Royals @ Yankees
May 1, 1978

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Royals 4 11 4
Yankees 8 11 0
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Royals 4 11 4
Yankees 8 11 0

Darrell Porter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .353
OBP .750 .413
At Bats 3 68
Hits 2 24
• Singles 1 20
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 1 10

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 2
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Yankee Stadium - May 1, 1978
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Lou Piniella
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Darrell Porter
Al Cowens

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 4 11 4 10
New York Yankees 8 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Rawly Eastwick
Losing Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Lou Piniella
Attendance 17,340
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Porter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 U L Washington now playing second base. Joe Zdeb now playing left field. Amos Otis now playing center field. Jim Colborn now pitching. Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 John Wathan pinch hits for Willie Wilson. Wathan hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Amos Otis pinch hits for Frank White. Otis strikes out.
Top 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hurdle moves to third. Terrell moves to second.
Top 8 Terrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 8 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Porter hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chambliss scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Steve Mingori now pitching. Chambliss hits a line drive into center field. Wilson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wilson. Jackson scores. Piniella scores. Chambliss moves to third.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Munson scores. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae strikes out.
Top 7 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Terrell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. Rivers reaches third base with a triple. Johnson scores. Dent goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell juggles the ball. That's an error on Terrell. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hurdle strikes out.
Top 5 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Splittorff fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Splittorff. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wilson strikes out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields the ball and throws to Eastwick covering. Safe. Porter scores. Hurdle moves to third. Terrell moves to second.
Top 4 Rawly Eastwick now pitching. Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Terrell takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Porter moves to third. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 4 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Cowens. The throw from Munson and he is out, Dent applying the tag.
Top 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to home to get Poquette. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Poquette moves to third.
Top 3 Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores. Wilson scores. Poquette moves to second.
Top 3 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Terrell moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Terrell. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Terrell steals second.
Top 2 Terrell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randolph reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beattie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores.
Bottom 1 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Rivers. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Rivers steals second.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Poquette strikes out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.