In a rematch of the previous year's division winners, Kansas City and New York once again battled to the final inning of Game 5 before the American League champion was crowned. The Yankees, trailing two games to one, captured Game 4 in Royals Stadium to force another dramatic showdown in Game 5. Kansas City opened up a 3-1 advantage, but late-game heroics, including a three-run ninth inning, produced a 5-3 Yankee triumph.
| Game 1 • at New York • Wednesday, Oct. 5 | |||||||||||||
| Royals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| SPLITTORFF, Bird (9) and Porter; GULLETT, Tidrow (3), Lyle (9) and Munson. HR: McRae, Mayberry, Cowens, Munson. T-2:40 A-54,930. | |||||||||||||
| Game 2 • at New York • Thursday, Oct. 6 | |||||||||||||
| Royals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | x | - | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| HASSLER, Littell (6), Mingori (8) and Porter; GUIDRY and Munson. HR: Johnson. T-2:58 A-56,230. | |||||||||||||
| Game 3 • at Kansas City • Friday, Oct. 7 | |||||||||||||
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Royals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | x | - | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| TORREZ, Lyle (6) and Munson; LEONARD and Porter. HR: none. T-2:19 A-41,285. | |||||||||||||
| Game 4 • at Kansas City • Saturday, Oct. 8 | |||||||||||||
| Yankees | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Royals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Figueroa, Tidrow (4), LYLE (4) and Munson; GURA, Pattin (3), Mingori (9), Bird (9) and Porter. HR: none. T-3:08 A-41,135. | |||||||||||||
| Game 5 • at Kansas City • Sunday, Oct. 9 | |||||||||||||
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Royals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Guidry, Torrez (3), LYLE (8) and Munson; Splittorff, Bird (8), Mingori (8), LEONARD (9), Gura (9), Littell (9) and Porter. HR: none. T-3:04 A-41,133 (178,483). | |||||||||||||
