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Although K.C. lost, Royal George Brett knocked three balls out of the park in his first three at-bats, setting a record for home runs hit in an A.L. championship game...
...Brett's first homer came in the first inning off Jim "Catfish" Hunter, New York's starter. The lead was short-lived as Reggie Jackson blasted a Paul Splittorff pitch over the right field fence in the second...
...outdone, Brett homered again in the third; but the Bronx Bombers came back in the fourth when captain Thurmon Munson doubled, then came home on a Reggie Jackson single. Lou Piniella followed with a single and Jackson made it home on Royal Fred Patek's throwing error...
...Brett homered to start the fifth, making the score three-all until Roy White and Munson hit back-to-back singles and Jackson whacked a sacrifice fly to score White...
...Royals picked up a run in the first on singles by George Brett (2-for-5) and Amos Otis (3-for-5, 1 RBI) and a Darrel Porter sacrifice. In the second inning, though, they broke the game open, scoring four runs on five hits and a bizarre error by Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent, who hit Clint Hurdle in the back while trying to throw him out at third...