Coming from behind, the Mariners upset the Yankees, 5-4. After the Yankees went ahead, 4-3, in the top of the seventh inning on a homer by Graig Nettles, the Mariners came back in the bottom of the frame. Bob Stinson led off with a double, took third on a bunt by Julio Cruz and scored on a single by Craig Reynolds. Leon Roberts drew a walk and Bob Robertson then singled to left for the decisive tally. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 5, New York Yankees 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Yankees 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 1 Mariners 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 x - 5 9 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blair cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .175 Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .265 Reynolds ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .298 Munson c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .298 Paciorek dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .303 Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .284 Roberts rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .314 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Robertson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Johnstone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Stanton lf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .189 Nettles 3b 2 1 1 2 1 0 .261 Ruppert Jones cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .243 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .268 Stein 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Stinson c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 7 3 1 5 Totals 32 5 9 4 4 6 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 21,834 Left on Base: Yankees 3, Mariners 9 DP: Yankees 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Randolph Doubles: Chambliss (20), Munson (22), Piniella (25), Roberts (14), Ruppert Jones (16), Stinson (11) Triples: Roberts (5) Home Runs: Nettles (19) Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (4), Cruz (10) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (7) GIDP: Piniella (10) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry 5 3 2 1 1 3 0 20 1.79 Gossage L(8-10) 2 4 3 3 3 2 0 13 2.10 Lyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.34 Beattie 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.33 Totals 8 9 5 4 4 6 0 38 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt 6.1 6 4 4 1 3 1 25 4.47 Romo W(10-4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 3.13 Totals 9 7 4 4 1 5 1 34 Wild Pitches: Gossage (4) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan YANKEES 1ST: Blair grounded out (third to first); Randolph struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Paciorek singled to center; Roberts forced Paciorek (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Mariners 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss doubled to left; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Chambliss to third]; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to right [Chambliss scored]; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Robertson made an out to second; Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Mariners 0. YANKEES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Dent popped to first; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Stein flied out to right; Stinson grounded out (third to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Mariners 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Munson doubled to left [Randolph to third]; Chambliss singled to shortstop [Randolph scored, Munson to third]; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Munson scored, Chambliss out at second]; Nettles walked; Jackson flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Paciorek struck out; Roberts doubled to left; Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 0. YANKEES 5TH: Johnson popped to first; Dent flied out to center; Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones doubled to center [Stanton scored]; Stein reached on an error by Randolph [Ruppert Jones scored (unearned)]; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Stein to second]; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 2. YANKEES 6TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Munson popped to shortstop; Chambliss flied out to center; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Paciorek walked; Roberts tripled to right [Paciorek scored]; Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones struck out; Stein flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Mariners 3. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles homered; Jackson struck out; ROMO REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: Stinson doubled to center; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Stinson to third]; Reynolds singled to right [Stinson scored]; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Reynolds to second]; Paciorek popped to first; Roberts walked; Robertson singled to left [Reynolds scored, Roberts to third]; Stanton struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Mariners 5. YANKEES 8TH: Blair struck out; Randolph flied out to right; Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Mariners 5. MARINERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones singled to center; BEATTIE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Stein forced Ruppert Jones (first to catcher to shortstop); Stinson struck out; Cruz singled to left [Stein to second]; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Mariners 5. YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Piniella doubled to right; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR PINIELLA; Nettles flied out to center [Johnstone to third]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Mariners 5.

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