Doug DeCinces, who was the A. L.'s Player of the Month in July as slugging star for Orioles, smashed a two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat the Yankees, 2-1, and hand Ron Guidry his second defeat of the season against 15 victories. The Yankees counted their run off Mike Flanagan in the third on singles by Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers, a wild pitch and an infield out by Willie Randolph, but an error then helped beat Guidry when Eddie Murray was safe on a wild throw by Dent and DeCinces hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 2, New York Yankees 1

Game Played on Friday, August 4, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 5 0 Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 .309 Rivers cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Randolph 2b 2 0 0 1 2 0 .256 Singleton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Munson c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Harlow cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Murray 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .279 Jackson rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .281 DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .268 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 May dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .268 Mora lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .247 White dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Dent ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .254 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175 Lopez cf,rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .210 Stanley pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 0 10 Totals 31 1 7 1 5 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 28,189 Left on Base: Orioles 3, Yankees 8 DP: Orioles 3, Yankees 0 Errors: Dent Doubles: Mora (8), Lopez (4), Jackson (10) Home Runs: DeCinces (19) GIDP: Munson (12), Randolph (7), Piniella (9) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(14-9) 7 6 1 1 4 2 0 28 3.68 Stanhouse SV(15) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.16 Totals 9 7 1 1 5 3 0 36 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry L(15-2) 9 5 2 1 0 10 1 32 1.97 Totals 9 5 2 1 0 10 1 32 Wild Pitches: Flanagan (7) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia struck out; Dauer struck out; Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Randolph walked; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randolph out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); DeCinces flied out to center; May popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to left; Jackson doubled to center; Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Mora flied out to center; Dempsey struck out; Lopez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: White flied out to left; Dent singled; Rivers singled to right [Dent to second]; Flanagan threw a wild pitch [Dent to third, Rivers to second]; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dent scored]; Munson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia struck out; Dauer flied out to right; Singleton singled to center; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to center; Chambliss singled to pitcher [Jackson to second]; Nettles flied out to center [Jackson to third]; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces struck out; May struck out; Mora doubled; Dempsey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Dent popped to third; Rivers singled to right; Randolph grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Lopez doubled to left; Garcia struck out; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson walked; Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Munson out at second]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Murray reached on an error by Dent [Murray to second]; DeCinces homered [Murray scored (unearned)]; May flied out to center; Mora struck out; Dempsey flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss popped to shortstop; Nettles walked; White forced Nettles (shortstop to second); JOHNSON BATTED FOR DENT; Johnson walked [White to second]; STANLEY RAN FOR JOHNSON; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lopez flied out to left; Garcia singled to left [Garcia out at second (left to shortstop)]; Dauer popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Randolph walked; Munson grounded out (second to first) [Randolph to second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton struck out; Murray flied out to center; DeCinces grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to center; White flied out to right; THOMASSON BATTED FOR STANLEY; Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

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