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Yankees
@ Mariners
Kingdome
August 20, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees, played on August 20, 1978 at Kingdome.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Seattle Mariners
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Seattle Mariners |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ron Guidry |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Honeycutt |
Ballpark | Kingdome |
City | Seattle |
State | WA |
Attendance | 21,834 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: Al Clark 2B: Bill Kunkel 3B: Bill Deegan |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Cliff Johnson | DH |
Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Seattle Mariners Lineup
Name | Position |
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Julio Cruz | Second Baseman |
Craig Reynolds | Shortstop |
Tom Paciorek | DH |
Leon Roberts | Right Fielder |
Bob Robertson | First Baseman |
Leroy Stanton | Left Fielder |
Ruppert Jones | Center Fielder |
Bill Stein | Third Baseman |
Bob Stinson | Catcher |
Darrell Johnson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Mariners
Kingdome
August 20, 1978
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Honeycutt
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stein fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Honeycutt
Randolph strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Honeycutt
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Guidry
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guidry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Guidry
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Guidry
Paciorek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Guidry
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Honeycutt
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stanton. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. Honeycutt
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Honeycutt
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chambliss tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Honeycutt
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Guidry
Robertson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanton vs. Guidry
Stanton strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Guidry
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Honeycutt
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stein fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Honeycutt
Dent hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Honeycutt
Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Guidry
Stein hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Guidry
Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Guidry
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Honeycutt
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Honeycutt
Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stanton. Munson reaches second base with a double. Randolph moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chambliss vs. Honeycutt
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Randolph scores. Munson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piniella vs. Honeycutt
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Munson scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Honeycutt
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Honeycutt
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Guidry
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Guidry
Paciorek strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Guidry
Roberts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Guidry
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Honeycutt
Johnson hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Honeycutt
Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Honeycutt
Blair hits a fly ball into left field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanton vs. Guidry
Stanton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Guidry
Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Blair. Jones reaches second base with a double. Stanton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stein vs. Guidry
Stein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph misplays the ball. That's an error on Randolph. Jones scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stinson vs. Guidry
Stinson bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Randolph covering, for the out. Stein moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Guidry
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reynolds vs. Guidry
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Honeycutt
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Honeycutt
Munson hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Honeycutt
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Honeycutt
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Gossage
Rich Gossage now pitching.
Paciorek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Gossage
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Roberts reaches third base with a triple. Paciorek goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robertson vs. Gossage
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stanton vs. Gossage
Stanton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Gossage
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stein vs. Gossage
Stein hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Honeycutt
Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Honeycutt
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Romo
Enrique Romo now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Romo
Dent hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Gossage
Stinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Blair. Stinson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Gossage
Cruz bunts towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Stinson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reynolds vs. Gossage
Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stinson scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paciorek vs. Gossage
There's a wild pitch. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paciorek vs. Gossage
Paciorek hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Gossage
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robertson vs. Gossage
Robertson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reynolds scores. Roberts moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanton vs. Gossage
Stanton strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Romo
Blair strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Romo
Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Romo
Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stein vs. Beattie
Jim Beattie now pitching.
Stein hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stinson vs. Beattie
Stinson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Beattie
Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stein moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reynolds vs. Beattie
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Romo
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Romo
Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Piniella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Romo
Jay Johnstone pinch runs for Lou Piniella.
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnstone moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jackson vs. Romo
Jackson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/1978 -- New York at Seattle (N) New York AB R H RBI Seattle AB R H RBI Blair P, cf 4 0 0 0 Cruz J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Randolph W, 2b 4 1 2 0 Reynolds C, ss 5 1 1 1 Munson T, c 4 1 1 0 Paciorek T, dh 3 1 1 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 2 1 Roberts L, rf 3 0 2 1 Piniella L, lf 4 0 1 0 Robertson B, 1b 4 0 1 1 Johnstone J, pr 0 0 0 0 Stanton L, lf 2 1 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 2 1 1 2 Jones R, cf 4 1 2 1 Jackson R, rf 4 0 0 0 Stein B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Johnson C, dh 3 0 0 0 Stinson B, c 3 1 1 0 Dent B, ss 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 4 7 3 32 5 9 4 New York 010 200 100 -- 4 Seattle 000 021 20x -- 5 New York IP H R ER BB SO Guidry R 5.0 3 2 1 1 3 Gossage R (L) 2.0 4 3 3 3 2 Lyle S* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Beattie J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Honeycutt R 6.1 6 4 4 1 3 Romo E (W) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Randolph W DP -- Seattle 1 LOB -- New York 3, Seattle 9 2B -- Chambliss C, Munson T, Roberts L, Jones R, Stinson B, Piniella L 3B -- Roberts L HR -- Nettles G SH -- Stinson B, Cruz J SF -- Nettles G WP -- Gossage R T -- 2:37 A -- 21834
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