Posting his 14th victory of the campaign, Ron Guidry hurled a four-hitter as the Yankees blanked the Twins, 4-0. The Yanks got two runs in the first inning on singles by Willie Randolph, Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson and a balk by Twin pitcher Darrell Jackson. A double by Fred Stanley and RBI single by Mike Heath added another run in the seventh and an RBI single by Rivers accounted for the final tally in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      20, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   4 10  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .255      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Rivers cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .254      Carew 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .347
Munson rf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .294      Ford cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .291
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .298      Rivera rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .296
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   2   .288      Morales dh            4   0   2   0     0   0   .326
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Kusick lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Johnson dh            2   0   0   0     2   0   .190      Smalley ss            2   0   1   0     1   1   .271
Stanley ss            4   2   3   0     0   0   .257      Wolfe 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Heath c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .308      Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .181
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jackson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   3     3   4             Totals               29   0   4   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 30,660
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Twins 5
DP: Yankees 2, Twins 1
Errors: Wolfe
Doubles: Stanley (5), Smalley (17)
Caught Stealing: Munson (2)
GIDP: Nettles (12), Morales 2 (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(14-1)          9     4   0   0   3   8   0  32   2.11
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   8   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jackson L(2-3)          8     8   3   2   2   4   0  33   3.20
Harrison                1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   6.94
Totals                  9    10   4   3   3   4   0  39

Wild Pitches: Jackson (2)
Balks: Jackson (1)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to right; Rivers singled to center
[Randolph to second]; Munson singled to left [Randolph scored,
Rivers to second]; Piniella reached on an error by Wolfe [Rivers
to third, Munson to second, Piniella to first]; Chambliss struck
out; Jackson balked [Rivers scored (unearned), Munson to third,
Piniella to second]; Nettles popped to shortstop; Johnson
walked; Munson was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 2
R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to right; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Heath
grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Rivera walked; Morales grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at second]; Kusick
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
flied out to right; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley doubled to left; Wolfe struck out; Borgmann
popped to first; Randall flied to right in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to center; Nettles grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chambliss out at
second]; Johnson walked; Stanley singled to left [Johnson to
second]; Heath forced Stanley (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to center; Ford grounded out (third
to first); Rivera was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; Rivers flied out to
center; Munson flied out to left; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Morales singled to right; Kusick popped to second;
Smalley struck out; Wolfe popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss struck out; Nettles flied out to center;
Johnson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Borgmann struck out; Randall singled to third; Carew
flied out to left; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Stanley doubled to left; Jackson threw a wild pitch
[Stanley to third]; Heath singled to left [Stanley scored];
Randolph flied out to center; Rivers flied out to left; Munson
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Rivera popped to second; Morales singled to right;
Kusick struck out; Smalley walked [Morales to second]; Wolfe
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Piniella popped to first; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall
lined to right; Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

YANKEES 9TH: HARRISON REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Johnson flied
out to left; Stanley singled to left; Heath flied out to center;
Randolph walked [Stanley to second]; Rivers singled to center
[Stanley scored, Randolph to third]; Munson forced Rivers (third
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: Ford walked; Rivera struck out; Morales grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ford out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Twins 0.