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Oakland Athletics @ New York Yankees

1978-08-25 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 29010 · 60°F, night · 2:16

New York Yankees defeated Oakland Athletics 7–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 6th. Ron Guidry earned the win. Mickey Rivers went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		7	8

W: Ron Guidry L: John Henry Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Forman · 1B: Jim Dunne · 2B: Richie Lazar · 3B: Lester Fuchs · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Wallis	4	0	0	0	1	0
Dell Alston	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mitchell Page	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rico Carty	3	0	2	0	1	0
Taylor Duncan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mario Guerrero	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Revering	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bruce Robinson	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mike Edwards	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Gross	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	4	2	2	2	0	2
Willie Randolph	4	2	2	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	2	0	1	1	1	0
Lou Piniella	3	1	1	0	1	1
Chris Chambliss	4	0	0	0	0	0
Graig Nettles	3	1	1	0	1	0
Reggie Jackson	3	1	1	4	1	0
Paul Blair	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	4	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Henry Johnson	6.0	5	3	3
Dave Heaverlo	1.0	3	0	0
Pete Broberg	1.0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Guidry	8.0	5	4	5
Rich Gossage	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Wallis: 3
Dell Alston: K
Mitchell Page: E4
Rico Carty: W.1-2
Taylor Duncan: 6

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: HR/9
Willie Randolph: 7
Thurman Munson: W
Lou Piniella: 7
Chris Chambliss: 9

Top 2

Mario Guerrero: K
Dave Revering: W
Bruce Robinson: 9
Mike Edwards: 3/G

Bot 2

Graig Nettles: 9
Reggie Jackson: E1
Paul Blair: 7
Bucky Dent: 9

Top 3

Joe Wallis: W
Dell Alston: K
Mitchell Page: S7.1-2
Rico Carty: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Mickey Rivers: K
Willie Randolph: 53
Thurman Munson: S8
Lou Piniella: WP.1-2
Lou Piniella: K

Top 4

Taylor Duncan: S7
Mario Guerrero: WP.1-2
Mario Guerrero: W
Dave Revering: 9.2-3
Bruce Robinson: S9.3-H;1-2
Mike Edwards: 8
Joe Wallis: 4

Bot 4

Chris Chambliss: 3/G
Graig Nettles: S7
Reggie Jackson: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Dell Alston: 9
Mitchell Page: K
Rico Carty: D9
Taylor Duncan: 4

Bot 5

Paul Blair: 3
Bucky Dent: 8
Mickey Rivers: K

Top 6

Mario Guerrero: 63
Dave Revering: K
Bruce Robinson: 8

Bot 6

Willie Randolph: S9
Thurman Munson: 43.1-2
Lou Piniella: IW
Chris Chambliss: 7
Graig Nettles: W.2-3;1-2
Reggie Jackson: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Paul Blair: 8

Top 7

Mike Edwards: 6/L
Joe Wallis: 63
Dell Alston: 3/G

Bot 7

Bucky Dent: 5
Mickey Rivers: HR/9
Willie Randolph: S9
Thurman Munson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Thurman Munson: 9/SF.3-H
Lou Piniella: S8
Chris Chambliss: 3/G

Top 8

Mitchell Page: 7
Rico Carty: S8
Taylor Duncan: 5/L
Mario Guerrero: 9/P

Bot 8

Graig Nettles: 5
Reggie Jackson: W
Paul Blair: 63.1-2
Bucky Dent: 7

Top 9

Wayne Gross: 2
Bruce Robinson: K
Mike Edwards: S6
Joe Wallis: 3/G

Notes & reviews

substitute umpires worked due to a one-day strike by the staff umpires; Debut for umpires Richie Lazar, Lester Fuchs and Jim Dunne
Dave Revering ejected by HP umpire Al Forman

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