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July 15, 1978

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Thurman Munson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .287
OBP .333 .310
At Bats 3 328
Hits 1 94
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 39

Dennis Leonard Season Stats

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9 11 0
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Yankee Stadium - July 15, 1978
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Strikeout
Dennis Leonard
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Clint Hurdle
Thurman Munson
Mickey Rivers
Jay Johnstone
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Munson strikes out. Porter drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Munson out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Roy White pinch hits for Brian Doyle. White strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Rivers reaches second base with a double. Thomasson scores. Johnstone moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Mike Heath. Johnstone hits a line drive into right field. Hurdle picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hurdle. Thomasson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thomasson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brett 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 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kammeyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kammeyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wilson 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 7 Hurdle hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brian Doyle now playing second base. Bob Kammeyer now pitching. Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brian Doyle pinch runs for Willie Randolph. Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath scores.
Bottom 6 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock races to the bag, beating Rivers for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Heath moves to third.
Bottom 6 Willie Wilson now playing left field. Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Otis hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 LaCock hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomasson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett 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 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. Hurdle scores. Poquette scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Patek hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Poquette bunts towards first. Chambliss juggles the ball. That's an error on Chambliss. Porter scores. Hurdle moves to third. Poquette moves to second.
Top 5 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Porter moves to third.
Top 5 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 4 Munson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Munson reaches second base with a double. Randolph moves to third.
Bottom 4 Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 LaCock strikes out.
Top 4 McRae 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 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Patek trying to get to third. Thomasson throws the ball in to Nettles, who tags Patek for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Poquette strikes out.
Top 3 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Otis. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 2 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 LaCock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 2 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brett strikes out.
Top 2 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Patek. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 2 Patek is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 1 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to home to get Otis. Porter moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Porter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomasson. Porter reaches second base with a double. Brett scores. McRae scores. Otis moves to third.
Top 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. Brett moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett moves to second.
Top 1 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.