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July 30, 1978

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Twins 3 6 1
Yankees 4 9 1
Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 6 1
Yankees 4 9 1

Roy Smalley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .275
OBP .250 .347
At Bats 4 378
Hits 1 104
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 1 19
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 47

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 9 15
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Yankee Stadium - July 30, 1978
Out
Rich Gossage
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Brian Doyle
Lou Piniella
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Roy Smalley
Butch Wynegar

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 3 6 1 9
New York Yankees 4 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Rich Gossage
Losing Pitcher Mike Marshall
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Spencer
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Smalley hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Norwood strikes out.
Top 9 Brian Doyle now playing shortstop. Wilfong strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Nettles scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hosken Powell now playing right field. Mike Cubbage now playing third base. Mike Marshall now pitching. Rob Wilfong now playing second base. ButcPiniella hits a popup towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Larry Wolfe. Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Hosken Powell pinch hits for Bombo Rivera. Powell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Glenn Adams pinch hits for Jose Morales. Adams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rod Carew now playing first base. Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rod Carew pinch hits for Craig Kusick. Carew strikes out.
Top 7 Rich Gossage now pitching. Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Smalley hits a fly ball towards left. Piniella settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Piniella. Borgmann scores. Smalley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Randall hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guidry fields it and throws to first for the out. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 7 Borgmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stanley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Kusick moves to second.
Top 6 Morales strikes out.
Top 6 Kusick takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Munson scores. Chambliss goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Norwood hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley strikes out.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. White reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Nettles moves to third.
Bottom 4 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out.
Top 4 Borgmann strikes out.
Top 4 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Rivera strikes out.
Top 4 Morales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kusick strikes out.
Top 3 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ford for the out.
Top 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson juggles the ball. That's an error on Erickson.
Top 2 Randall strikes out.
Top 2 Norwood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morales scores. Wolfe moves to third.
Top 2 Borgmann strikes out.
Top 2 Wolfe takes first base on ball four. Morales moves to second.
Top 2 Rivera strikes out.
Top 2 Morales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kusick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ford strikes out.
Top 1 Smalley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Smalley reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Norwood strikes out. Munson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Norwood out.