Struggling for a doubleheader split, the Yankees won the first game, 4-3, and the Twins captured the second contest, 2-0. Ron Guidry, going for his 16th victory, went 6 2/3 innings in the lidlifter and was removed after an error by Lou Piniella allowed the tying run to score. The Yankees won it in the eighth when Reggie Jackson singled, Graig Nettles forced him at second, Roy White walked and Jim Spencer got a pinch-hit two-bagger.

The nightcap was scoreless going into the ninth inning when Roy Smalley led off with a double and went to third on an infield hit by Rod Carew. Sparky Lyle replaced Jim Beattie on the mound for the Yankees and was greeted by a pinch-hit single by Jose Morales, scoring Smalley. Butch Wynegar then bunted and when Lyle attempted to throw out Carew at third, he bounced the ball off the runner into left field, allowing Carew to score. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 30, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Twins 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 1 Yankees 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 x - 4 9 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .267 Rivers cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Wynegar c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Munson c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .299 Smalley ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .283 Ford cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .302 Piniella lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .316 Kusick 1b 2 1 1 1 1 1 .209 Jackson rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .282 Carew ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 Morales dh 3 1 2 0 0 1 .321 White dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .260 Adams ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Rivera rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .289 Spencer ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .228 Powell ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243 Doyle ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Wolfe 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .220 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 3 1 1 0 0 2 .190 Wilfong 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 6 2 6 14 Totals 33 4 9 4 3 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Left on Base: Twins 9, Yankees 9 DP: Twins 1, Yankees 1 Errors: Erickson, Piniella Doubles: Smalley (19), White (8), Munson 2 (20), Piniella (18), Spencer (9) Triples: Jackson (4) Home Runs: Kusick (3) GIDP: Cubbage (6), Piniella (7) Hit by Pitch: Randolph (2,by Erickson) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 7 7 3 3 2 5 0 31 4.73 Marshall L(5-9) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.00 Totals 8 9 4 4 3 5 0 37 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry 6.2 6 3 2 3 10 1 30 2.02 Gossage W(7-9) 2.1 0 0 0 3 4 0 9 2.03 Totals 9 6 3 2 6 14 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Erickson (7) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo TWINS 1ST: Norwood struck out (catcher to first); Randall grounded out (third to first); Smalley doubled to left; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Randolph flied out to center; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Kusick homered; Morales singled to center; Rivera struck out; Wolfe walked [Morales to second]; Borgmann struck out; Norwood singled to right [Morales scored, Wolfe to third]; Randall struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss reached on an error by Erickson; Piniella grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; Jackson singled to center; Nettles singled to right [Jackson to second]; White struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 0. TWINS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded out (first unassisted); Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers flied out to center; Randolph was hit by a pitch; Munson forced Randolph (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 0. TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to right; Rivera struck out; Wolfe forced Morales (third to second); Borgmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Piniella struck out; Jackson tripled to left; Nettles walked; White doubled to left [Jackson scored, Nettles to third]; Stanley struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 1. TWINS 5TH: Norwood lined to center; Randall grounded out (second to first); Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph flied out to center; Munson doubled to right; Chambliss walked; Piniella doubled to right [Munson scored, Chambliss scored]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 3. TWINS 6TH: Ford struck out; Kusick walked; Morales struck out; Rivera walked [Kusick to second]; Wolfe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles lined to right; White flied out to left; Stanley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 3. TWINS 7TH: Borgmann singled to left; Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first) [Borgmann to second]; Randall flied out to right; Smalley reached on an error by Piniella [Borgmann scored (unearned), Smalley to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Ford walked; CAREW BATTED FOR KUSICK; Carew struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph lined to right; Munson doubled to right; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 3. TWINS 8TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams struck out; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); WILFONG REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING 2B); WYNEGAR REPLACED RANDALL (PLAYING C ); Piniella popped to first; Jackson singled to center; Nettles forced Jackson (first to shortstop); White walked [Nettles to second]; SPENCER BATTED FOR STANLEY; Spencer doubled to left [Nettles scored, White to third]; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 4. TWINS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING SS); Wilfong struck out; Norwood struck out; Wynegar walked; Smalley lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 4.

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