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...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...
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...
Meanwhile, Garvey gave the Dodgers their fourth homer, ninth run, and seventh extra-base hit with his final moonshot of the evening in the top of the ninth...
...Royals notched RBIs, with the big blow coming on little Fred Patek's two-run homer into the left-field seats in the seventh off Dick Tidrow, who otherwise pitched fairly well in 52/3 innings of relief...