Bronx Bombers sweep rival Bosox in 3 straight

Game 1 - Yankee Stadium
Clemens vs. Guidry
Ron Guidry started the game pitching lights-out, setting the Red Sox down in order in the first three innings. Joe DiMaggio his a two-run shot in the seventh to give the Yanks a lead they would never relinquish. Mickey Mantle's two-run single in the fifth made it 5-0. In the seventh inning, cruising through a two-hit shutout, Guidry injured himself and had to be pulled. Fritz Peterson finished the game and continued to blank the /sox allowing only two hits. New York cruised along to a 7-0 win in Game One.

Game 2 - Yankee Stadium
Eckersley vs Reynolds
Cy Young candidate Allie Reynolds took the mound against Dennis Eckersley in Game 2. Eck was punished early when “Mr. October”, Reggie Jackson, hit a three-run homer in the first. The Red Sox came back with a two-run shot by Vern Stephens but from then on it was all Yankees. Reynolds would only give up one more hit, while Eckersley got hammered for four unanswered runs. Oddly enough, despite giving up seven runs Eckersley finished the game for Boston. Reynolds would pitch eight innings and give up only three hits, with Rich Gossage coming in in the ninth to record two strikeouts and a popup. The final tally was 7-2 New York.

Game 3 - Fenway Park
Stottlemyre vs Stanley
The Yankees game to Boston a win away from the LCS, and opened like they meant to win. After a steal of third by Rickey Henderson, Phil Rizzuto's RBI single made it 1-0 in the first. Thurman Munson hit a two-run shot in the second, and the Sox answered with two runs in their half of the inning. But in the third Don Mattingly drove in two with a double, followed by an RBI groundout from Joe DiMaggio, and rout was on. The Yankees added a run in the fourth and two in the sixth. The Red Sox tried to comeback, with a Ted Williams sac fly in the fifth and an RBI double from Darrell Evans in the sixth, but the Yanks kept tacking on runs. Bob Stanley eventually gave way to Bill "Spaceman" Lee, and in the ninth Lee gave up six consecutive hits and five runs. The Sox scored two off Sparky Lyle on a triple by Jim Rice and a single from Fred Lynn, but the hole was far too deep. The Yankees eliminated the Sox willing by ten runs, 16-6. The Yanks outscored the Sox 30-8 over the three games, and face the AL West Champion Minnesota Twins in the ALCS.

--submitted by Michael Hopcroft--