alou also singled to send Bloomberg to 3rd. Ron Hansen then singled the winning run. Mel Stottlemyre goes all the way with a 2 hit shutout for the win. Al Fitzmorris suffered the loss. Royal starter Mike Hedland went 7 innings giving up only 2 hits.

Yankees 1 Royals 0 Yankees lead 2 games to none

Game 3 The Yankees go with Steve Kline against Royals Paul Splittorff. The Royals get their first lead of the series in the 2nd when Paul Splittorff grounds out, but Paul Schaal scored on the play. The Royals add another run in the 5th when Freddy Patek triples and Lou Piniella singles him in to make it 2-0. Splittorff is cruising at this point giving up only 1 hit through 8 innings. But, Gene Michaels singles to lead off the 9th. The Royals then bring in Ted Abernathy to try to finish out the game. The Yankees send up Felipe Alou to pinch hit and he hits a single, sending Michaels to third. Horace Clarke hits a perfect double play ball to Bobby Knoop, but goes right underneath his glove, letting Michaels score to make it 2-1. Munson grounds out to shortstop advancing both runners, the tying run to 3rd and the go ahead run at second. The Royals decide to intentally walk Bobby Murcer, to face Roy White with the bases loaded. White hits a single to tie the score. Ron Swoboda then comes up with the bases loaded. Ted Abernathy is so rattled, he hits Swoboda, scoring the go ahead run. Ron Hanson then ground to first base, but the Royals couldn't turn the DP, and Murcer scored to make it 4-2. The Royal go down in the 9th and the Yankees make a great comeback to win the series. Steve Kline gets the win. Ted Abernathy suffers the loss.

Yankees 4 Royals 2 Yankees win the series 3 games to 0
--submitted by Jim Halperin--