Winning his 15th game -- tops in the majors -- Ron Guidry pitched the Yankees to a 4-0 blanking of the Royals, ending the K.C. winning streak at 10 games. The Yanks scored a run in the third when Mickey Rivers reached first on a throwing error by Royal shortstop Freddie Patek, stole second and scored on a double by Willie Randolph.

The Bronx Bombers added three more runs in the eighth on an RBI double by Thurman Munson and back-to-back RBI singles by Roy White and Jim Spencer. It was Bob Lemon's first game as Yankee manager. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      25, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .259      Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .317
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   2   .271
Munson rf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .293      Wathan 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Blair rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .304      Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Nettles 3b            4   1   0   0     0   0   .256      Cowens rf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .254
White dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .257      Hurdle lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .221      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Heath c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   8   4     3   3             Totals               31   0   6   0     0   8

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 40,183
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Royals 4
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Rivers 2 (13), Randolph (10), Piniella (15), Munson (17), Cowens (12)
Triples: Heath (1)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (13)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (4), Brett (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(15-1)          9     6   0   0   0   8   0  31   1.99
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   8   0  31

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(11-9)      7.2   8   4   3   2   2   0  34   3.23
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.62
Mingori                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.00
Totals                  9     8   4   3   3   3   0  39

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers doubled to center; Randolph flied out to
right; Munson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett singled to center; McRae singled to center
[Brett to second]; Wathan struck out; Otis flied out to right
[Brett to third]; Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles popped to third in foul territory; White
lined to shortstop; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to center; Cowens was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Hurdle grounded out (first to
pitcher); Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Heath popped to first in foul territory; Stanley
grounded out (third to first); Rivers reached on an error by
Patek; Rivers stole second; Randolph doubled to right [Rivers
scored (unearned)]; Munson popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to center; Brett singled to second;
McRae struck out while Brett was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella popped to third; Nettles flied out to
center; White popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third
to first); Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); Heath
tripled to left; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens doubled to left; Hurdle struck out; Patek
popped to catcher; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson
grounded out (third to first); Piniella doubled to center;
Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett was called out on strikes; McRae singled to
third; Wathan forced McRae (third to second); Otis flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Spencer walked; Heath forced
Spencer (shortstop to second); Stanley grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to center; Cowens grounded out
(third to first); Hurdle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Rivers doubled to center; Randolph out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rivers to third]; Munson
doubled to left [Rivers scored]; Piniella was walked
intentionally; Nettles forced Piniella (first to shortstop)
[Munson to third]; White singled to right [Munson scored,
Nettles to third]; Spencer singled to left [Nettles scored,
White to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Heath
walked [White to third, Spencer to second]; Stanley popped to
shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING RF); Patek grounded
out (shortstop to first); White struck out; Brett grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.

YANKEES 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Rivers
grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph struck out; Blair
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae struck out; Wathan flied out to right; Otis
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Royals 0.