10 Thursday, October 6, 1977 University Daily Kansan Staff Photo by RANDY OLSO A Rouals celebration Lawrence fans of the Kansas City Royals react to their team's 72 victory over the New York Yankees in the first game of the season. (AP) of cheers at Father's Bar, 2408 lown SL, was brought on by the Royals' rear triple-play in the ninth inning that stopped a three-pointer. Cowens' batting, fielding sparkle NEW YORK (UPI)—Al Cowens, Kansas City's choice for most valuable player, lifted the pressure off the Royals yesterday with his bat, gloved and spirit. Cowens capped Kansas City's 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees in the opening game of the American League playoffs with a 4-1 victory, and eighth inning after a post of earlier singles. But it was Cowens' spectaculair fielding that really deflated the Yankees and helped wipe out the memory of Kansas City's failure in the playoffs against New York last Cowens nonchalantly robbed *Piniaella* of extra bases in the third inning with a catch against the right field wall, nullified a sure hinder by Mickey Rivers in the fifth and made a running catch of a Piniaella bloomer in the sixth. "I it was over the fence," Cowan's said of Rivers' shot, "I jumped and reached over the wall. If I didn't time it just right, it would have been worse. But I thought It had all the way." but had to vote for the best player in baseball, I'd vote for Al Cowsen," said Kyle Shields. John Mayberry, who also contributed is two-run homer, agreed. "Ai can do anything to be in to do baseball." Mayberry said. "He's got my vow." Cowens and the rest of the Royals knew the best-of-five series was far from over but felt the victory meant more than just a one-same lead. "It means a lot to us," Cowens said. "Tomorrow, we can relax more." GEORGE BRETT said. "We were the undergrows coming in, but I don't think we are now. Our hitters were fitted on today." The Royals had a 6-0 lead after the first innings but knew they could not just sit innings. "I figured with six runs we had it," Mayberry said, "but you know the Yankees; they can always back. It was going to be hard and we wanted to score as much as we could." Fred Patek, who contributed a two-run double in the second inning after opening the game with a walk and scoring in the first on Hal McAne's homer, agreed that the Royals had to press for an early advantage. "THEYVE GOT a good linen, loaded with power," Patakeh said. He led off because Herzog felt he might be able to squeeze a walk out of fastball-nicht Don Guttell. "Even when you have two, four, or six- run feet, it's not enough against them." "So," he says. NEW YORK (UPI)—The Kansas City Royals' juggernaut, which stormed through the American League at a .786 pace after June 17, struck swiftly yesterday with two run homers by Hal McAfee and John Maybury and a "gift" two-run double by Joe Mayser's New York Knicks in 7-2 in the first game of the league championship series. The Royals, who had hoped for at least a split of the two games at Yankee Stadium in their best-of-five series, wasted no time in winning by scoring six runs in the first three innings. Don Gallett, the Yankees' $1.9-million southpaw, was the victim of most of the damage when he failed to fulfill his own demands for a trade — keeping their speed men off the bases. GULLETT WALKED the Royals' first battier of the game, Patek, and McRae followed with a home run that just cleared the 387-foot sign in left field. Gullett retired the first two Royals in the second inning before Yankee disaster struck again. Darrell Porter walked and Frank White had an infield single. Patek then hit a groundout to score for White, standing along the left field line. Porter scored easily and left fielder Lori Piniaille, thinking the ball had been touched by a spectator, nonchantly lobbed the ball back to the infield, allowing White to churn clamming through the second run of the innings for a 4-1 lead. Whitey Herzog, Royals' manager, said, "I made a note in my Iankee folder the last time we were here that Gullett is a high-ball player. If he should have him leading off, 'I don't want to make myself out to be a genius, but Freddie walked on four straight pitches and Hal Gullett finished the imbuing but he also was finished for the game—and maybe even for the crowd. Billy Marty, Yankee manager, said, "He came in and told us to get him out of them after the second inning. He said his arm was broken. He said what that been bothering him all year." Gullett's successor, Dick Tidworn, was more successful in calming the rambunctious Royals but not until first allowing the second of three hits by AI Cowens and Mayberry's 400-foot rocket into the right ramp, which made the score 6-0 in the third. The Yankees, after being foiled by Paul Spitlitorff in the first two innings, finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third when Mickey Rivers, who had three hits, led off with a single and, one out later, Thurman Munson horned into the left field seats. LOS ANGELES (UPI) – There's an old Hollywood axiom that if the script does not work completely the first time, it try again before a new audience and test the results. Dodgers' victory evens NL series That idea worked perfectly for the Los Angeles Dodgers last night when Dusty Baker and Jason Kipchick, Coya's script and belated a grand slam hammer that led the Dodgers to a 7-1 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies and ended their National League championship series at one time. After a travel day today, the best-of-five series switches to Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium for the third game tomorrow night. The Phillies, however, still must be regarded as having the upper hand because their 81 games played at home this year. FEWER THAN 24 hours earlier, Cey had made baseball history by becoming the first player ever to hit a grand slam in a National League playoff competition and that butt for nothing as the Phillies rallied for two runs in the pith to win 7-5. This time works worked differently. Baker's homer, which came off Jim Lonborg, put the Dodgers ahead 5-1 and that was all they needed because Don Sutton lived up to his reputation as one of baseball's top "money" pitchers. Sutton, who was unlucky this year in compiling a 144-mart, was tagged for nine huts but only one, a solo home by Bake McBride in the third inning, did any Royals power way to win damage as he posted his third victory without a loss in playoff competition. "I just think it's more fun to pitch with something like this on the line," Sutton said. "I enjoy it a lot more. I believe pressure is an individual thing. "I GOT A call this morning from somebody who asked me if I felt tense. Well, holy cow, if they best our best pater last year and we would do it would for me to worry about it all day?" Royals vs. Yankees 7:00 p.m. No cover 7 ft.T.V.screen in main bar OLD CARPENTER HALL SMOKEHOUSE SPECIAL Original Hickory Pit BBQ FIFTY CENTS OFF ANY PIT BBQ SANDWICH All our meats are Slow-Roasted over a Hickory-Fire to give you the finest in Deep Pit Barbeque Flavor. Open Mon.-Thurs. 11-9 Offer Good With This Ad Only Fri. & Sat. 11-11, Sun. noon to 9:00 p.m. Offer void on home game days *Coupon expires 10-31-17* 719 Mass. But Kansas City had already caused too much destruction. "Those early runs were very important because Splitter was struggling." Herzog said. "They enabled me to go as far as I did with him. He was nervous and was hit hard early. 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