Doug DeCinces, who was the A. L.'s Player of the Month in July as slugging star for Orioles, smashed a two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat the Yankees, 2-1, and hand Ron Guidry his second defeat of the season against 15 victories. The Yankees counted their run off Mike Flanagan in the third on singles by Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers, a wild pitch and an infield out by Willie Randolph, but an error then helped beat Guidry when Eddie Murray was safe on a wild throw by Dent and DeCinces hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 2, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Friday, August    4, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  5  0
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garcia ss             4   0   1   0     0   3   .309      Rivers cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .256
Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Randolph 2b           2   0   0   1     2   0   .256
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Munson c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .304
  Harlow cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Murray 1b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .279      Jackson rf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .281
DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   2     0   1   .268      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .285
May dh                3   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .268
Mora lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .247      White dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Dent ss               2   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .262        Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .175
Lopez cf,rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .210        Stanley pr,ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     0  10             Totals               31   1   7   1     5   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 28,189
Left on Base: Orioles 3, Yankees 8
DP: Orioles 3, Yankees 0
Errors: Dent
Doubles: Mora (8), Lopez (4), Jackson (10)
Home Runs: DeCinces (19)
GIDP: Munson (12), Randolph (7), Piniella (9)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(14-9)        7     6   1   1   4   2   0  28   3.68
Stanhouse SV(15)        2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.16
Totals                  9     7   1   1   5   3   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry L(15-2)          9     5   2   1   0  10   1  32   1.97
Totals                  9     5   2   1   0  10   1  32

Wild Pitches: Flanagan (7)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia struck out; Dauer struck out; Singleton
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Randolph
walked; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Randolph out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); DeCinces
flied out to center; May popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to left; Jackson doubled to
center; Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Mora flied out to center; Dempsey struck out; Lopez
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White flied out to left; Dent singled; Rivers
singled to right [Dent to second]; Flanagan threw a wild pitch
[Dent to third, Rivers to second]; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Dent scored]; Munson flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia struck out; Dauer flied out to right;
Singleton singled to center; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Jackson
singled to center; Chambliss singled to pitcher [Jackson to
second]; Nettles flied out to center [Jackson to third]; White
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces struck out; May struck out; Mora doubled;
Dempsey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent popped to third; Rivers singled to right;
Randolph grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Lopez doubled to left; Garcia struck out; Dauer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson walked; Piniella grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Munson out at second]; Jackson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Murray reached on an error by Dent [Murray to
second]; DeCinces homered [Murray scored (unearned)]; May flied
out to center; Mora struck out; Dempsey flied out to left; 2 R
(1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss popped to shortstop; Nettles walked;
White forced Nettles (shortstop to second); JOHNSON BATTED FOR
DENT; Johnson walked [White to second]; STANLEY RAN FOR JOHNSON;
Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lopez flied
out to left; Garcia singled to left [Garcia out at second (left
to shortstop)]; Dauer popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Randolph
walked; Munson grounded out (second to first) [Randolph to
second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton struck out; Murray flied out to center;
DeCinces grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); HARLOW
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to center;
White flied out to right; THOMASSON BATTED FOR STANLEY;
Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Orioles 2, Yankees 1.