Relieving in ninth inning, Rich Gossage struck out the side on 11 pitches and earned his 21st save as the Yankees defeated the Mariners, 4-3. Chris Chambliss tripled with the bases loaded to start the Yankee scoring in the first inning. What proved to be the winning run followed in the third on singles by Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles and Cliff Johnson.

Jim Beattie, who finally emerged as the winner, ending his personal seven-game losing streak, gave up two runs in the eighth on singles by Larry Milbourne and Julio Cruz and a triple by Ruppert Jones. Sparky Lyle came in to pitch the ninth and did not retire a batter, giving up one run on singles by Bruce Bochte and Dan Meyer and a double by Bill Stein. That brought on Gossage, who struck out Tom Paciorek and Milbourne on three pitches each before throwing five to fan Cruz. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 8 1 Yankees 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 12 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .246 Rivers cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Randolph 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267 Ruppert Jones cf 2 0 2 2 2 0 .251 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Roberts rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Jackson rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .283 Bochte dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Thomasson pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Hale pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .179 Piniella lf 3 2 0 0 1 0 .311 Meyer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .287 Stein 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .266 Nettles 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .311 Johnson dh 4 0 2 1 0 1 .187 Plummer c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Dent ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Milbourne ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .244 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pasley c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robertson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 8 3 2 8 Totals 35 4 12 4 2 3 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 22,386 Left on Base: Mariners 7, Yankees 9 DP: Mariners 1, Yankees 0 Errors: Reynolds Doubles: Ruppert Jones (21), Stein (24) Triples: Ruppert Jones (2), Chambliss (2) Stolen Bases: Ruppert Jones (18), Rivers (20) GIDP: Randolph (11) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(5-8) 8 12 4 4 2 3 0 37 4.26 Totals 8 12 4 4 2 3 0 37 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie W(3-7) 8 5 2 2 2 5 0 31 4.03 Lyle 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.33 Gossage SV(21) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1.95 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 8 0 37 Wild Pitches: Beattie (6) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Lou DiMuro MARINERS 1ST: Cruz struck out; Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruppert Jones doubled to right; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; Randolph walked; Munson grounded out (third to first) [Rivers to third, Randolph to second]; Jackson struck out; Piniella was walked intentionally; Chambliss tripled to left [Rivers scored, Randolph scored, Piniella scored]; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 3. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte flied out to left; Meyer flied out to right; Stein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 2ND: Johnson singled to shortstop [Johnson to second (error by Reynolds)]; Dent singled to pitcher [Johnson to third]; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dent to second]; Randolph reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson out at home (first to catcher), Dent stayed at second]; Munson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 3. MARINERS 3RD: Paciorek struck out; Plummer struck out; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Jackson singled to right; Piniella forced Jackson (shortstop to second); Chambliss popped to first; Nettles singled to center [Piniella to second]; Johnson singled to left [Piniella scored, Nettles to third]; Dent grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Ruppert Jones walked; Ruppert Jones stole second; Beattie threw a wild pitch [Ruppert Jones to third]; Roberts struck out; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph singled to right; Munson flied out to left; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. MARINERS 5TH: Meyer flied out to left; Stein grounded out (first to pitcher); Paciorek singled to center; Plummer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. MARINERS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Reynolds made an out to second; Ruppert Jones walked; Roberts forced Ruppert Jones (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: Johnson flied out to left; Dent singled to center; Rivers singled to right [Dent to second]; Randolph grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer flied out to center; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson singled to right; THOMASSON RAN FOR JACKSON; Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Yankees 4. MARINERS 8TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Paciorek flied out to center; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Milbourne singled to left; Cruz singled to right [Milbourne to third]; Reynolds popped to third; Ruppert Jones tripled to center [Milbourne scored, Cruz scored]; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Yankees 4. YANKEES 8TH: PASLEY REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING C ); Nettles singled to right; Johnson struck out; Dent forced Nettles (shortstop to second); Rivers popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Yankees 4. MARINERS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Bochte singled to center; HALE RAN FOR BOCHTE; Meyer singled to right [Hale to second]; Stein doubled to left [Hale scored, Meyer to third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Paciorek struck out; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR PASLEY; Robertson struck out; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Yankees 4.

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