<Tr> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="24"> WP: Burt Hooton (1--0) LP: Catfish Hunter (0--1) Home runs: LAD: Ron Cey (1), Steve Yeager (1), Reggie Smith (1), Steve Garvey (1) NYY: None </Td> </Tr> <P> With aces Ron Guidry and Mike Torrez having both pitched in Game 5 of the ALCS, Billy Martin was forced to use a sore - shouldered Catfish Hunter in Game 2 . The Dodgers hit three homers in the first three innings off Hunter, as Ron Cey hit a two - run home run in the first, Steve Yeager a solo home run in the second, and Reggie Smith a two - run home run in the third . Steve Garvey hit a solo home run in the ninth off of Sparky Lyle . Burt Hooton pitched a five - hit complete game, allowing only run one in the fourth on Reggie Jackson's ground ball double player after Willie Randolph and Thurman Munson led off the inning with back - to - back singles . Hooton made amends for his meltdown in Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS . </P> <P> About an hour before the first pitch, a fire had started in Public School 3, an abandoned elementary school a few blocks east of Yankee Stadium . During the game, ABC cut to a helicopter camera for an overhead view of Yankee Stadium and the surrounding neighborhood, catching the fire . Howard Cosell intoned, "There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning ." This became the title for a book and television miniseries focusing on the year 1977 in New York City . </P>

Who hit 5 home runs in the 1977 world series