Page 10 University Daily Kansan, October 9, 1980
NY magic disappears in opener
By GENE MYERS Sports Editor
Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—"Mr. October"
fell yesterday afternoon in Royals
Stadium, and he took the rest of the
New York Yankees down with him.
Reggie Jackson, whose October heroics have won championships for New York and Oakland, choked in the clutch yesterday and the Kansas City Royals opened the American League Championship Series with a 7-2 victory. Game 2 is at 7:25 tonight in Royals Stadium.
Jackson, the Yankee's cleanup hitter,
stranded five runners. He did it by
watching strike three break by in the
fifth inning and topping a meek
grounder to second in the seventh.
The Royals led 4-3 both times.
The Yankees, who had won two of three playoff openers from the Royals, never threatened again.
"I KNWE THE game was in the balance in the seventh, and things looked bad for the Bromx Bombers," he said. "But the mighty Casey has gone down.
"When the ball came in the fifth, I thought it was a high fastball. I backed off and heard the umpire say, 'You're through.'"
So many times in the three playoff grudge matches between New York and Kansas the Yankees have pulled the nails from the coffin to defeat the
Royals. This time the Royals used extra-strong nails.
After Jackson's last stand in the seventh, George Brett hit a solo home run and Frank White drove in two runs. With a 7-2 lead entering the ninth, Royal starter and winner Larry Gura coasted to victory.
Gura, who went 18-10 during the regular season but failed nine times to win his 19th game, was battered in the beginning. In the second, Lou Pinella and Rick Cerone hit back-to-back home runs into the left field cheap seats.
BUT GURA SLOWED everything down—his windup, his pitches and the ball game. He took a half-m minute between pitches, and his assorted slow sliders, curve balls and changedups to an eternity to reach the plate. His motion was so slow and easy that he looked almost asleep.
As the pace slowed, Gura took control. He gave up one hit an inning from the third to the sixth but was never in serious trouble.
In the seventh, two two-out singles put runners at the corners. Jackson stepped to the plate, practicing his home run swing. The Royals' ace reliever, Dan Quisenberry, wasn't ready in the bullpen.
With a record 42,598 people on their feet in every seat and ale, Jackson missed a rare fastball with a huge swing. The crowd crowmed. Another huge swing came, but the ball trickled to second baseman White. Easy out.
"THAT PITCH was the key to the game," Gura said. "I threw it down the middle, but I guess he was looking for something that worked." I wanted something to put in the bullpen.
Jackson's grounder buried the Yankees for Game 1.
"We all felt like something was going to happen with Reggie at the plate." Yankee manager Dick Howser said. "You expect it. When Reggie is hitting, he can hit anything, and in October he generally is at his best.
"But Gura proved too tough for him. Well, Gura was touch on all of us."
Had Jackson gotten a hit, Gura would have been removed. He would have faced the same fate in the second inning and back-to-back homers and a double.
"I WAS READY TO pull him in the second, but he said he was all right." Royals manager Jim Frey said. "I was very proud, seventh, but he said he was all right again."
"I just asked him if he was tired. I tried to hibernate him but Jackson from his home in the bay found him in the bed."
Willie Mays Aikens the game-winning RBI with a two-run single in the third, while had a two-run bloop in the fourth; he check the Yankees in the homestand of the third.
Ron Guidy struggled through three mings to earn the loss, his first in three games.
ROYALS MEET! In toon'ts game,
New York will start Rudy May, 15-5.
and Kansas City will use Dennis Leonard, 20-11.
Nether Royal manager Jim Frey or Yankee manager Dick Hower would announce his starting lineups for the game at Yankee Grigio Netties is expected to start.
George Brett's home run gave him five in American League playoff games.
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