Homers by Oscar Gamble and Reggie Jackson highlighted the Yankees' 6-5 triumph over the Orioles. Jackson's blast traveled 450 feet and came with a mate aboard in the fifth inning to break a 4-4 tie. Gamble's clout was a two-run shot in the opening frame. Eddie Murray hit two homers for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Baltimore Orioles 5
Game Played on Wednesday, April     23, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      2  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  6  0
Yankees      2  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .255      Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
Dauer 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .128      Jones cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
Singleton dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Gamble lf             2   2   2   3     1   0   .474
  Rayford pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .138
Murray 1b             4   2   2   2     0   1   .319        Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Lowenstein rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .313      Jackson rf            4   1   1   2     0   1   .208
DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Watson dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .388
Roenicke lf           2   1   0   0     1   2   .194      Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     1   2   .280
Dempsey c             3   1   1   1     0   1   .238      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .167
Garcia ss             2   0   0   1     0   1   .095      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .178
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .261
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   5   6   5     2   5             Totals               30   6   9   6     4   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 24,302
Left on Base: Orioles 0, Yankees 4
DP: Orioles 2, Yankees 2
Doubles: Randolph 2 (3), Cerone (4)
Triples: Bumbry (1), Dempsey (2), Jones (1)
Home Runs: Murray 2 (4), Gamble (3), Spencer (2), Jackson (3)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Dauer (1), Garcia (1)
GIDP: Singleton (2), Murray (3), Dent (2), Nettles (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(2-1)           5     7   6   6   4   3   3  24   4.15
T. Martinez             3     2   0   0   0   3   0  10   5.87
Totals                  8     9   6   6   4   6   3  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   4     3   4   4   2   2   1  16   5.82
Davis W(2-1)            2     2   1   1   0   2   1   7   3.65
Gossage SV(2)           3     1   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     6   5   5   2   5   2  32

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry tripled; Dauer hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Bumbry scored]; Singleton lined to first; Murray homered;
Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
tripled to right; Gamble homered [Jones scored]; Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Watson walked; Spencer struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces flied out to center; Roenicke walked;
Dempsey tripled [Roenicke scored]; Garcia hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Dempsey scored]; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles walked; Cerone struck out; Dent grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Nettles out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton
flied out to left; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph doubled to right; Jones grounded out
(first unassisted) [Randolph to third]; Gamble singled to right
[Randolph scored, Gamble out at second (right to shortstop)];
Jackson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Yankees 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); DeCinces flied out to left; Roenicke
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer
homered; Nettles flied out to center; Cerone doubled to left;
Dent struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: DAVIS REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Dempsey struck
out; Garcia struck out; Bumbry lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph popped to shortstop; Jones grounded out
(second to first); Gamble walked; Jackson homered [Gamble
scored]; Watson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer singled to pitcher; Singleton grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dauer out at
second]; Murray homered; Lowenstein grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Spencer walked; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED PALMER
(PITCHING); Nettles struck out; Cerone flied out to center; Dent
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Yankees 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); DeCinces flied
out to center; Roenicke struck out; Dempsey flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph doubled to right; On a bunt Jones grounded
out (catcher to first); PINIELLA BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Yankees 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: BROWN REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Garcia
grounded out (third to first); Bumbry grounded out (second to
first); Dauer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Watson singled to right; Spencer struck out;
Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5,
Yankees 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton singled to left; RAYFORD RAN FOR
SINGLETON; Murray grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Rayford out at second]; Lowenstein flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Yankees 6.