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July 16, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 0
Yankees 1 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 0
Yankees 1 7 0

Mickey Rivers Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .246
OBP .250 .282
At Bats 3 268
Hits 0 66
• Singles 0 49
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 23

Al Hrabosky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 12
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Yankee Stadium - July 16, 1978
Out
Al Hrabosky
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Joe Zdeb
Mickey Rivers
Roy White

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 6 0 4
New York Yankees 1 7 0 10
Winning Pitcher Larry Gura
Losing Pitcher Jim Beattie
Save Al Hrabosky
Game Winning RBI Amos Otis
Attendance 45,089
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Joe Zdeb now playing right field. Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Zdeb pinch hits for Clint Hurdle. Zdeb hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chris Chambliss now playing first base. Porter hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanley strikes out.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Willie Wilson now playing left field. Chris Chambliss pinch hits for Cliff Johnson. Chambliss strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Otis. The throw from Heath and he is out, Stanley applying the tag.
Top 8 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Willie Randolph now playing second base. Sparky Lyle now pitching. McRae hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Randolph moves to third. Rivers moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Mingori now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 7 Willie Randolph pinch hits for Brian Doyle. Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Heath 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 7 Brett strikes out.
Top 7 White strikes out.
Top 7 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 LaCock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock fields the ball and throws to Gura covering. Safe. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Poquette hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rivers strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes White. The throw from Porter and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath moves to third.
Bottom 3 Doyle bunts towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to second.
Bottom 3 Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LaCock moves to third.
Top 3 Otis takes first base on ball four. LaCock moves to second.
Top 3 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. Brett scores.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brett moves to third.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Munson. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Top 2 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Porter hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Brett. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Brett steals second.
Top 1 Brett takes first base on ball four.