Rangers @ Yankees
August 1, 1978

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

Juan Beniquez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .265
OBP .333 .303
At Bats 3 279
Hits 1 74
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 1 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 29

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 7
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Yankee Stadium - August 1, 1978
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Cliff Johnson
Jim Spencer
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Brian Doyle
Jay Johnstone
Paul Blair
Reggie Jackson
Juan Beniquez
Kurt Bevacqua

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 1 4 1 7
New York Yankees 8 10 0 5
Winning Pitcher Catfish Hunter
Losing Pitcher Jon Matlack
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chris Chambliss
Attendance 18,485
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for Mike Jorgensen. Bevacqua takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
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.