A three-run homer by Lou Piniella in the bottom of ninth lifted the Yankees to a 3-1 triumph over the Indians. Mickey Rivers led off the Yank ninth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Willie Randolph. A single by Thurman Munson sent Rivers to third before Piniella hit his round-tripper. A sacrifice fly by Gary Alexander produced the Tribe tally in the top of the ninth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Wednesday, July 26, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Grubb lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .270 Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .270 Munson rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .295 Carbo dh 4 0 1 0 0 3 .262 Piniella lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .303 Alexander c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .232 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Cox 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213 White dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Speed rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Norris ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Heath c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .218 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 6 1 1 9 Totals 30 3 6 3 0 4 Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 31,631 Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 3 DP: Indians 0, Yankees 0 Doubles: Grubb (12), Thornton (15), Heath (3) Triples: Randolph (2) Home Runs: Piniella (3) Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (10), Randolph (3) Sacrifice Flies: Alexander (3) Hit by Pitch: Speed (1,by Beattie) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits L(7-11) 8.1 6 3 3 0 4 1 31 2.80 Totals 8.1 6 3 3 0 4 1 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie 8 6 1 1 0 8 0 31 4.13 Gossage W(6-9) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.18 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 9 0 35 Passed Balls: Heath (1) Hit by Pitch: Beattie (4) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Ted Hendry INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb singled to right; Thornton flied out to center; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph tripled to right; Munson struck out; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Cox was called out on strikes; Speed was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); White grounded out (third to first); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer lined to center; Manning singled to left; Grubb singled to center [Manning to third]; Thornton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 4TH: Carbo struck out; Alexander grounded out (third to first); Cox lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson singled to left; Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 5TH: Speed was hit by a pitch; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speed to second]; Veryzer lined to pitcher; Manning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to right; Nettles struck out; Heath doubled to right; Stanley popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 6TH: Grubb doubled to right; Heath allowed a passed ball [Grubb to third]; Thornton flied out to center; Carbo struck out; Alexander lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph grounded out (second to first); Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 7TH: Cox grounded out (second to first); Speed flied out to center; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 8TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out (second to first); Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 8TH: Nettles flied out to left; Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 9TH: Thornton doubled to left; Carbo singled to left [Thornton to third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Alexander hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thornton scored]; Cox popped to first; NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED; Norris was walked intentionally [Carbo to second]; Kuiper struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers singled to shortstop; Randolph out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rivers to second]; Munson singled to third [Rivers to third]; Piniella homered [Rivers scored, Munson scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Yankees 3.

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