A wild pitch paved the way for three runs in the fourth inning and helped the Yankees to a 7-5 victory over the Indians. A homer by Oscar Gamble produced one run in the inning and the Yankees subsequently loaded the bases with two out.

Tribe hurler Rick Wise struck out Jerry Narron to apparently end the inning, but the pitch broke sharply into the dirt and eluded Indian catcher Ron Hassey. Chris Chambliss scored from third and Damaso Garcia then hit a two-run single. The Indians came back to tie the score at 5-5, but Garcia drove in another run with a single in the sixth for his third RBI of the game to decide the outcome. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 5

Game Played on Tuesday, September 25, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Indians      1  0  2    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   5  6  0
Yankees      0  0  1    4  0  1    1  0  x  -   7  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove lf,1b        3   3   2   0     2   0   .296      Murcer cf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Manning cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .257      Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .267
Bonds rf              3   1   1   2     1   1   .282      Gamble lf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .343
Harrah 3b,ss          4   0   1   1     0   1   .280        Piniella ph,rf      0   0   0   1     0   0   .300
Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     1   0   .266      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Hassey c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .285        Beniquez cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Alexander ph,c      0   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Chambliss 1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .276
  Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Nettles 3b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .251
  Diaz c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .172        Stanley pr,3b       2   1   0   0     0   1   .204
Cage 1b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Spencer dh            2   3   1   1     2   0   .279
  Pruitt ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Narron c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .168
Rosello 2b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .275      Garcia ss             3   0   2   3     0   0   .333
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Beattie p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alston ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .288        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cox 3b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   5   6   5     7   5             Totals               30   7   9   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 15,699
Left on Base: Indians 9, Yankees 3
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Garcia
Doubles: Hargrove 2 (21), Harrah (25), Nettles (15)
Triples: Randolph (13)
Home Runs: Bonds (24), Spencer (19), Gamble (17)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (33)
Sacrifice Hits: Bonds (4), Pruitt (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (4), Rosello (3), Piniella (8)
GIDP: Nettles (14)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(15-10)           6.1   9   7   4   3   3   2  29   3.63
Monge                   1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.31
Totals                  8     9   7   4   3   3   2  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beattie                 5     4   5   4   3   2   1  23   5.21
Hood                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.24
Davis W(13-2)           2.2   1   0   0   3   1   0  12   2.82
Gossage SV(18)          1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.77
Totals                  9     6   5   4   7   5   1  41

Passed Balls: Hassey (2), Narron (8)
Wild Pitches: Wise (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Manning reached on an error by
Garcia [Hargrove to second]; Bonds out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Hargrove to third, Manning to second];
Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hargrove scored (unearned)];
Johnson made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Murcer made an out to first; Randolph grounded out
(pitcher to first); Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hassey walked; Cage struck out; Rosello grounded
out (third to first) [Hassey to second]; Veryzer flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss
singled to right; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hargrove walked; Manning flied out to left; Bonds
homered [Hargrove scored]; Harrah struck out; Johnson flied out
to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Spencer homered; Narron grounded out (second to
first); Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer made an
out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Hassey flied out to center; Cage flied out to
center; Rosello flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph singled to left; Randolph was picked off
first (catcher to first); Gamble homered; Jackson flied out to
center; Chambliss walked; Nettles doubled to right [Chambliss to
third]; STANLEY RAN FOR NETTLES; Spencer was walked
intentionally; Narron struck out but Chambliss advanced to home
and Stanley advanced to third and Spencer advanced to second and
Narron advanced to first on a passed ball; Garcia singled to
right [Stanley scored (unearned), Spencer scored (unearned),
Narron to second]; Wise threw a wild pitch [Narron to third,
Garcia to second]; Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R
(1 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 5TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Veryzer made
an out to first; Hargrove doubled to right; Manning singled to
center [Hargrove scored]; Bonds forced Manning (third to
second); Harrah flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble
grounded out (first to pitcher); Jackson flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Johnson singled to right; HOOD REPLACED BEATTIE
(PITCHING); ALEXANDER BATTED FOR HASSEY; Alexander walked
[Johnson to second]; PRUITT BATTED FOR CAGE; DAVIS REPLACED HOOD
(PITCHING); Pruitt out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Johnson to third, Alexander to second]; Rosello hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Johnson scored]; Veryzer grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PRUITT
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HARGROVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley struck
out; Spencer walked; Narron singled to center [Spencer to
second]; Garcia singled to center [Spencer scored, Narron out at
third (center to third to second to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Hargrove doubled to right; Narron allowed a passed
ball [Hargrove to third]; Manning grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Harrah made an out to
first; Johnson was walked intentionally; NORRIS BATTED FOR
ALEXANDER; Norris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 5,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: DIAZ REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING C ); Murcer flied out
to center; Randolph tripled to left; MONGE REPLACED WISE
(PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Piniella hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Randolph scored]; Jackson flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 7.

INDIANS 8TH: MURCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PINIELLA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BENIQUEZ REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING
CF); Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); Rosello made an
out to first; ALSTON BATTED FOR VERYZER; Alston walked; GOSSAGE
REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 8TH: COX REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); Stanley flied out to center; Spencer flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 7.

INDIANS 9TH: Manning struck out; Bonds struck out; Harrah
doubled to left; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 7.

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