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Indians 2 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
June 24, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on June 24, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Indians with a score of 8 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJune 24, 1979 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 2
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJim Kaat  
Losing PitcherRick Waits  
SaveRon Davis  
Game Winning RBIDarryl Jones 

Game Info

DateJune 24, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherRick Waits  
Home Starting PitcherEd Figueroa  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance55,409 
Time of Game3 hours 6 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Joe Brinkman
2B: (none)
3B: Marty Springstead

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mike Hargrove  Left Fielder 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Cliff Johnson  DH 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Ron Hassey  Catcher 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  Right Fielder 
Darryl Jones  DH 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Juan Beniquez  Third Baseman 
Bobby Brown  Left Fielder 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Indians 2 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
June 24, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/24/1979 -- Cleveland at New York (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hargrove M, lf        4  0  1  0   Rivers M, cf          5  0  1  0   
Harrah T, 3b-ss       4  0  1  0   Randolph W, 2b        3  1  0  0   
Bonds B, rf           4  1  2  0   Munson T, c           5  1  2  2   
Thornton A, 1b        4  0  2  0   Piniella L, rf        5  1  2  2   
Johnson C, dh         4  1  1  1   Jones D, dh           2  1  1  1   
Manning R, cf         4  0  1  0   Spencer J, ph         2  0  1  0   
Hassey R, c           2  0  1  0   White R, pr           0  1  0  0   
Alexander G, ph-c     2  0  2  1   Chambliss C, 1b       3  1  2  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  0  1  0   Beniquez J, 3b-lf     4  1  2  0   
Veryzer T, ss         2  0  0  0   Brown B, lf           3  0  0  0   
Norris J, ph          1  0  0  0   Stanley F, 3b         1  1  1  1   
Cox T, 3b             1  0  0  0   Dent B, ss            3  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  2 12  2                        36  8 13  8

Cleveland        100 001 000 --  2
New York         300 010 04x --  8

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Waits R (L)           4.1  8  4  4  1  2
Paxton M              3.0  4  4  4  1  1
Monge S               0.1  0  0  0  1  0
Spillner D            0.1  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Figueroa E            3.0  6  1  1  1  1
Kaat J (W)            2.2  3  1  1  1  1
Davis R (S)           3.1  3  0  0  2  6

LOB -- Cleveland 12, New York 8
2B -- Rivers M, Beniquez J, Harrah T, Munson T, Piniella L, Kuiper D
SB -- Bonds B, Piniella L
CS -- Bonds B
SH -- Bonds B
SF -- Dent B
T -- 3:06
A -- 55409

    

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