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Show YANKEES TOPPLE BREWERS Home run blasts by Reggie Jackson, Oscar Gamble and Rick Cerone gave the New York Yankees a 7-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth and deciding game of the AL East mini-series Sunday. Jackson tied the game in the fourth inning with a two-run homer and Gamble followed with a solo shot to send the Yankees against their former manager Billy Martin and his Western Division champion Oakland A's in a five game American League championship series. Oakland downed Kansas City in three games. Dave Righetti pitched three innings in relief of Ron Guidry and picked up the decision that gave the Yankees their fifth division title in six years and left the Brewers one victory short of becoming only the second team ever to win a best of five series after losing the first two games. The Yankees overcame a 2-0 Brewer lead with four runs in the fourth inning. Righetti allowed a run in the seventh that let the Brewers pull within 4-3 4-3 but Cerone homered in the seventh for a 5-3 lead. Goose Gossage pitched the last two innings to earn his third save of the series. Righetti, a rookie, posted a 2-0 record in the series. |