Winning his 15th game -- tops in the majors -- Ron Guidry pitched the Yankees to a 4-0 blanking of the Royals, ending the K.C. winning streak at 10 games. The Yanks scored a run in the third when Mickey Rivers reached first on a throwing error by Royal shortstop Freddie Patek, stole second and scored on a double by Willie Randolph.

The Bronx Bombers added three more runs in the eighth on an RBI double by Thurman Munson and back-to-back RBI singles by Roy White and Jim Spencer. It was Bob Lemon's first game as Yankee manager. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Tuesday, July 25, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 8 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .259 Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .317 Randolph 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 McRae dh 4 0 2 0 0 2 .271 Munson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .293 Wathan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Blair rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Piniella lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304 Porter c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Nettles 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .256 Cowens rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .254 White dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Spencer 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .221 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Heath c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Stanley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 8 4 3 3 Totals 31 0 6 0 0 8 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 40,183 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Royals 4 DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0 Errors: Patek Doubles: Rivers 2 (13), Randolph (10), Piniella (15), Munson (17), Cowens (12) Triples: Heath (1) Stolen Bases: Rivers (13) Caught Stealing: Cowens (4), Brett (5) Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (2) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(15-1) 9 6 0 0 0 8 0 31 1.99 Totals 9 6 0 0 0 8 0 31 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(11-9) 7.2 8 4 3 2 2 0 34 3.23 Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.62 Mingori 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.00 Totals 9 8 4 3 3 3 0 39 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans YANKEES 1ST: Rivers doubled to center; Randolph flied out to right; Munson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett singled to center; McRae singled to center [Brett to second]; Wathan struck out; Otis flied out to right [Brett to third]; Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles popped to third in foul territory; White lined to shortstop; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to center; Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hurdle grounded out (first to pitcher); Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. YANKEES 3RD: Heath popped to first in foul territory; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers reached on an error by Patek; Rivers stole second; Randolph doubled to right [Rivers scored (unearned)]; Munson popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to center; Brett singled to second; McRae struck out while Brett was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella popped to third; Nettles flied out to center; White popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Wathan flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third to first); Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. YANKEES 5TH: Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); Heath tripled to left; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens doubled to left; Hurdle struck out; Patek popped to catcher; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson grounded out (third to first); Piniella doubled to center; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Brett was called out on strikes; McRae singled to third; Wathan forced McRae (third to second); Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Spencer walked; Heath forced Spencer (shortstop to second); Stanley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to center; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Hurdle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 0. YANKEES 8TH: Rivers doubled to center; Randolph out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rivers to third]; Munson doubled to left [Rivers scored]; Piniella was walked intentionally; Nettles forced Piniella (first to shortstop) [Munson to third]; White singled to right [Munson scored, Nettles to third]; Spencer singled to left [Nettles scored, White to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Heath walked [White to third, Spencer to second]; Stanley popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING RF); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White struck out; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 0. YANKEES 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph struck out; Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: McRae struck out; Wathan flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 0.

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