Athletics @ Yankees
August 26, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 8 0
Yankees 5 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 8 0
Yankees 5 7 0

Tony Armas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .218
OBP .000 .256
At Bats 0 229
Hits 0 50
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 13

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 2 7
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Yankee Stadium - August 26, 1978
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Gary Thomasson
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Tony Armas
Glenn Burke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 4 8 0 5
New York Yankees 5 7 0 6
Winning Pitcher Sparky Lyle
Losing Pitcher Bob Lacey
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Graig Nettles
Attendance 53,883
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tony Armas pinch hits for Mike Edwards. Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Glenn Burke pinch runs for Mario Guerrero. Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomasson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Page hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Carty hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Lacey now pitching. Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Munson reaches second base with a double. Rivers goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Joe Wallis now playing center field. Wayne Gross now playing third base. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alston strikes out.
Top 7 Joe Wallis pinch hits for Miguel Dilone. Wallis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Woodard moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Top 7 Darrell Woodard pinch runs for Taylor Duncan. Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Woodard moves to second.
Top 7 Duncan takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 7 Guerrero hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomasson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Keough covering, for the out.
Top 6 Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Page for the out.
Top 6 Carty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomasson. Carty reaches second base with a double. Thomasson throws the ball in to Nettles who tags Carty trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Alston scores.
Top 6 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Alston. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Alston steals second.
Top 6 Alston takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Randolph strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Keough covering, for the out.
Top 5 Dilone hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Edwards strikes out.
Top 5 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Jackson. The throw from Robinson and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Page moves to second.
Top 4 Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Revering scores.
Top 4 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alston scores. Revering moves to third.
Top 4 Revering hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomasson. Revering reaches second base with a double. Alston moves to third.
Top 4 Alston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Thomasson scores.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Chambliss scores. Thomasson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dent bunts towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to third. Thomasson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomasson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Dilone hits a fly ball into left field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Duncan hits a popup in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Keough covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tidrow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Page hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a popup in front of the plate. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alston 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 1 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.