A single by Chris Chambliss in the ninth inning enabled the Yankees to squeak past the Twins, 3-2. Reggie Jackson beat out an infield hit to open the frame and went to second on reliever Mac Scarce's wild throw past first base. Chambliss followed with a line single to center.

The Yanks scored twice in the first on a double by Roy White, a wild pitch and singles by Jackson and Chambliss. Bucky Dent's error set up a pair of unearned Twin runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Sunday, April 30, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 5 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .324 Smalley ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .263 White lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .189 Carew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .356 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Ford cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .300 Jackson rf 4 2 3 1 0 1 .273 Morales dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .357 Chambliss 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .292 Adams ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .177 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Kusick lf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .214 Spencer dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Wolfe 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Cubbage ph,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Dent ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Randall 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .306 Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norwood rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .320 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 1 0 0 0 2 0 .200 Wynegar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 6 Totals 31 2 5 2 4 9 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 13,929 Left on Base: Yankees 5, Twins 8 DP: Yankees 0, Twins 1 Errors: Dent, Scarce Doubles: White (1) Stolen Bases: Jackson (4) Sacrifice Hits: Norwood (2) Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (2) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry 6.1 3 2 0 4 7 0 27 1.50 Gossage W(1-3) 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.50 Totals 9 5 2 0 4 9 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 8 6 2 2 1 6 0 30 3.86 Scarce L(0-1) 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.50 T. Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.15 Totals 9 8 3 2 1 6 0 35 Wild Pitches: Guidry (1), Erickson (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; White doubled to right; Munson grounded out (third to first); Jackson singled to center [White scored]; Erickson threw a wild pitch [Jackson to second]; Chambliss singled to left [Jackson scored]; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Smalley struck out; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 2ND: Spencer made an out to shortstop; Dent flied to left in foul territory; Doyle grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Brian Doyle; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Morales struck out; Kusick struck out; Wolfe singled to right; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers struck out; White made an out to third; Munson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Norwood struck out; Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson struck out; Chambliss singled to right; Nettles walked [Chambliss to second]; Spencer struck out; Dent forced Chambliss (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew popped to pitcher; Ford struck out; Morales singled to right; Guidry threw a wild pitch [Morales to second]; Kusick walked; Wolfe struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 5TH: Doyle popped to third in foul territory; Rivers flied out to left; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (second to first); Norwood flied out to center; Borgmann walked; Smalley lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied out to center; Jackson singled to right; Jackson stole second; Chambliss lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford grounded out (first to pitcher); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer struck out; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Kusick walked; Wolfe reached on an error by Dent [Kusick to second]; Randall singled to left [Kusick scored (unearned), Wolfe to second]; Norwood out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wolfe to third, Randall to second]; Borgmann walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wolfe scored (unearned)]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 2. YANKEES 8TH: Doyle flied out to left; Rivers singled to center; White grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivers to second]; Munson lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: Ford was called out on strikes; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams singled to right; Kusick struck out; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage singled to center [Adams to second]; Randall forced Cubbage (pitcher to second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 2. YANKEES 9TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SCARCE REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Jackson singled to pitcher [Jackson to second (error by Scarce)]; Chambliss singled to right [Jackson scored (unearned)]; Nettles popped to shortstop; T. JOHNSON REPLACED SCARCE (PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR SPENCER; Johnson made an out to third; Dent popped to third in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CHILES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Chiles lined to shortstop; WYNEGAR BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 2.

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