Yankees @ Indians
September 6, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 12 0
Indians 3 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 12 0
Indians 3 11 2

Ron Pruitt Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .322
OBP .500 .398
At Bats 2 171
Hits 0 55
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 2 21
RBI’s 0 28

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 4 21
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - September 6, 1977
Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Roy White
Mickey Rivers
Paul Blair
Ron Pruitt
Rico Carty
Andre Thornton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 12 0 6
Cleveland Indians 3 11 2 13
Winning Pitcher Dick Tidrow
Losing Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Lou Piniella
Attendance 8,123
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Pruitt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carty hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thornton moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Paul Blair now playing right field. Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Pruitt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Blanks hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields the ball and throws to Lyle covering. Safe. Dade moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dade takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Kendall hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manning for the out.
Top 8 Nettles hits a popup towards third. Dade settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Andersen fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Andersen. Rivers moves to third.
Top 8 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Dent hits a popup towards third. Dade settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 8 Andersen fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Andersen. White moves to second.
Top 8 Larry Andersen now pitching. White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Pruitt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Carty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bochte takes first base on ball four. Blanks moves to third. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blanks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Blanks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dade scores.
Bottom 7 Willie Randolph now playing second base. Dade hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Dade reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Pat Dobson now pitching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dade fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph scores. Nettles moves to third.
Top 7 Nettles is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Willie Randolph pinch runs for George Zeber. Dent bunts towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Kuiper covering, for the out. Randolph moves to second.
Top 7 Zeber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kendall hits a popup in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Manning strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pruitt takes first base on ball four. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carty takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bochte hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Piniella hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Pruitt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blanks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kendall scores. Kuiper moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dade hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Manning hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Munson strikes out.
Top 5 Nettles strikes out.
Top 5 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pruitt hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Blanks scores. Thornton moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bochte takes first base on ball four. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thornton takes first base on ball four. Blanks moves to third.
Bottom 4 Blanks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zeber hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes White. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 4 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dade hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeber scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kendall strikes out.
Top 3 Chambliss hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pruitt. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Munson scores.
Top 3 Munson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pruitt. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 3 Rivers strikes out.
Bottom 2 Manning hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pruitt takes first base on ball four. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bochte hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Zeber trying to get to home. Bochte throws the ball in to Kendall who tags Zeber, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 2 Zeber hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pruitt. Zeber reaches second base with a double. White scores.
Top 2 There goes White. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Piniella is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blanks hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zeber catches it and throws to second with Dent covering, to double up Dade.
Bottom 1 Kuiper bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuiper for the out. Dade moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dade hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jackson strikes out.
Top 1 Munson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Nettles strikes out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.