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Bucky Dent blasted a three-run home run that helped defeat the Red Sox in the Yankees' 5-4 win in the one-game playoff.

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Dent had just four home runs all year before popping one into the net.

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Red Sox manager Don Zimmer lifted starter Mike Torrez after Dent's home run.

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Yankees reliever Goose Gossage, center, was able to retire the Red Sox without allowing a run in the ninth to secure the win.

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The win allowed the Yankees to move on to the American League Championship Series.

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Yankees owner George Steinbrenner came to the Red Sox clubhouse and shook hands with Carlton Fisk after the game.

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"I feel so sorry for Mrs. Yawkey," left fielder Carl Yastrzemski said of the team owner.

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A disappointed Zimmer took questions in his office after the game.