1980 ALCS

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1980 AL Championship Series (3-0): Kansas City Royals (97-65) defeated New York Yankees (103-59)

• BR 1980 ALCS Summary

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Game 1 1.2 Game 2 1.3 Game 3 1.4 1980 Postseason 2 Further Reading

[edit] Results

[edit] Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yankees	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	1
Royals	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	X	7	10	0
WP: Larry Gura (1-0), LP: Ron Guidry (0-1)
Home Runs: NYY - Rick Cerone (1), Lou Piniella (1) KC - George Brett (1)

• Attendance: 42,598

[edit] Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Royals	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Dennis Leonard (1-0), LP: Rudy May (0-1), SV: Dan Quisenberry (1)
Home Runs: NYY - Graig Nettles (1)

• Attendance: 42,633

[edit] Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	12	1
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0
WP: Dan Quisenberry (1-0), LP: Rich Gossage (0-1)
Home Runs: KC - George Brett (2), Frank White (1)

• Attendance: 56,588

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[edit] Further Reading

• Thomas Boswell: "1980: It Wasn't Pretty But It Sure Was Fun", in How Life Imitates the World Series, Penguin Books, New York, 1982, pp. 265-281.