Two wild pitches brought home the winning run as the Orioles decisioned the Yankees, 3-2. The Yanks jumped into the lead in the second inning on Paul Blair's two-run double, but the Orioles tied the game in the fourth on a double by Billy Smith and homer by Ken Singleton. Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Wednesday, May 31, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IOrioles 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Smith 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .296 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Murray 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Munson c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .283 Singleton rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .312 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Zeber ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .325 DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .247 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .315 Dauer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Dempsey c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Johnson dh,c 2 1 1 0 1 0 .200 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .225 Blair rf 2 0 1 2 1 0 .217 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Totals 34 3 7 2 2 6 Totals 30 2 3 2 3 4 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 21,404 Left on Base: Orioles 6, Yankees 4 DP: Orioles 0, Yankees 1 Errors: Nettles Doubles: Smith (9), Dempsey (4), Chambliss (7), Blair (3), Johnson (5) Home Runs: Singleton (4) Stolen Bases: Dempsey (1) GIDP: Murray (8) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(6-4) 9 3 2 2 3 4 0 33 3.20 Totals 9 3 2 2 3 4 0 33 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa L(5-3) 8 7 3 2 2 6 1 33 2.87 Clay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.43 Totals 9 7 3 2 2 6 1 36 Wild Pitches: Figueroa 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Don Denkinger ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow struck out; Smith grounded out (second to first); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph was called out on strikes; Munson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton singled to left; Kelly flied out to center; May flied out to right; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella popped to catcher; Chambliss doubled to left; Nettles flied out to right; Johnson walked; Blair doubled to left [Chambliss scored, Johnson scored, Blair to third (on throw to home)]; Dent struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (second to first); Belanger flied out to center; Harlow popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson walked; Piniella forced Munson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Smith doubled to right; Murray flied out to center [Smith to third]; Singleton homered [Smith scored]; Kelly flied out to center; May singled to left; DeCinces popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles struck out; Johnson doubled to left; Blair walked; Dent forced Blair (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey reached on an error by Nettles; Dempsey stole second; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Dempsey to third]; Belanger walked; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Dempsey scored (unearned), Belanger to second]; Harlow grounded out (second to first) [Belanger to third]; Smith walked; Murray grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 5TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Kelly flied out to left; May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 7TH: JOHNSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); FIGUEROA REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); DeCinces struck out; Dempsey doubled to right; Belanger flied out to center [Dempsey to third]; Harlow grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 7TH: Johnson popped to shortstop; Blair popped to shortstop; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 8TH: Smith singled to right; Murray singled to right [Smith to third]; Singleton struck out; Kelly struck out; May popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph popped to catcher in foul territory; ZEBER BATTED FOR FIGUEROA; Zeber flied out to center; Jim Palmer ejected by HP umpire Steve Palermo; he was not in the game; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. ORIOLES 9TH: CLAY REPLACED ZEBER (PITCHING); DeCinces flied out to right; Dempsey flied out to right; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 9TH: DAUER REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING 3B); Piniella popped to second; Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 2. |
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".