New York Yankees (6) Oakland Athletics (0)

| 1978

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 15, 1978
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

New York Yankees (AL)	Oakland Athletics (AL)
Record: 67-51	Record: 61-61
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Attendance: 13,862 Time of Game: 2:06

Game Notes:

Mario Guerrero - 500th career game

Best at-bats

Thurman Munson 1B in 3rd inning (13.97)

Graig Nettles ? in 3rd inning (9.26)

Chris Chambliss 1B in 3rd inning (8.6)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	10	1
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mickey Rivers	cf	29.288	4	1	2	0	0	0	.262	97	829	7	32	17
Paul Blair	cf	34.196	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	52	1835	2	12	1
Willie Randolph	2b	24.040	4	1	0	0	1	0	.264	93	395	3	30	22
Thurman Munson	c	31.069	4	1	1	1	0	1	.304	111	1283	6	53	2
Mike Heath	c	23.191	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	25	25	0	7	0
Chris Chambliss	1b	29.232	4	1	1	1	0	1	.284	117	1094	6	67	2
Lou Piniella	dh	34.353	4	1	2	1	0	1	.315	88	1214	3	44	3
Graig Nettles	3b	33.360	3	0	1	1	0	0	.258	114	1488	18	63	1
Reggie Jackson	rf	32.089	2	1	2	2	2	0	.274	97	1608	17	61	11
Gary Thomasson	lf	27.017	4	0	0	0	0	0	.230	81	685	8	33	4
Bucky Dent	ss	26.264	3	0	1	0	1	0	.268	78	745	3	22	1
Totals:			34	6	10	6	4	3	.294	953	11201

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mike Edwards	2b	25.353	4	0	1	0	0	1	.263	113	120	1	19	21
Dell Alston	rf	25.327	4	0	0	0	0	2	.261	30	52	0	4	4
Taylor Duncan	3b	25.095	3	0	2	0	1	1	.282	72	80	2	30	1
Mitchell Page	lf	26.305	4	0	0	0	0	2	.293	108	253	12	55	19
Mario Guerrero	ss	28.321	4	0	1	0	0	0	.285	108	500	3	34	0
Dave Revering	1b	25.184	4	0	0	0	0	0	.264	119	119	13	37	0
Joe Wallis	dh	26.219	1	0	0	0	1	1	.279	84	277	7	29	1
Rico Carty	ph	38.349	2	0	0	0	0	0	.283	105	1451	20	68	1
Jim Essian	c	27.225	2	0	0	0	1	1	.232	108	321	2	25	2
Miguel Dilone	cf	23.287	3	0	0	0	0	1	.240	106	181	1	11	29
Dave Heaverlo	p	27.355	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	53	212	0	0	0
Elias Sosa	p	28.066	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	55	349	0	0	0
Totals:			31	0	4	0	3	9	.129	1061	3915

Game Stats

2B: Taylor Duncan (12), Mike Edwards (12)
HR: Reggie Jackson (17)
RBIs: Chris Chambliss (67), Reggie Jackson 2 (61), Thurman Munson (53), Graig Nettles (63), Lou Piniella (44)
SF: Graig Nettles (6)
GDP: Willie Randolph 2 (10)

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ron Guidry (W 17-2)	27.352	9	4	0	0	3	9	0	1.79	0.99	0	0	0	25	73
Pitching Totals:		9	4	0	0	3	9	0			0	0	0	25	73

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Rick Langford (L 6-8)	26.148	2.1	6	4	4	1	0	0	2.98	1.20	0	0	0	31	80
Dave Heaverlo	27.355	5.2	4	2	2	3	3	1	3.12	1.35	0	0	0	53	212
Elias Sosa	28.066	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	1.40	0	0	0	55	348
Pitching Totals:		9	10	6	6	4	3	1			0	0	0	139	640

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Ron Guidry 2;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ron Guidry 0-0-0; Rick Langford 0-0-0; Dave Heaverlo 0-0-0; Elias Sosa 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Ron Guidry 34; Rick Langford 13; Dave Heaverlo 23; Elias Sosa 3;
Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 13,862
Umpires: Home: Durwood Merrill 1B Marty Springstead 2B Rich Garcia 3B Jim Evans

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