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Sunday August 20, 1978
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Coming from behind, the Mariners upset the Yankees, 5-4. After the Yankees went ahead, 4-3, in the top of the seventh inning on a homer by Graig Nettles, the Mariners came back in the bottom of the frame. Bob Stinson led off with a double, took third on a bunt by Julio Cruz and scored on a single by Craig Reynolds. Leon Roberts drew a walk and Bob Robertson then singled to left for the decisive tally. [The Sporting News]


Seattle Mariners 5, New York Yankees 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Yankees      0  1  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  7  1
Mariners     0  0  0    0  2  1    2  0  x  -   5  9  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .265      Reynolds ss           5   1   1   1     0   0   .298
Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .298      Paciorek dh           3   1   1   0     1   1   .303
Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .284      Roberts rf            3   0   2   1     1   0   .314
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .316      Robertson 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .235
  Johnstone pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Stanton lf            2   1   0   0     2   2   .189
Nettles 3b            2   1   1   2     1   0   .261      Ruppert Jones cf      4   1   2   1     0   1   .243
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .268      Stein 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .169      Stinson c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beattie p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   3     1   5             Totals               32   5   9   4     4   6

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 21,834
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Mariners 9
DP: Yankees 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Randolph
Doubles: Chambliss (20), Munson (22), Piniella (25), Roberts (14), Ruppert Jones (16), Stinson (11)
Triples: Roberts (5)
Home Runs: Nettles (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (4), Cruz (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (7)
GIDP: Piniella (10)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry                  5     3   2   1   1   3   0  20   1.79
Gossage L(8-10)         2     4   3   3   3   2   0  13   2.10
Lyle                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.34
Beattie                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.33
Totals                  8     9   5   4   4   6   0  38

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt               6.1   6   4   4   1   3   1  25   4.47
Romo W(10-4)            2.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.13
Totals                  9     7   4   4   1   5   1  34

Wild Pitches: Gossage (4)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Blair grounded out (third to first); Randolph
struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Reynolds
grounded out (second to first); Paciorek singled to center;
Roberts forced Paciorek (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss doubled to left; Piniella grounded out
(second to first) [Chambliss to third]; Nettles hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Chambliss scored]; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Robertson made an out to second; Stanton struck
out; Ruppert Jones flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Dent popped
to first; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stein flied out to right; Stinson grounded out
(third to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Mariners 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Munson doubled to
left [Randolph to third]; Chambliss singled to shortstop
[Randolph scored, Munson to third]; Piniella grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Munson scored,
Chambliss out at second]; Nettles walked; Jackson flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
struck out; Roberts doubled to left; Robertson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Mariners
0.

YANKEES 5TH: Johnson popped to first; Dent flied out to center;
Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones doubled to center
[Stanton scored]; Stein reached on an error by Randolph [Ruppert
Jones scored (unearned)]; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Stein to second]; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Mariners 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Munson popped to
shortstop; Chambliss flied out to center; Piniella flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 6TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Paciorek
walked; Roberts tripled to right [Paciorek scored]; Robertson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones
struck out; Stein flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Mariners 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles homered; Jackson struck out; ROMO REPLACED
HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Dent made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Mariners 3.

MARINERS 7TH: Stinson doubled to center; Cruz out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Stinson to third]; Reynolds singled to
right [Stinson scored]; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Reynolds to
second]; Paciorek popped to first; Roberts walked; Robertson
singled to left [Reynolds scored, Roberts to third]; Stanton
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Mariners 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Blair struck out; Randolph flied out to right;
Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones
singled to center; BEATTIE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Stein
forced Ruppert Jones (first to catcher to shortstop); Stinson
struck out; Cruz singled to left [Stein to second]; Reynolds
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
4, Mariners 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Piniella doubled to
right; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR PINIELLA; Nettles flied out to center
[Johnstone to third]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Mariners 5.



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