After falling behind, 5-0, the Yankees rallied for three runs in the seventh and two in the ninth, on a double by Mickey Rivers and two-out homer by Graig Nettles, to send the game into extra innings before prevailing in the 10th on a ground-rule double by Bucky Dent, 6-5. New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 5Game Played on Saturday, June 23, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IIndians 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 - 6 12 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .259 Rivers cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .294 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Munson c 4 0 1 0 1 2 .295 Bonds rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .308 Nettles 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .278 Thornton 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .234 Piniella rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Johnson dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .273 Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .263 Hargrove lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Spencer dh 3 1 1 0 0 2 .256 Speed lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 White ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Alexander c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .204 Randolph 2b 2 2 1 0 3 0 .268 Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .272 Brown lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Veryzer ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .238 Jones ph,lf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .310 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Narron ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .248 John p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 10 5 3 7 Totals 40 6 12 6 5 8 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 35,818 Left on Base: Indians 6, Yankees 11 DP: Indians 0, Yankees 1 Doubles: Johnson (7), Chambliss 2 (15), Rivers 2 (14), Dent (8) Home Runs: Nettles (13) Stolen Bases: Manning (19), Nettles (1) GIDP: Hargrove (3) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise 6.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 25 3.87 Monge 1.1 2 0 0 3 1 0 9 2.13 Cruz L(0-4) 1.2 5 3 3 1 2 1 11 4.23 Totals 9.1 12 6 6 5 8 1 45 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(11-3) 10 10 5 5 3 7 0 41 2.45 Totals 10 10 5 5 3 7 0 41 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Vic Voltaggio INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (third to first); Harrah singled to left; Bonds struck out; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers made an out to shortstop; Munson was called out on strikes; Nettles singled to center; Nettles stole second; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Alexander flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer struck out; Randolph singled to center; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer singled to center; Manning was called out on strikes; Harrah grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to center; Rivers lined to second; Munson singled to right; Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 4TH: Bonds walked; Thornton singled to left [Bonds to second]; Johnson doubled to left [Bonds scored, Thornton to third]; Hargrove struck out; Alexander was walked intentionally; Kuiper singled to right [Thornton scored, Johnson scored, Alexander to third]; Veryzer singled to right [Alexander scored, Kuiper out at third (right to third), Veryzer to second (on throw to 3b)]; Manning singled to left [Veryzer scored]; Manning stole second; Harrah walked; Bonds made an out to shortstop; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss struck out; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. INDIANS 5TH: Thornton flied out to left; Johnson singled to left; Hargrove grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph flied out to left; Brown flied out to center; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. INDIANS 6TH: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Munson flied out to right; Nettles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. INDIANS 7TH: Manning grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss doubled to left; Spencer singled to right [Chambliss to third]; Randolph walked [Spencer to second]; MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); JONES BATTED FOR BROWN; Jones walked [Chambliss scored, Spencer to third, Randolph to second]; Dent made an out to shortstop; Rivers doubled to right [Spencer scored, Randolph scored, Jones to third]; Munson was walked intentionally; Nettles made an out to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 3. INDIANS 8TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson lined to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: SPEED REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Piniella struck out; Chambliss doubled to left; WHITE BATTED FOR SPENCER; White flied out to center; Randolph walked; CRUZ REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); NARRON BATTED FOR JONES; Narron struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 3. INDIANS 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BENIQUEZ REPLACED NARRON (PLAYING LF); Alexander struck out; Kuiper singled to pitcher; Veryzer made an out to second; Manning singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 3. YANKEES 9TH: Dent flied out to right; Rivers doubled to left; Munson struck out; Nettles homered [Rivers scored]; Piniella singled to center; Chambliss flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 5. INDIANS 10TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton was called out on strikes; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 10TH: White flied out to right; Randolph walked; Beniquez singled to pitcher [Randolph to second]; Dent doubled to right [Randolph scored, Beniquez to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Yankees 6. |
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