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Texas Rangers 2, Seattle Mariners 1
GAME #4 (winners’ bracket first round): Mario Mendoza’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and turned out to be the game-winner for the Rangers. Billy Sample led off the inning with a double and he was sacrificed to third to set up Mendoza. The Rangers outhit the Mariners…
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Boston Red Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (12)
GAME #3 (winners’ bracket first round): A marathon contest finally ended in the bottom of the 12th inning when Carl Yastrzemski doubled with one out, and Carney Lansford followed with an RBI single to right. The game was 0-0 after nine innings. Minnesota finally broke through in the top of the 10th when John Castino…
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New York Yankees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 0
GAME #2 (winners’ bracket first round): Dave Winfield hit a pair of two-run home runs and Ron Guidry threw a two-hit shutout in the Yankees’ win. Winfield’s blasts came in the first and seventh innings. Willie Randolph had an RBI single in the fifth inning for the other run. Guidry walked two and struck out…
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Kansas City Royals 8, Cleveland Indians 3
GAME #1 (winners’ bracket first round): Kansas City scored five runs in the first three innings to break out to an early lead. Five Royals had multiple hits, led by three apiece by George Brett, Amos Otis and John Wathan. Brett doubled twice and Wathan drove in three runs. Dennis Leonard threw a complete game…
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