With Ron Guidry picking up his 19th win -- tops in the majors -- the Yankees posted their sixth straight victory, edging the Orioles, 5-4. The score was 4-4 going into the seventh inning when Lou Piniella drew a leadoff walk. A single by Chris Chambliss moved Piniella to third and a single by Cliff Johnson drove him home.

Guidry was removed from the game when he was struck by a bat that slipped from the hands of Ken Singleton in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    30, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees      1  1  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   5 16  0
Orioles      0  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Blair cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .179      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .204
  Rivers ph,cf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Singleton rf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .297
Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .271      DeCinces 3b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .276
Munson c              5   0   1   0     0   1   .299      May dh                3   0   0   0     1   1   .246
Jackson rf            5   0   3   1     0   2   .283      Murray 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .283
Piniella lf           4   2   2   1     1   0   .311      Mora lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Nettles 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .268        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Chambliss 1b          5   0   3   0     0   1   .290      Dempsey c             4   1   3   2     0   0   .272
Johnson dh            4   0   2   2     0   0   .176      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Thomasson pr,dh     1   0   0   0     0   1   .225        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Lopez cf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .226
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5  16   5     3   6             Totals               34   4   7   4     1   9

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 20,501
Left on Base: Yankees 12, Orioles 4
DP: Yankees 0, Orioles 2
Errors: Flanagan
Doubles: Nettles (20), Johnson (8), Piniella 2 (27), Murray (29)
Home Runs: DeCinces (23), Dempsey (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (6)
GIDP: Munson (14), Piniella (11)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(19-2)          7     7   4   4   1   8   2  29   1.88
Gossage SV(20)          2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.97
Totals                  9     7   4   4   1   9   2  35

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan                4.2  11   4   4   0   3   0  24   3.95
T. Martinez L(3-3)      1.2   4   1   1   2   1   0  11   4.95
Kerrigan                2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   4.92
Totals                  9    16   5   5   3   6   0  44

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


YANKEES 1ST: Blair singled; Randolph singled to left [Blair to
second]; Munson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Blair to third, Randolph out at second]; Jackson singled
[Blair scored]; Piniella flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to center; Singleton struck out;
DeCinces popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first); Johnson doubled to left [Nettles scored];
Dent flied out to right; Blair struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May struck out; Murray doubled to right; Mora flied
out to right; Dempsey singled to left [Murray scored]; Dauer
forced Dempsey (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Orioles 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
struck out; Jackson singled to left; Piniella doubled to right
[Jackson to third]; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez struck out; Belanger was called out on
strikes; Singleton singled to center; DeCinces homered
[Singleton scored]; May walked; Murray popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to pitcher [Chambliss to second
(error by Flanagan)]; Johnson popped to third in foul territory;
Dent grounded out (third to first); Blair grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles
3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Mora flied out to center; Dempsey singled to
center; Dauer forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); Lopez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; Munson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Randolph to second]; Jackson struck out;
Piniella doubled to right [Randolph scored]; Nettles singled to
right [Piniella scored]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED FLANAGAN
(PITCHING); Chambliss singled to left [Nettles to second];
Johnson flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger struck out; Singleton flied out to center;
DeCinces singled to center; May forced DeCinces (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent flied out to left; Blair grounded out (second
to first); Randolph walked; Munson singled to left [Randolph to
third]; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Yankees 4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Mora
grounded out (second to first); Dempsey homered; Dauer flied out
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella walked; Nettles flied out to left;
Chambliss singled to right [Piniella to third]; Johnson singled
to center [Piniella scored, Chambliss to second]; THOMASSON RAN
FOR JOHNSON; KERRIGAN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Dent out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Chambliss to third,
Thomasson to second]; RIVERS BATTED FOR BLAIR; Rivers was walked
intentionally; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RIVERS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lopez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson
singled to center; Piniella grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); DeCinces was
called out on strikes; May flied out to center; Murray grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Orioles 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss struck out;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 9TH: KELLY BATTED FOR MORA; Kelly flied out to left;
Dempsey flied out to center; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DAUER; Crowley
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Orioles 4.