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A home run by Graig Nettles in the eighth inning powered the Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Royals and completed a sweep of the three-game series. With the score tied, 5-5, Nettles hit a 3-2 pitch off the lower edge of the upper deck in right field. New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5Game Played on Wednesday, May 3, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 Yankees 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 x - 6 9 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .272 Poquette lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Munson c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .253 Cowens rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .247 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Porter c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .351 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Hurdle 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .233 Nettles 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .229 Terrell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 White lf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .179 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Spencer dh 3 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Patek ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Piniella ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 White 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .194 Dent ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .219 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 4 1 5 Totals 31 6 9 6 2 6 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 21,230 Left on Base: Royals 4, Yankees 4 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 0 Errors: Patek Home Runs: Otis (3), Hurdle (2), Cowens (2), Spencer (4), Jackson (4), Nettles (2) Stolen Bases: Randolph (4) Caught Stealing: Terrell (2), White (3) Sacrifice Flies: Munson (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(3-4) 7.2 9 6 5 2 6 3 34 3.50 Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.04 Totals 8 9 6 5 2 6 3 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(4-1) 8 10 5 5 1 3 3 33 3.15 Gossage SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.37 Totals 9 10 5 5 1 5 3 36 Wild Pitches: Figueroa 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied out to center; McRae singled to center; Poquette forced McRae (first to shortstop); Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (second to first); Munson singled to right; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Hurdle singled to second [Porter to second]; Terrell grounded out (first unassisted) [Porter to third, Hurdle to second]; Patek grounded out (first unassisted) [Porter scored, Hurdle to third]; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Hurdle scored]; White walked; White was picked off first (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles struck out; White walked; Spencer homered [White scored]; Dent singled to right; Rivers singled to right [Dent to third]; Randolph singled to left [Dent scored, Rivers to second]; Munson flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 3. ROYALS 3RD: Otis homered; McRae flied out to right; Poquette grounded out (second to first); Cowens singled to left; Porter struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Jackson homered; Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles struck out; White struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 4. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle homered; Terrell singled to third; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; Terrell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Dent flied out to left; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis singled to center; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Otis to second]; McRae flied out to right; Poquette struck out; Cowens popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Randolph stole second [Randolph to third (error by Patek)]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Randolph scored (unearned)]; Jackson popped to shortstop; Chambliss popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Hurdle struck out; Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles singled to right; White struck out; Spencer flied out to left; Dent struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 7TH: Patek flied out to center; White singled to center; Otis forced White (second to shortstop); McRae forced Otis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 8TH: Poquette popped to shortstop; Cowens homered; Porter flied out to center; Hurdle popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss struck out; Nettles homered; White walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR SPENCER; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 6. ROYALS 9TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOSSAGE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); LACOCK BATTED FOR TERRELL; LaCock struck out; Patek struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Lahoud flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 6. |
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