Submitted by Gary Maurer - Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 2:00 PM
Game 1
The crowd in Yankee Stadium expected to see a low scoring pitching battle between Ron Guidry and Steve Carlton, instead they saw 4 early runs, 2 by each club and a total of 19 hits in the game. Mike Schmidt opened the scoring with a 367 foot 2 run dinger off Guidry. The Yanks answered in the bottom of the 1st with 2 of their own on a 2 run single by Rick Cerrone after Carlton walked 2. Carlton had control problems throughout the game, giving up 7 walks in 7 innings. Philly added another run in the 2nd on a Willie Montanez double that scored Larry Bowa. The score remained 3-2 until the 4th when Willie Randolph doubled off the wall in left scoring Guidry, then Ken Griffey singled to score Randolph giving the Yanks a 4-3 lead. Philly tied the game at 4 in the 7th when Mike Schmidt hit his second homer of the game, a 375' solo shot out of left field. New York took the lead in the bottom of the 7th when a Jerry Mumphrey triple scored Randolph and then Dave Winfield had a SAC fly RBI to score Mumphrey, 6-4 Yanks. Philly came close in the 9th, with runners at 1st & 3rd no one out but could only manage 1 run with Gossage striking out Luzinski, Cash, and Boone to save the game.
Yankees 6 Phillies 5
Game 2
Jim Lonborg vs Tommy John. Philly puts 3 on the board in the 4th when Larry Bowa
doubled in Dave Cash, Bob Boone scored on a Del Unser SAC fly and Tony Taylor drove in Bowa on a single. Philly made it 4-0 in the 6th on a Taylor SAC fly, scoring Bowa. New York put up 2 in the 6th to cut the lead in half. A Butch Wynegar single scored Jerry Mumphrey and a Greg Nettles SAC fly scored Mumphrey. Philly added an insurance run in the 8th on a Jay Johnstone SAC fly scoring Bowa. 5-3 Phils. Gene Garber came on in the 8th to close out the Philly win.
Phillies 5 Yankees 3
Game 3
The Yankees roughed up Philly starter Dick Ruthven by scoring 5 runs in 4.1 innings, sending the Philly starter to an early shower. Yankee starter Dave Righetti scattered 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 6.2 innings. Righetti struck out 8 and walked 5. New York posted 2 in the 1st when with 2 outs a Dave Winfield triple scored Mumphrey, then Ken Griffey singled, scoring Winfield. Philly scored 1 in their half of the 1st on a Mike Schmidt solo HR. New York scored 1 in the 2nd to make it 3-1 and opened it up to 5-1 in the 4th when Roy Smalley smacked a 2 run homer to right center. Philly put up 1 in the 5th but the Yanks added runs in the 6th & 7th to pull away.
Yankees 7 Phillies 2
Game 4
Dave Winfield hits for the cycle and downs the Phillies with 4 RBI's. New York was
coasting along with a 5-1 lead into the 6th but Philly put up 3 in the bottom of the 6th to pull within 1 capped by a Jay Johnstone 2 run HR, 5-4 Yanks. Philly tied the game at 5 in the 7th and hoped to pull one out for the home faithful. The Yankees ended all hopes of a Philly comeback in the 8th by putting up 3 runs highlighted by a 2 run double by Dave Winfield. Rich Gossage closed out the 9th, after walking the first 2 batters, he struck out the side to move the Yankees into the next round.
Yankees 8 Phillies 5 – New York Wins Series 3-1 Click here to view series box scores
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