Royals @ Yankees
June 4, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 1
Yankees 8 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 1
Yankees 8 14 0

John Wathan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .262
At Bats 3 79
Hits 0 18
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 12

Tommy John Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 1 0
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Yankee Stadium - June 4, 1979
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Out
Tommy John
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Roy White
Mickey Rivers
Lou Piniella
John Wathan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 6 1 4
New York Yankees 8 14 0 12
Winning Pitcher Tommy John
Losing Pitcher Rich Gale
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chris Chambliss
Attendance 30,164
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with John covering, for the out.
Top 9 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cowens tags and scores.
Top 9 Cowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White who is chasing the ball. Cowens reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to second for the out. Washington moves to third.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores. Washington moves to second.
Top 8 Washington takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to second.
Top 8 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Wathan hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson 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. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae strikes out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops it up and throws to first, with Mingori covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 6 Steve Mingori now pitching. Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Munson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Randolph scores.
Bottom 6 Randolph hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Randolph reaches third base with a triple. White scores. Spencer scores. Rivers goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Rivers is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gale fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chambliss scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 6 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. Nettles scores.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Nettles moves to third.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Nettles reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dent hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to third.
Bottom 4 White strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 McRae hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with John covering, for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with John covering, for the out.
Top 3 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chambliss tags and scores.
Bottom 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chambliss moves to third.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Porter hits a popup in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Randolph. The throw from Porter and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rivers strikes out.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 Brett 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 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out.