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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...
...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...
Meanwhile, the Yankees kept blowing opportunities to score against Gura (16-4 on the year). Dent and Munson grounded into double plays to kill potential rallies in the second and third innings, and going into the seventh frame the World Champs had but four hits and no runs...
...Yankees, meanwhile, were busy belting baseballs to every part of plush Royals Stadium. After surviving first inning singles by Thurman Munson and Jackson when Graig Nettles' 400-foot drive to deep center was caught, Leonard promptly got himself in trouble in the second by serving up a curveball that the black bat of Roy White ripped down the right field line for a double. Monday's hero, Bucky Dent, then singled White home and the Yanks were on their...