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The Yankees defeated the Dodgers four games to two to win the franchise's 21st World Series championship, their first since 1962, and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. Played from October 11 to 18, the Series was televised onABC. The 2001 Fall Classic between the Diamondbacks and Yankees started later in October because of 9/11 and emotions were at a fever pitch during the three games played in New York.
“Reggie Jackson has seen two pitches in the strike zone tonight. And he’s hit them both in the seats,” Jackson said on the night of Oct. 18, 1977. Legendary ABC play-by-play man Keith Jackson set the scene as Reggie Jackson stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth of Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. Torrez caught the final out of the contest, a popup of an attempted bunt by pinch-hitter Lee Lacy. Yankee fans stormed the field, overwhelming police officers. Jackson shoved his glasses in his pocket, took off his helmet and tucked it under his arm like a football, and started weaving through the crowd like the fullback he had been at Arizona State University.
Three players have hit three home runs in a single World Series game
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After Lopes and Russell grounded out again in the top of the third, Smith put Los Angeles up 3–2 with his third homer of the Series, pounding a 1–1 pitch well into the right center seats. Cey lined an infield hit to third, knocked down by Graig Nettles, but Garvey flew to center to end the threat. Baker atoned for his first-inning error by hitting a three-run homer in the third off Yankee starter Mike Torrez.
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The most mythical home run on this list came in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs. Tied 4-4, Ruth came to home plate and allegedly pointed to the center of Wrigley Field as Charlie Root prepared to pitch. Whether or not he called his shot has been the subject of intense debate, but it remains etched in pop culture and baseball folklore. Prior to Utley’s fine performance, Reggie Jackson held the distinct honor of being the only player to hit five home runs in a World Series. As was the case in 2009, the Yankees were American League champions and were up against Tommy Ladorda’s, LA Dodgers.
Piniella made it 5–3 with an unchallenged sacrifice fly to left field. Dent walked and Torrez grounded out to shortstop to end the inning. The Major League Baseball record for most home runs hit by a batter in a single World Series is five, set by three different players. Most recently, the feat was achieved by George Springer of the Houston Astros in the 2017 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers .
October 18, 1977: Reggie becomes ‘Mr. October’ with 3 home runs in World Series
The Dodgers almost tied the game in the fourth when Ron Cey sent a drive to deep left that Lou Piniella leaped up and caught. Jackson ended the scoring with an opposite-field home run off Rhoden in the sixth inning. Reggie Jackson hit five home runs in the 1977 World Series including three in game 6. Babe Ruth is the only other player in World Series history to hit three home runs in one game. With five games decided by one run, the 1991 World Series between Minnesota and Atlanta is widely considered to be the best of all time.
With complete games pitched consecutively in Games 2 through 6 , as of 2019 this was the last World Series to be completed without a pitcher recording a save. Before the game, Linda Ronstadt sang the national anthem, standing alone in center field wearing jeans and a Dodgers warmup jacket. 1977 AL Cy Young award winner Sparky Lyle took the win in Game 1 and, coupled with his wins in Games 4 and 5 of the 1977 ALCS, as of 2019 is the only pitcher to win three consecutive decisions in a single postseason. The New York Yankees returned to the World Series after being swept by the Cincinnati Reds the previous year.
He was named World Series MVP for the second time in his career, matching his performance in the 1973 World Series with the Oakland Athletics. In the eighth inning of Game 5, however, Yankees manager Billy Martin called on Jackson to pinch hit – and Jackson delivered a run-scoring single that cut the Royals’ lead to 3-2 and led to New York’s eventual 5-3 win. But in the American League championship series against the Royals, Jackson slumped and was eventually benched to start the deciding fifth game after recording just one hit in 14 at-bats in the first four games. Jackson’s three-homer game put an end to a season of turmoil that began when he left Baltimore for New York via free agency following the 1976 campaign. With a tumultuous clubhouse throughout the 1977 season, the Yankees thrived and Jackson hit 32 home runs and drove in 110 runs as New York won 100 games and the American League East title. In the second, New York’s Chris Chambliss smacked a home run to score Jackson (who had reached on a four-pitch walk) tying up the ball game at 2-2.
The series went six games, with the Yankees handing manager Billy Martin his only championship as skipper of the Yankees. Rhoden, a good hitting pitcher, hit a ground-rule double to left, and Davey Lopes followed with a two-run homer off Yankee starter Ron Guidry. The Dodgers scored nothing else off Guidry, as he pitched a four-hit complete game. In extra innings, the Yankees got their leadoff hitters on in both the tenth and eleventh innings but did not score due to failure to lay down sacrifice bunts.
The 1977 Series was the first World Series televised by the ABC network since 1949 and the first since television of the Series started in 1947 not to be televised, at least in part, by rival network NBC. NBC had been the exclusive television network of the Series from 1950 to 1976 and had covered that year's Yankees–Royals and Dodgers–Phillies playoff series that year. As was customary at the time, the competing teams' local flagship stations were allowed to air a simulcast of ABC's national broadcast.
The Pirates jumped out to 4-0 lead in the second inning, but the Yankees battled back to take a 5-4 lead in the sixth and extend it to 7-4 in the top of the eighth. Pittsburgh roared back with five runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 9-7 lead, but New York tied the game in the top of the ninth. Then in the bottom, Mazeroski was the first up and hit the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” to left field on the second pitch to win the Series for the Pirates. It remains the only home run to win Game 7 of a World Series.
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