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Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1978-10-01 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 39189 · 72°F · 2:06

Cleveland Indians defeated New York Yankees 9–2. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 2nd. Rick Waits earned the win. Gary Alexander went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	13
NYA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Rick Waits L: Catfish Hunter SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Durwood Merrill · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Manning	5	2	3	2	0	0
Jim Norris	5	2	3	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	0	1	2	1	0
Andre Thornton	3	1	1	2	2	0
Wayne Cage	4	1	1	1	1	1
Gary Alexander	5	1	2	2	0	2
Dan Briggs	4	0	1	0	1	1
Duane Kuiper	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Veryzer	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	1	1	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	3	0	0	1	0	1
Graig Nettles	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chris Chambliss	3	0	0	0	1	2
Roy White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	2	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Stanley	2	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Waits	9.0	5	3	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	1.2	4	1	0
Dick Tidrow	5.0	5	2	3
Dave Rajsich	1.1	1	1	1
Larry McCall	0.2	3	1	0
Paul Lindblad	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Manning: S6
Jim Norris: 63.1-2
Buddy Bell: 4
Andre Thornton: HR/7.2-H
Wayne Cage: 6

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: 3/G
Thurman Munson: S7
Lou Piniella: D9.1-3
Reggie Jackson: 6/SF.3-H
Graig Nettles: S8.2-H
Chris Chambliss: K

Top 2

Gary Alexander: HR/7
Dan Briggs: W
Duane Kuiper: 36(1)/FO
Tom Veryzer: WP.1-2
Tom Veryzer: 53
Rick Manning: S8.2-H
Jim Norris: D7.1-3
Buddy Bell: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Andre Thornton: 53

Bot 2

Roy White: 53
Bucky Dent: W
Fred Stanley: 46(1)/FO
Mickey Rivers: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Wayne Cage: K
Gary Alexander: K/C
Dan Briggs: 8

Bot 3

Thurman Munson: 9
Lou Piniella: 7
Reggie Jackson: K

Top 4

Duane Kuiper: 8
Tom Veryzer: S8
Rick Manning: D7.1-H
Jim Norris: 43.2-3
Buddy Bell: 43

Bot 4

Graig Nettles: 9
Chris Chambliss: W
Roy White: S5.1-2
Bucky Dent: 5(2)3(B)/GDP

Top 5

Andre Thornton: W
Wayne Cage: 4(1)3(B)/GDP
Gary Alexander: 3/FL

Bot 5

Fred Stanley: 13
Mickey Rivers: 6
Thurman Munson: 63

Top 6

Dan Briggs: K
Duane Kuiper: 8
Tom Veryzer: 7

Bot 6

Lou Piniella: 43
Reggie Jackson: 31
Graig Nettles: 4/L

Top 7

Rick Manning: 9
Jim Norris: D7
Buddy Bell: 7
Andre Thornton: W
Wayne Cage: W.2-3;1-2
Gary Alexander: K

Bot 7

Chris Chambliss: 8
Roy White: 53
Bucky Dent: 4/L

Top 8

Dan Briggs: S7
Duane Kuiper: 43.1-2
Tom Veryzer: 9
Rick Manning: 7

Bot 8

Fred Stanley: W
Mickey Rivers: 9
Thurman Munson: 5/L
Lou Piniella: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Jim Norris: S7
Buddy Bell: W.1-2
Andre Thornton: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Wayne Cage: D7.3-H
Gary Alexander: D8.2-H
Dan Briggs: 8

Bot 9

Reggie Jackson: 3/L
Graig Nettles: D7
Chris Chambliss: K
Roy White: 9

Notes & reviews

the Red Sox would defeat Toronto 5-0 a few moments later, thus tying Boston and New York for first place; the two teams played a one-game playoff the next afternoon at Fenway Park

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