Relieving in ninth inning, Rich Gossage struck out the side on 11 pitches and earned his 21st save as the Yankees defeated the Mariners, 4-3. Chris Chambliss tripled with the bases loaded to start the Yankee scoring in the first inning. What proved to be the winning run followed in the third on singles by Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles and Cliff Johnson.

Jim Beattie, who finally emerged as the winner, ending his personal seven-game losing streak, gave up two runs in the eighth on singles by Larry Milbourne and Julio Cruz and a triple by Ruppert Jones. Sparky Lyle came in to pitch the ninth and did not retire a batter, giving up one run on singles by Bruce Bochte and Dan Meyer and a double by Bill Stein. That brought on Gossage, who struck out Tom Paciorek and Milbourne on three pitches each before throwing five to fan Cruz. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  8  1
Yankees      3  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 12  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               5   1   1   0     0   2   .246      Rivers cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .263
Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Randolph 2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .267
Ruppert Jones cf      2   0   2   2     2   0   .251      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Roberts rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Jackson rf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .283
Bochte dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .268        Thomasson pr,rf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Hale pr,dh          0   1   0   0     0   0   .179      Piniella lf           3   2   0   0     1   0   .311
Meyer 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   3     0   0   .287
Stein 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .266      Nettles 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .270
Paciorek lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .311      Johnson dh            4   0   2   1     0   1   .187
Plummer c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .254
  Milbourne ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .244      Beattie p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pasley c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .220        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   8   3     2   8             Totals               35   4  12   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 22,386
Left on Base: Mariners 7, Yankees 9
DP: Mariners 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Reynolds
Doubles: Ruppert Jones (21), Stein (24)
Triples: Ruppert Jones (2), Chambliss (2)
Stolen Bases: Ruppert Jones (18), Rivers (20)
GIDP: Randolph (11)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(5-8)        8    12   4   4   2   3   0  37   4.26
Totals                  8    12   4   4   2   3   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beattie W(3-7)          8     5   2   2   2   5   0  31   4.03
Lyle                    0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.33
Gossage SV(21)          1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   1.95
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   8   0  37

Wild Pitches: Beattie (6)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Lou DiMuro


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz struck out; Reynolds grounded out (shortstop
to first); Ruppert Jones doubled to right; Roberts grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second;
Randolph walked; Munson grounded out (third to first) [Rivers to
third, Randolph to second]; Jackson struck out; Piniella was
walked intentionally; Chambliss tripled to left [Rivers scored,
Randolph scored, Piniella scored]; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees
3.

MARINERS 2ND: Bochte flied out to left; Meyer flied out to
right; Stein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Johnson singled to shortstop [Johnson to second
(error by Reynolds)]; Dent singled to pitcher [Johnson to
third]; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dent to
second]; Randolph reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson out at
home (first to catcher), Dent stayed at second]; Munson struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 3.

MARINERS 3RD: Paciorek struck out; Plummer struck out; Cruz
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Jackson singled to right; Piniella forced Jackson
(shortstop to second); Chambliss popped to first; Nettles
singled to center [Piniella to second]; Johnson singled to left
[Piniella scored, Nettles to third]; Dent grounded out (catcher
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Ruppert
Jones walked; Ruppert Jones stole second; Beattie threw a wild
pitch [Ruppert Jones to third]; Roberts struck out; Bochte
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
singled to right; Munson flied out to left; Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer flied out to left; Stein grounded out (first
to pitcher); Paciorek singled to center; Plummer grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Reynolds
made an out to second; Ruppert Jones walked; Roberts forced
Ruppert Jones (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Johnson flied out to left; Dent singled to center;
Rivers singled to right [Dent to second]; Randolph grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rivers out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer flied out to
center; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
singled to right; THOMASSON RAN FOR JACKSON; Piniella flied out
to center; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 8TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Paciorek
flied out to center; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Milbourne
singled to left; Cruz singled to right [Milbourne to third];
Reynolds popped to third; Ruppert Jones tripled to center
[Milbourne scored, Cruz scored]; Roberts grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: PASLEY REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING C ); Nettles
singled to right; Johnson struck out; Dent forced Nettles
(shortstop to second); Rivers popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 2, Yankees 4.

MARINERS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Bochte singled
to center; HALE RAN FOR BOCHTE; Meyer singled to right [Hale to
second]; Stein doubled to left [Hale scored, Meyer to third];
GOSSAGE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Paciorek struck out; ROBERTSON
BATTED FOR PASLEY; Robertson struck out; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 3, Yankees 4.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".