Word: homers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...indeed it was a photo finish. The Sox seemingly had the contest and the pennant wrapped up after touching Yankee ace Ron Guidry for two runs in the first five innings--one on a towering Yaz homer in the second, the other on a Jim Rice single...
With the Fenway crowd at first in shock, and then comatose, the visitors upped the lead to 5-2 against reliever Bob Stanley on Thurman Munson's RBI double and Reggie Jackson's solo homer...
...assault continued in the sixth frame with four more runs, and Greg Luzinski topped off the evening with a homer in the ninth...
Davey Lopes provided the fireworks for the Dogs, driving a fourth-inning homer deep to left field for all the offense John needed. Lopes later singled and tripled for two more RBIs, finishing the game with more total bases than the entire Philadelphia squad. Steve Yeager's one-out single in the fifth scored Dusty Baker from second for Los Angeles' other...