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The Yankees extended their winning streak to seven games with a 6-2 victory over the Orioles. Trailing, 2-0, going into the sixth inning, the Yankees rallied for three runs. A single by Cliff Johnson and double by Bucky Dent produced one tally. Dent reached third when pitcher Scott McGregor missed the cutoff throw from the outfield and scored on a double by Mickey Rivers. New York Yankees 6, Baltimore Orioles 2Game Played on Thursday, August 31, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumYankees 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 - 6 8 1
Orioles 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 2
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .258 Harlow cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Dauer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .268
Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Kelly lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .282 Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .040
Piniella lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .313 Singleton rf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .298
Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .281
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .288 DeCinces 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .273
Johnson dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .179 May dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248
Spencer ph,dh 0 0 0 1 0 0 .223 Dempsey c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271
Dent ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .248 Smith 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .243
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mora ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204
Garcia ss,2b 4 0 3 1 0 1 .312
McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 6 8 5 3 4 Totals 38 2 11 2 1 8
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 15,579
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Orioles 11
DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Dent, DeCinces, McGregor
Doubles: Dent (9), Rivers (16)
Triples: Garcia (4)
Home Runs: Piniella (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (1)
GIDP: Piniella (12)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (5,by McGregor), Smith (1,by Tidrow)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Tidrow W(6-9) 6.2 7 2 0 1 6 0 29 3.61
Lyle SV(8) 2.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.25
Totals 9 11 2 0 1 8 0 40
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McGregor L(12-12) 8.1 7 6 5 1 4 1 33 3.48
Stanhouse 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3.09
Totals 9 8 6 5 3 4 1 38
Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (4), McGregor (1)
Wild Pitches: Tidrow 2 (5), Stanhouse (3)
Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly
YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
popped to first in foul territory; Munson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles
0.
ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Kelly was
called out on strikes; Singleton singled to left; Murray forced
Singleton (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees
0, Orioles 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces reached on an error by Dent; May grounded
out (second to first) [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey struck out;
Smith singled to center [DeCinces scored (unearned)]; Garcia
tripled [Smith scored (unearned)]; Harlow grounded out (third to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Johnson
made an out to shortstop; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 3RD: Kelly lined to first; Singleton was called out on
strikes; Murray walked; DeCinces lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 4TH: Rivers flied out to center; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); Munson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 4TH: May singled to center; Dempsey lined into a double
play (third to third to first) [May out at first]; Smith was hit
by a pitch; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0,
Orioles 2.
YANKEES 5TH: Jackson singled to right; Piniella grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at
second]; Nettles was hit by a pitch; Chambliss struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow struck out; Kelly flied out to left;
Singleton singled to left; Tidrow threw a wild pitch [Singleton
to second]; Tidrow threw a wild pitch [Singleton to third];
Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 6TH: Johnson singled to third; Dent doubled to left
[Johnson scored]; Dent was picked off second but was safe on an
error by McGregor [Dent to third]; Rivers doubled to right [Dent
scored]; Randolph out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Rivers to third]; Rivers was picked off third but was safe on
an error by DeCinces [Rivers scored (unearned)]; Munson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces grounded out (second to first); May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 7TH: Piniella homered; Nettles flied out to center;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Johnson flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 7TH: Smith flied out to left; Garcia singled; Harlow
flied out to center; Kelly singled to center [Garcia to second];
LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 8TH: Dent lined to third; Rivers popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Randolph walked; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 8TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces
struck out; May singled to third; Dempsey singled to left [May
to second]; MORA BATTED FOR SMITH; Mora forced Dempsey (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
YANKEES 9TH: BELANGER REPLACED MORA (PLAYING SS); GARCIA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Jackson grounded out (second to first);
Piniella singled to center; Nettles singled to center [Piniella
to third, Nettles to second (on throw to 3b)]; STANHOUSE
REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Chambliss was walked
intentionally; SPENCER BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Spencer hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Piniella scored, Nettles to third]; Dent
singled to center [Nettles scored, Chambliss to second];
Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third, Dent to
second]; Rivers was walked intentionally; Randolph flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 9TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garcia singled
to center; DAUER BATTED FOR HARLOW; Dauer singled to left
[Garcia to second]; ANDERSON BATTED FOR KELLY; Anderson forced
Dauer (shortstop to second) [Garcia to third]; Singleton flied
out to right; Murray grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2.
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