With Ron Guidry picking up his 19th win -- tops in the majors -- the Yankees posted their sixth straight victory, edging the Orioles, 5-4. The score was 4-4 going into the seventh inning when Lou Piniella drew a leadoff walk. A single by Chris Chambliss moved Piniella to third and a single by Cliff Johnson drove him home.

Guidry was removed from the game when he was struck by a bat that slipped from the hands of Ken Singleton in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 30, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Yankees 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 5 16 0 Orioles 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blair cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .179 Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .204 Rivers ph,cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Singleton rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .297 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .271 DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .276 Munson c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .299 May dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .246 Jackson rf 5 0 3 1 0 2 .283 Murray 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Piniella lf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .311 Mora lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Nettles 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .268 Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Chambliss 1b 5 0 3 0 0 1 .290 Dempsey c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .272 Johnson dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .176 Dauer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Thomasson pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Lopez cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 5 16 5 3 6 Totals 34 4 7 4 1 9 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 20,501 Left on Base: Yankees 12, Orioles 4 DP: Yankees 0, Orioles 2 Errors: Flanagan Doubles: Nettles (20), Johnson (8), Piniella 2 (27), Murray (29) Home Runs: DeCinces (23), Dempsey (6) Sacrifice Hits: Dent (6) GIDP: Munson (14), Piniella (11) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(19-2) 7 7 4 4 1 8 2 29 1.88 Gossage SV(20) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.97 Totals 9 7 4 4 1 9 2 35 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan 4.2 11 4 4 0 3 0 24 3.95 T. Martinez L(3-3) 1.2 4 1 1 2 1 0 11 4.95 Kerrigan 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 4.92 Totals 9 16 5 5 3 6 0 44 Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser YANKEES 1ST: Blair singled; Randolph singled to left [Blair to second]; Munson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Blair to third, Randolph out at second]; Jackson singled [Blair scored]; Piniella flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to center; Singleton struck out; DeCinces popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson doubled to left [Nettles scored]; Dent flied out to right; Blair struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: May struck out; Murray doubled to right; Mora flied out to right; Dempsey singled to left [Murray scored]; Dauer forced Dempsey (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 1. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson struck out; Jackson singled to left; Piniella doubled to right [Jackson to third]; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez struck out; Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton singled to center; DeCinces homered [Singleton scored]; May walked; Murray popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 3. YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to pitcher [Chambliss to second (error by Flanagan)]; Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Dent grounded out (third to first); Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 4TH: Mora flied out to center; Dempsey singled to center; Dauer forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); Lopez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 3. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to second]; Jackson struck out; Piniella doubled to right [Randolph scored]; Nettles singled to right [Piniella scored]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Chambliss singled to left [Nettles to second]; Johnson flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger struck out; Singleton flied out to center; DeCinces singled to center; May forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 3. YANKEES 6TH: Dent flied out to left; Blair grounded out (second to first); Randolph walked; Munson singled to left [Randolph to third]; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Mora grounded out (second to first); Dempsey homered; Dauer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 4. YANKEES 7TH: Piniella walked; Nettles flied out to left; Chambliss singled to right [Piniella to third]; Johnson singled to center [Piniella scored, Chambliss to second]; THOMASSON RAN FOR JOHNSON; KERRIGAN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Chambliss to third, Thomasson to second]; RIVERS BATTED FOR BLAIR; Rivers was walked intentionally; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 7TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RIVERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4. YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson singled to center; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); DeCinces was called out on strikes; May flied out to center; Murray grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4. YANKEES 9TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss struck out; Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 9TH: KELLY BATTED FOR MORA; Kelly flied out to left; Dempsey flied out to center; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DAUER; Crowley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Orioles 4.

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