1976 American League Championship Series
| 1976 American League Championship Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 9 – 14 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Joe Brinkman, Larry Barnett, George Maloney, Bill Haller, Art Frantz, Larry McCoy | ||||||||||||
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| Television | ABC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Bob Uecker (Game 1), Keith Jackson (Games 2–5), Howard Cosell and Reggie Jackson | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Ned Martin | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Billy Martin | 97–62, .610, GA: 10½ | |
| Kansas City Royals (2) | Whitey Herzog | 90–72, .556, GA: 2½ |
The 1976 American League Championship Series was won by the New York Yankees, who defeated the Kansas City Royals, 3–2.
New York won the series, 3–2.
Saturday, October 9, 1976, at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
The opener was played on a bright Saturday afternoon at Royals Stadium and pitted Yankee ace Jim "Catfish" Hunter against left-hander and ex-Yankee Larry Gura. The Yankees got off to a quick start, scoring two in the first aided by a pair of George Brett throwing errors. Hunter was in top form and went the distance, not going to a three-ball count the entire game. While the Royals were able to halve that margin going into the ninth, Roy White's two-run double in the top of the frame gave the Yanks two insurance runs that were the final scoring in a tidy 4–1 win.
Sunday, October 10, 1976, at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
Five Yankee errors helped key the Royals series-tying win. Lefty Paul Splittorff was solid with 5 2⁄3 innings of work in relief of Brooklyn native Dennis Leonard, while Yankee reliever Dick Tidrow was ineffective and permitted three more KC runs to score in the eighth after relieving starter Ed Figueroa with one out in the sixth. The series, now tied at one, moved to New York and newly remodelled Yankee Stadium for the remaining three games.
Tuesday, October 12, 1976, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
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