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Lowering his league-leading ERA to 1.79, Ron Guidry pitched the Yankees to a 6-0 whitewashing of the A's. Thurman Munson, Chris Chambliss, Lou Piniella and Graig Nettles each drove in a run during the third inning and Reggie Jackson hit a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News] New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 0Game Played on Tuesday, August 15, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumYankees 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1
A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263
Blair cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Alston rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261
Randolph 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .264 Duncan 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .282
Munson c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .304 Page lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .293
Heath c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .284 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Piniella dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .315 Wallis dh 1 0 0 0 1 1 .279
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .258 Carty ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Jackson rf 2 1 2 2 2 0 .274 Essian c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .232
Thomasson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Dilone cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .240
Dent ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .268 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 6 10 6 4 3 Totals 31 0 4 0 3 9
Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 13,862
Left on Base: Yankees 6, A's 7
DP: Yankees 0, A's 2
Errors: Thomasson
Doubles: Duncan (12), Edwards (12)
Home Runs: Jackson (17)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (6)
GIDP: Randolph 2 (10)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Guidry W(17-2) 9 4 0 0 3 9 0 34 1.79
Totals 9 4 0 0 3 9 0 34
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Langford L(6-8) 2.1 6 4 4 1 0 0 13 2.99
Heaverlo 5.2 4 2 2 3 3 1 23 3.13
Sosa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.66
Totals 9 10 6 6 4 3 1 39
Wild Pitches: Guidry 2 (6)
Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim Evans
YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Randolph grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; Munson
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Alston made an out to first;
Duncan singled to left; Guidry threw a wild pitch [Duncan to
second]; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss flied out to center; Piniella grounded
out (third to first); Nettles singled to right; Jackson singled
to right [Nettles to third]; Thomasson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Revering grounded
out (second to first); Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Dent singled to left; Rivers forced Dent (first to
shortstop); Randolph walked [Rivers to second]; Munson singled
to right [Rivers scored, Randolph to third]; Chambliss singled
to right [Randolph scored, Munson to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Piniella singled to right [Munson scored,
Chambliss to third, Piniella to second (on throw)]; Nettles hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Chambliss scored]; Jackson was walked
intentionally; Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian walked; Guidry threw a wild pitch [Essian
to second]; Dilone struck out; Edwards grounded out (second to
first) [Essian to third]; Alston struck out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 4TH: Dent walked; Rivers made an out to third; Randolph
flied out to right; Munson made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan doubled to left; Page struck out; Guerrero
singled to third [Duncan stayed at second]; Revering made an out
to third; Wallis walked [Duncan to third, Guerrero to second];
Essian struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss struck out; Piniella singled to left;
Nettles made an out to catcher; Jackson homered [Piniella
scored]; Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone flied out to right; Edwards grounded out
(second to first); Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 6TH: Dent grounded out (second to first); Rivers singled
to right; Randolph grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan walked; Page flied out to left; Guerrero
flied out to center; Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 7TH: Munson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second
to first); Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees
6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); HEATH
REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); CARTY BATTED FOR WALLIS; Carty
flied out to center; Thomasson dropped a foul fly hit by Essian
for an error; Essian made an out to shortstop; Dilone grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6,
Athletics 0.
YANKEES 8TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Jackson
walked; Thomasson flied out to left; Dent made an out to first;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Edwards doubled to left; Alston struck out;
Duncan struck out; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
YANKEES 9TH: SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Blair flied out
to left; Randolph grounded out (third to first); Heath made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Revering
grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Athletics 0.
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