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August 1, 1978

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Rangers 0 3 1
Yankees 8 10 0
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Rangers 1 4 1
Yankees 8 10 0

Bobby Bonds Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .272
OBP .000 .349
At Bats 3 364
Hits 0 99
• Singles 0 65
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 59

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 7
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Yankee Stadium - August 1, 1978
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Home Run
Sparky Lyle
Cliff Johnson
Jim Spencer
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Brian Doyle
Jay Johnstone
Paul Blair
Reggie Jackson
Bobby Bonds
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Comer now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out. Hargrove moves to third.
Top 8 Hargrove hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Hargrove reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jim Spencer now playing first base. Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Paul Mirabella now pitching. Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnstone for the out.
Top 7 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Paul Blair now playing center field. Jay Johnstone now playing left field. Harrah hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bonds strikes out.
Top 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hargrove hits a popup towards short. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Campaneris hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Beniquez reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Brian Doyle now playing shortstop. Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Randolph scores.
Bottom 4 Reggie Cleveland now pitching. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 4 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Rivers. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Rivers steals second.
Bottom 4 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrah hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bonds strikes out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Nettles reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beniquez throws the ball in to Wills who tags Chambliss trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Piniella strikes out.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hargrove hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randolph reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campaneris strikes out.
Bottom 2 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randolph hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez who is chasing the ball. Randolph reaches third base with a triple. Johnson scores. Dent goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nettles tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to third for the out. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nettles takes first base on ball four. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Beniquez is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randolph moves to third.
Bottom 1 Matlack fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Matlack. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 1 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Top 1 Sundberg strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Wills. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 1 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hargrove strikes out.