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BoilerRocketScientist · 04-22-2013, 10:47 PM

Game 3 moves the series to the Bronx as the Seattle Mariners take a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees and hope to close out the series. On the hill for Seattle will be Burt Hooton (10-15, 4.84) who Seattle obtained in July from Atlanta. Since joining the Mariners, Hooton went 8-8 with a5.19 ERA. Opposing him, New York sends Luis Leal who had a successful rookie campaign earning 12-4 record with a 3.14 ERA in 23 starts.

Seattle struck first in the 2nd scoring 2 runs after loading the bases with zero outs off of Leal who was lucky to get out the jam giving up only the pair of runs. Seattle advanced the lead to 6-0 after scoring 4 more runs in the top of the 3rd while knocking Leal out of the game. Leal had problems finding the strike zone giving up 4 walks in addition to 6 hits in his 2.2 innings of work.

New York got on the board in the bottom when Carlton Fisk homered for the first Yankee hit and run making the score 6-1. In the 4th, George Vuckovich gave New York their 2nd hit and run when he led off with a solo homer off of Hooton who had a penchant for giving up the long ball giving up 28 for the season.

In the top of the 6th, Seattle again loaded the bases with no outs off of reliever Mike Jones. After a Dave Stapleton single scored 2 runners and a Ruppert Jones walk re-loaded the bases, Richie Zisk cracked a liner over the left-field wall for a GRAND SLAM raising the score to 12-2!!! An additional run in the 6th gave Seattle a huge 13-2 lead.

New York managed a pair of runs off of Burt Hooton in the bottom of the 6th but they didn’t have enough offense. So, with Barry Bonnell closing his mitt on a soft fly ball to left from Joe Morgan, Seattle advances to their first World Series in their 5th year in the league!!! The offense was huge scoring 13 runs on 12 hits but were able to coax 8 walks off of 4 New York pitchers. Burt Hooton (1-0) got the win giving up 4 runs on 5 hits in his 6 innings of work. Relievers Sheldon Burnside, Brian Kingman, and Dave Geisel finished the game.

Seattle scored 23 runs in the 3-game sweep of New York with Richie Zisk earning the ALCS MVP by going 6/13, 3 HR’s, 7 RBI’s, and scoring 5 runs. Zisk has considered retirement after enduring a torn labrum during the 1980 season but Seattle GM Woody Tobias was able to coax him back to the majors and he had a banner season and will play in his first World Series!

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BoilerRocketScientist All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 611	1981 - ALCS, Game 3 Game 3 moves the series to the Bronx as the Seattle Mariners take a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees and hope to close out the series. On the hill for Seattle will be Burt Hooton (10-15, 4.84) who Seattle obtained in July from Atlanta. Since joining the Mariners, Hooton went 8-8 with a5.19 ERA. Opposing him, New York sends Luis Leal who had a successful rookie campaign earning 12-4 record with a 3.14 ERA in 23 starts. Seattle struck first in the 2nd scoring 2 runs after loading the bases with zero outs off of Leal who was lucky to get out the jam giving up only the pair of runs. Seattle advanced the lead to 6-0 after scoring 4 more runs in the top of the 3rd while knocking Leal out of the game. Leal had problems finding the strike zone giving up 4 walks in addition to 6 hits in his 2.2 innings of work. New York got on the board in the bottom when Carlton Fisk homered for the first Yankee hit and run making the score 6-1. In the 4th, George Vuckovich gave New York their 2nd hit and run when he led off with a solo homer off of Hooton who had a penchant for giving up the long ball giving up 28 for the season. In the top of the 6th, Seattle again loaded the bases with no outs off of reliever Mike Jones. After a Dave Stapleton single scored 2 runners and a Ruppert Jones walk re-loaded the bases, Richie Zisk cracked a liner over the left-field wall for a GRAND SLAM raising the score to 12-2!!! An additional run in the 6th gave Seattle a huge 13-2 lead. New York managed a pair of runs off of Burt Hooton in the bottom of the 6th but they didn’t have enough offense. So, with Barry Bonnell closing his mitt on a soft fly ball to left from Joe Morgan, Seattle advances to their first World Series in their 5th year in the league!!! The offense was huge scoring 13 runs on 12 hits but were able to coax 8 walks off of 4 New York pitchers. Burt Hooton (1-0) got the win giving up 4 runs on 5 hits in his 6 innings of work. Relievers Sheldon Burnside, Brian Kingman, and Dave Geisel finished the game. Seattle scored 23 runs in the 3-game sweep of New York with Richie Zisk earning the ALCS MVP by going 6/13, 3 HR’s, 7 RBI’s, and scoring 5 runs. Zisk has considered retirement after enduring a torn labrum during the 1980 season but Seattle GM Woody Tobias was able to coax him back to the majors and he had a banner season and will play in his first World Series!