Yankees @ Royals
October 3, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 16 0
Royals 1 2 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 16 0
Royals 1 2 2

Steve Braun Postseason Stats

  Game Postseason
Average .000 .000
OBP .250 .250
At Bats 3 3
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Ken Clay Postseason Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Royals Stadium - October 3, 1978
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Out
Ken Clay
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Brian Doyle
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Roy White
Paul Blair
Lou Piniella
Steve Braun
Clint Hurdle

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 7 16 0 12
Kansas City Royals 1 2 2 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Beattie
Losing Pitcher Dennis Leonard
Save Ken Clay
Game Winning RBI Bucky Dent
Attendance 41,143
Time of Game 2 hours 57 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tom Poquette pinch hits for Frank White. Poquette hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Clint Hurdle pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Hurdle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Cowens hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blair is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Chambliss moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Top 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 9 Doug Bird now pitching. Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a line drive into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Paul Blair now playing center field. Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Jackson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blair moves to second.
Top 8 Paul Blair pinch runs for Mickey Rivers. Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 White hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek strikes out.
Top 7 Doyle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Porter throws to Patek, and they have Jackson in a rundown. The throw to Brett, who applies the tag, and Jackson is out. Nettles moves to second.
Top 7 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Top 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ken Clay now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett tags and scores.
Bottom 6 LaCock takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Brett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Braun hits a line drive into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 5 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Nettles moves to third.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Top 5 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Steve Mingori now pitching. The ball gets by Porter for a passed ball. Piniella moves to second.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 4 Porter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 4 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third.
Top 4 Dent hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Braun hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chambliss is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens who is chasing the ball. Nettles reaches third base with a triple. Jackson scores.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a popup towards the mound. Beattie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cowens strikes out.
Bottom 2 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes LaCock. The throw from Munson and he is safe. LaCock steals second.
Bottom 2 LaCock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rivers hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. White scores.
Top 2 Doyle hits a line drive towards third. Brett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 1 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first, with Beattie covering, for the out.
Top 1 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Otis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Otis. Piniella moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.