Struggling for a doubleheader split, the Yankees won the first game, 4-3, and the Twins captured the second contest, 2-0. Ron Guidry, going for his 16th victory, went 6 2/3 innings in the lidlifter and was removed after an error by Lou Piniella allowed the tying run to score. The Yankees won it in the eighth when Reggie Jackson singled, Graig Nettles forced him at second, Roy White walked and Jim Spencer got a pinch-hit two-bagger.

The nightcap was scoreless going into the ninth inning when Roy Smalley led off with a double and went to third on an infield hit by Rod Carew. Sparky Lyle replaced Jim Beattie on the mound for the Yankees and was greeted by a pinch-hit single by Jose Morales, scoring Smalley. Butch Wynegar then bunted and when Lyle attempted to throw out Carew at third, he bounced the ball off the runner into left field, allowing Carew to score. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      30, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  6  1
Yankees      0  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  x  -   4  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood lf            5   0   1   1     0   2   .267      Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Wynegar c           0   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Munson c              4   1   2   0     0   1   .299
Smalley ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Chambliss 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .283
Ford cf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .302      Piniella lf           4   0   1   2     0   1   .316
Kusick 1b             2   1   1   1     1   1   .209      Jackson rf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .282
  Carew ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
Morales dh            3   1   2   0     0   1   .321      White dh              3   0   1   1     1   1   .260
  Adams ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .224
Rivera rf             2   0   0   0     1   2   .289        Spencer ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .228
  Powell ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .243        Doyle ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Wolfe 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .220      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .309        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            3   1   1   0     0   2   .190
  Wilfong 2b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   6   2     6  14             Totals               33   4   9   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Twins 9, Yankees 9
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Erickson, Piniella
Doubles: Smalley (19), White (8), Munson 2 (20), Piniella (18), Spencer (9)
Triples: Jackson (4)
Home Runs: Kusick (3)
GIDP: Cubbage (6), Piniella (7)
Hit by Pitch: Randolph (2,by Erickson)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                7     7   3   3   2   5   0  31   4.73
Marshall L(5-9)         1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.00
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   5   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry                  6.2   6   3   2   3  10   1  30   2.02
Gossage W(7-9)          2.1   0   0   0   3   4   0   9   2.03
Totals                  9     6   3   2   6  14   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Erickson (7)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo


TWINS 1ST: Norwood struck out (catcher to first); Randall
grounded out (third to first); Smalley doubled to left; Ford
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Randolph flied out to
center; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick homered; Morales singled to center; Rivera
struck out; Wolfe walked [Morales to second]; Borgmann struck
out; Norwood singled to right [Morales scored, Wolfe to third];
Randall struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss reached on an error by Erickson; Piniella
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Chambliss out at second]; Jackson singled to center; Nettles
singled to right [Jackson to second]; White struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded
out (first unassisted); Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
flied out to center; Randolph was hit by a pitch; Munson forced
Randolph (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to right; Rivera struck out; Wolfe
forced Morales (third to second); Borgmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Piniella
struck out; Jackson tripled to left; Nettles walked; White
doubled to left [Jackson scored, Nettles to third]; Stanley
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 1.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood lined to center; Randall grounded out (second
to first); Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph flied out to
center; Munson doubled to right; Chambliss walked; Piniella
doubled to right [Munson scored, Chambliss scored]; Jackson
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 3.

TWINS 6TH: Ford struck out; Kusick walked; Morales struck out;
Rivera walked [Kusick to second]; Wolfe flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles lined to right; White flied out to left;
Stanley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Yankees 3.

TWINS 7TH: Borgmann singled to left; Norwood grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Borgmann to second]; Randall flied out to
right; Smalley reached on an error by Piniella [Borgmann scored
(unearned), Smalley to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); Ford walked; CAREW BATTED FOR KUSICK; Carew struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rivers grounded
out (pitcher to first); Randolph lined to right; Munson doubled
to right; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Yankees 3.

TWINS 8TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams struck out; POWELL
BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE;
Cubbage grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING);
WILFONG REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING 2B); WYNEGAR REPLACED RANDALL
(PLAYING C ); Piniella popped to first; Jackson singled to
center; Nettles forced Jackson (first to shortstop); White
walked [Nettles to second]; SPENCER BATTED FOR STANLEY; Spencer
doubled to left [Nettles scored, White to third]; Rivers
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 4.

TWINS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING SS); Wilfong struck
out; Norwood struck out; Wynegar walked; Smalley lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 4.