Getting four-hit pitching from Ed Figueroa, the Yankees defeated the Mariners, 6-1. Mickey Rivers, who hit safely in his 17th straight game, tripled in the third inning and scored the Yankees' initial run on a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson. The Mariners tied the score with their lone tally in the fifth on a walk to Leroy Stanton and singles by Larry Milbourne and Bob Stinson.

The Yankees broke away in the seventh when Reggie Jackson singled, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Bucky Dent. Two runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth iced the decision, with Graig Nettles hitting a single and double to account for three RBIs. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Friday, August    18, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  0    1  2  2  -   6 10  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Randolph 2b           2   1   1   0     3   0   .262      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .299
Munson c              4   0   0   1     0   1   .301      Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Chambliss 1b          4   2   1   0     1   1   .283      Roberts rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .308
Piniella dh           5   0   2   0     0   0   .319      Bochte dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .267
Nettles 3b            5   1   3   3     0   0   .262      Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Jackson rf            3   1   1   0     2   1   .273      Stanton lf            2   1   0   0     1   1   .190
Johnstone lf          2   0   0   0     1   2   .198      Milbourne 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .246
  White ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Stinson c             3   0   2   1     0   0   .262
Dent ss               3   0   1   1     1   1   .269      Mitchell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6  10   6     8   7             Totals               30   1   4   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 19,824
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Mariners 4
DP: Yankees 1, Mariners 2
Doubles: Chambliss (19), Nettles (16)
Triples: Rivers (6)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (23), Jackson (12), Rivers (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (6)
GIDP: Jackson (7), Nettles (15), Reynolds (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(12-8)        9     4   1   1   2   4   0  32   3.12
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   4   0  32

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mitchell L(6-12)        7     6   2   1   5   6   0  30   3.96
House                   0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   4.87
Rawley                  0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   4.42
Todd                    1.2   2   2   2   2   1   0   9   4.22
Totals                  9    10   6   5   8   7   0  43

Passed Balls: Stinson (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers made an out to third; Randolph walked;
Munson grounded out (third to first) [Randolph to second];
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz struck out; Reynolds singled to right; Meyer
grounded out (first unassisted) [Reynolds to second]; Roberts
walked; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Mariners 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella singled to center; Nettles singled to
right [Piniella to second]; Jackson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Piniella to third, Nettles out
at second]; Johnstone walked; Dent struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Stanton struck
out; Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers tripled to right; Randolph grounded out
(third to first); Munson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rivers
scored]; Chambliss struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson flied out to center; Cruz grounded out
(pitcher to first); Reynolds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella singled to center; Nettles grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Piniella out at
second]; Jackson walked; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer flied out to center; Roberts grounded out
(second to first); Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to right; Rivers struck out;
Randolph singled to center; Randolph stole second; Munson made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 5TH: Ruppert Jones made an out to third; Stanton
walked; Milbourne singled to left [Stanton to second]; Stinson
singled to center [Stanton scored, Milbourne to third]; Cruz
flied out to left; Reynolds flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Piniella
flied out to center; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Meyer made an out to shortstop; Roberts flied out
to right; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Mariners 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson singled to right; Jackson stole second;
Stinson allowed a passed ball [Jackson to third]; Johnstone
struck out; Dent walked; Rivers forced Dent (shortstop to
second) [Jackson scored (unearned)]; Rivers stole second;
Randolph walked; Munson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Stanton flied
out to center; Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Mariners 1.

YANKEES 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Chambliss
doubled to left; Piniella grounded out (second to first)
[Chambliss to third]; RAWLEY REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Nettles
singled to center [Chambliss scored]; Jackson walked [Nettles to
second]; TODD REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); WHITE BATTED FOR
JOHNSTONE; White forced Jackson (second to shortstop) [Nettles
to third]; Dent singled to center [Nettles scored, White to
second]; Rivers flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Stinson singled
to center; Cruz flied out to left; Reynolds grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stinson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Mariners 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Randolph walked; Munson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Randolph to second]; Chambliss was walked intentionally;
Piniella flied out to right; Nettles doubled to right [Randolph
scored, Chambliss scored, Nettles to third (on throw to home)];
Jackson struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Roberts
flied out to center; Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Mariners 1.