A three-run homer by Lou Piniella in the bottom of ninth lifted the Yankees to a 3-1 triumph over the Indians. Mickey Rivers led off the Yank ninth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Willie Randolph. A single by Thurman Munson sent Rivers to third before Piniella hit his round-tripper. A sacrifice fly by Gary Alexander produced the Tribe tally in the top of the ninth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Wednesday, July      26, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .259
Grubb lf              4   0   3   0     0   0   .270      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .251
Thornton 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .270      Munson rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .295
Carbo dh              4   0   1   0     0   3   .262      Piniella lf           4   1   1   3     0   1   .303
Alexander c           3   0   0   1     0   1   .232      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Cox 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .213      White dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Speed rf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
  Norris ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Heath c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .283      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Beattie p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     1   9             Totals               30   3   6   3     0   4

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 31,631
Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 3
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Grubb (12), Thornton (15), Heath (3)
Triples: Randolph (2)
Home Runs: Piniella (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (10), Randolph (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Alexander (3)
Hit by Pitch: Speed (1,by Beattie)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(7-11)           8.1   6   3   3   0   4   1  31   2.80
Totals                  8.1   6   3   3   0   4   1  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beattie                 8     6   1   1   0   8   0  31   4.13
Gossage W(6-9)          1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.18
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   9   0  35

Passed Balls: Heath (1)
Hit by Pitch: Beattie (4)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Ted Hendry


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
singled to right; Thornton flied out to center; Carbo struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph
tripled to right; Munson struck out; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Cox was called out on
strikes; Speed was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); White
grounded out (third to first); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
lined to center; Manning singled to left; Grubb singled to
center [Manning to third]; Thornton was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Carbo struck out; Alexander grounded out (third to
first); Cox lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson
singled to left; Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Speed was hit by a pitch; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Speed to second]; Veryzer lined to
pitcher; Manning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to right; Nettles struck out; Heath
doubled to right; Stanley popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Grubb doubled to right; Heath allowed a passed ball
[Grubb to third]; Thornton flied out to center; Carbo struck
out; Alexander lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
grounded out (second to first); Munson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Cox grounded out (second to first); Speed flied out
to center; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); White grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees
0.

INDIANS 8TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
grounded out (second to first); Grubb grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles flied out to left; Heath grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Thornton doubled to left; Carbo singled to left
[Thornton to third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING);
Alexander hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thornton scored]; Cox
popped to first; NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED; Norris was walked
intentionally [Carbo to second]; Kuiper struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers singled
to shortstop; Randolph out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Rivers to second]; Munson singled to third [Rivers to
third]; Piniella homered [Rivers scored, Munson scored]; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 3.