Posting his 14th victory of the campaign, Ron Guidry hurled a four-hitter as the Yankees blanked the Twins, 4-0. The Yanks got two runs in the first inning on singles by Willie Randolph, Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson and a balk by Twin pitcher Darrell Jackson. A double by Fred Stanley and RBI single by Mike Heath added another run in the seventh and an RBI single by Rivers accounted for the final tally in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Thursday, July 20, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 10 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .255 Randall 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Rivers cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .254 Carew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .347 Munson rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Ford cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .291 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .298 Rivera rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .296 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .288 Morales dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .326 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Kusick lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Johnson dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .190 Smalley ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 .271 Stanley ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 .257 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Heath c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .308 Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .181 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 10 3 3 4 Totals 29 0 4 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 30,660 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Twins 5 DP: Yankees 2, Twins 1 Errors: Wolfe Doubles: Stanley (5), Smalley (17) Caught Stealing: Munson (2) GIDP: Nettles (12), Morales 2 (6) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(14-1) 9 4 0 0 3 8 0 32 2.11 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 8 0 32 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jackson L(2-3) 8 8 3 2 2 4 0 33 3.20 Harrison 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 6.94 Totals 9 10 4 3 3 4 0 39 Wild Pitches: Jackson (2) Balks: Jackson (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to right; Rivers singled to center [Randolph to second]; Munson singled to left [Randolph scored, Rivers to second]; Piniella reached on an error by Wolfe [Rivers to third, Munson to second, Piniella to first]; Chambliss struck out; Jackson balked [Rivers scored (unearned), Munson to third, Piniella to second]; Nettles popped to shortstop; Johnson walked; Munson was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to right; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 2ND: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Rivera walked; Morales grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at second]; Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson flied out to right; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Smalley doubled to left; Wolfe struck out; Borgmann popped to first; Randall flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to center; Nettles grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; Johnson walked; Stanley singled to left [Johnson to second]; Heath forced Stanley (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to center; Ford grounded out (third to first); Rivera was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; Rivers flied out to center; Munson flied out to left; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Morales singled to right; Kusick popped to second; Smalley struck out; Wolfe popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss struck out; Nettles flied out to center; Johnson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Borgmann struck out; Randall singled to third; Carew flied out to left; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 7TH: Stanley doubled to left; Jackson threw a wild pitch [Stanley to third]; Heath singled to left [Stanley scored]; Randolph flied out to center; Rivers flied out to left; Munson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Rivera popped to second; Morales singled to right; Kusick struck out; Smalley walked [Morales to second]; Wolfe lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 0. YANKEES 8TH: Piniella popped to first; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall lined to right; Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 0. YANKEES 9TH: HARRISON REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to left; Stanley singled to left; Heath flied out to center; Randolph walked [Stanley to second]; Rivers singled to center [Stanley scored, Randolph to third]; Munson forced Rivers (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: Ford walked; Rivera struck out; Morales grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Twins 0.

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