Word: inning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Angeles Dodgers staved off two late-inning rallies by the New York Yankees to take the first game of the 75th World Series at Chavez Ravine...
...much time to reflect on the annual sadness of autumn, the fact that the Royals have again lost the American League pennant in the playoffs. Two images linger in the mind: Yankee Chris Chambliss hitting the home run in 1976 that beat the Royals in the final inning of the final game, and, in 1977, Royals' Shortstop Fred Patek openly and unashamedly weeping while he sat alone on the bench after another final-game loss to the Yankees. Wait until next year, the Royals' fans kept muttering, in the classic fashion of losers, and now next year begins...
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...
...Phillies took the lead in the second inning when Ted Sizemore singled with two on, scoring Mike Schmidt from second. Carlton followed with a three-run blast over the left-field wall...
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...