New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 22, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 2 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 2 1 0
Munson c 3 1 0 0
Jackson dh 4 0 2 3
Piniella rf 5 0 1 3
Chambliss 1b 5 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 5 0 1 0
White lf 5 0 2 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph 0 1 0 0
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 9 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 1 1 1
Norris lf 3 1 1 0
  Speed lf 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 3
Cage dh 3 1 2 2
Alexander c 5 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 2 2 0
Briggs rf 5 1 2 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 2 1
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 0
  Griffin pr 0 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
New York 300 001 003 0790
Cleveland 401 100 010 18120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   3.0 5 5 5 2 0
  Lindblad   4.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Lyle   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Gossage  L (10-11) 1.2 1 1 0 2 3
Totals
9.2
12
8
7
6
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   5.1 7 4 4 3 3
  Kern   3.1 0 3 3 2 5
  Monge  W (4-3) 1.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
9
7
7
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Munson 2 (6).  2B–New York Jackson (13,off Waits), Cleveland Cage (3,off Figueroa).  HR–New York Chambliss (12,6th inning off Waits 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (32,1st inning off Figueroa 2 on, 1 out); Cage (3,1st inning off Figueroa 0 on, 1 out); Briggs (1,4th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Randolph (4,by Waits); Johnstone (3,by Kern).  SH–Cage (1,off Lindblad).  IBB–Carbo (1,by Gossage).  SB–Randolph (34,2nd base off Waits/Alexander); Kuiper (4,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson).  WP–Gossage (5).  HBP–Waits (2,Randolph); Kern (3,Johnstone).  IBB–Gossage (8,Carbo).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:57.  A–10,035.
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