Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
April 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 2 0
Belanger ss 4 1 3 0
Roenicke lf 3 0 1 2
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Lopez rf 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Munson c 4 0 2 1
Jackson rf 2 2 1 1
Chambliss 1b 2 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 2 1
Spencer dh 3 0 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 8 4
Baltimore 100 001 100390
New York 100 200 001480
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   8.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Martinez T.  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   6.2 7 3 3 2 4
  Lyle  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (2,off Guidry).  3B–New York Randolph (1,off D Martinez).  HR–New York Jackson (2,9th inning off T Martinez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Roenicke (1,off Guidry).  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  CS–White (2,2nd base by D Martinez/Dempsey); Jackson (3,2nd base by D Martinez/Dempsey).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–(none), 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:18.  A–15,628.
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