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Notching his ninth shutout of the season, Ron Guidry pitched a 4-0 victory over the Indians, enabling the Yankees to maintain their one-game lead over the Red Sox in the East division. The Yankees scored two runs in the fourth inning on singles by Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles and Lou Piniella and added another pair in the seventh on hits by Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph, Munson and Jackson. Only one Tribe runner reached second base. New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Indians 0Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumYankees 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 15 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Manning cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Blair cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .169 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Randolph 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .283 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Munson c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .294 Alexander c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Jackson dh 5 1 2 1 0 3 .280 Cage dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Pruitt rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Piniella rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .313 Cox lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Speed lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Thomasson lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .233 Kuiper 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Dent ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 4 15 4 0 5 Totals 28 0 2 0 1 8 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 15,855 Left on Base: Yankees 9, Indians 3 DP: Yankees 0, Indians 0 Errors: Thornton Doubles: Randolph (18) Stolen Bases: Randolph (36) Caught Stealing: Thomasson (3) Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (15) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(23-3) 9 2 0 0 1 8 0 30 1.74 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 8 0 30 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(12-10) 6.2 11 4 4 0 3 0 30 3.63 Monge 0.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.80 Spillner 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.95 Hood 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.54 Totals 9 15 4 4 0 5 0 40 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Greg Kosc YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson was called out on strikes; Nettles flied out to center; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander flied out to right; Cage walked; Pruitt struck out; Cox forced Cage (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss made an out to shortstop; Thomasson singled to center; Thomasson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Dent singled to left; Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to right; Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kuiper to second]; Manning was called out on strikes; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Indians 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson singled to right; Jackson singled to right [Munson to third]; Nettles singled to center [Munson scored, Jackson to third, Nettles out at second (center to shortstop to first to second)]; Piniella singled to center [Jackson scored]; Chambliss reached on an error by Thornton [Piniella to second]; Thomasson made an out to third; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton flied out to left; Alexander struck out; Cage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to right; Rivers singled to shortstop; Randolph singled to center [Rivers to third]; Randolph stole second; Munson lined to second; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Cox was called out on strikes; Kuiper singled to center; Veryzer forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles flied out to left; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Manning flied out to center; Bell flied out to right; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Indians 0. YANKEES 7TH: Thomasson struck out; Dent singled to shortstop; Rivers flied out to center; Randolph singled to third [Dent to second]; Munson singled to left [Dent scored, Randolph to second]; MONGE REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Jackson singled to right [Randolph scored, Munson to third]; Nettles flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Cage made an out to shortstop; Pruitt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. YANKEES 8TH: Piniella singled to right; Chambliss forced Piniella (first to shortstop); Thomasson singled to left [Chambliss to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Thomasson was picked off first (catcher to first); Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); Cox struck out (catcher to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. YANKEES 9TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING LF); Blair struck out; Randolph doubled to left; Yankees Coach Dick Howser ejected by 3B umpire Greg Kosc Yankees coach Dick Howser was ejected by 3rd base umpire arguing a foul ball hit by Thurmon Munson; Munson flied out to right; HOOD REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 9TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Indians 0. |
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