New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
August 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1978 at Memorial 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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New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
  Rivers ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0
Munson c 5 0 1 0
Jackson rf 5 0 3 1
Piniella lf 4 2 2 1
Nettles 3b 5 1 2 1
Chambliss 1b 5 0 3 0
Johnson dh 4 0 2 2
  Thomasson pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 16 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2
May dh 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 0
Mora lf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 3 2
Dauer 2b 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez cf 3 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
New York 110 020 1005160
Baltimore 012 001 000471
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (19-2) 7.0 7 4 4 1 8
  Gossage  SV (20) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   4.2 11 4 4 0 3
  Martinez  L (3-3) 1.2 4 1 1 2 1
  Kerrigan   2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
3
6

  E–Flanagan (2).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–New York Nettles (20,off Flanagan); Johnson (8,off Flanagan); Piniella 2 (27,off Flanagan 2), Baltimore Murray (29,off Guidry).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (23,3rd inning off Guidry 1 on, 2 out); Dempsey (6,6th inning off Guidry 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dent (6,off Kerrigan).  IBB–Rivers (2,by Kerrigan).  IBB–Kerrigan (5,Rivers).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:38.  A–20,501.
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