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 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    15, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      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.