New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 1978 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 11

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Munson c 4 1 0 0
Jackson dh 4 1 3 1
Piniella rf 4 2 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Stanley 2b 2 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Doyle 2b 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 1 2
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 2 2 5
Russell ss 5 1 3 0
Smith rf 5 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 0
Baker lf 4 2 3 1
Monday cf 2 2 1 0
  North ph,cf 1 1 1 2
Lacy dh 3 0 1 1
Yeager c 4 1 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 10
New York 000 000 320591
Los Angeles 030 310 31x11152
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (0-1) 1.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Clay   2.1 4 4 3 2 2
  Lindblad   2.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Tidrow   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
3
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (1-0) 7.2 8 5 3 2 4
  Forster   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
7

  E–Dent (1), Lopes (1), Russell (1).  DP–New York 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–New York Stanley (1,off John), Los Angeles Monday (1,off Figueroa); North (1,off Lindblad); Russell (1,off Tidrow).  HR–New York Jackson (1,7th inning off John 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Baker (1,2nd inning off Figueroa 0 on, 0 out); Lopes 2 (2,2nd inning off Figueroa 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Clay 2 on, 1 out).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Tidrow/Munson).  WP–Clay (1).  U–Ed Vargo (NL), Bill Haller (AL), John Kibler (NL), Marty Springstead (AL), Joe Brinkman (AL), Frank Pulli (NL).  T–2:48.  A–55,997.
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