New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
April 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1979 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 7, Baltimore Orioles 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 0 0
  Blair cf 2 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Munson c 5 0 3 1
Piniella rf 3 1 1 0
  Johnstone ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Johnson dh 3 1 2 0
  Jackson ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 1
Nettles 3b 4 2 3 2
White lf 4 0 1 0
Dent ss 4 1 2 1
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 15 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 3 1
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 0 0 0 1
Singleton rf 5 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
May dh 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 1 0
Garcia lf,2b 2 1 1 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 0
  Harlow pr 0 1 0 0
Dempsey c 3 2 2 1
Dauer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 1 2
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
New York 000 012 0317150
Baltimore 000 000 4026100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   6.1 5 3 3 4 1
  Gossage  W (1-0) 2.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Mirabella   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   5.2 9 3 3 0 1
  Stewart  L (0-1) 2.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Stanhouse   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
2

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, Baltimore 1.  PB–Munson 2 (2).  2B–New York Johnson (2,off McGregor); Dent (1,off Stanhouse), Baltimore Singleton (2,off Guidry); Dempsey (2,off Gossage); Bumbry (1,off Gossage).  3B–New York Dent (1,off McGregor).  HR–New York Jackson (1,8th inning off Stewart 1 on, 1 out); Nettles (1,8th inning off Stewart 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore DeCinces (1,7th inning off Guidry 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Chambliss (1,off McGregor); Kelly (1,off Tidrow).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Bob Roesner, 2B–Wayne Keister, 3B–Jim O'Connor.  T–2:58.  A–16,721.
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