Dodgers @ Yankees
October 15, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 9 3
Yankees 12 18 0
Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 9 3
Yankees 12 18 0

Bill Russell Postseason Stats

  Game Postseason
Average .500 .436
OBP .500 .463
At Bats 4 39
Hits 2 17
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 4

Jim Beattie Postseason Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Yankee Stadium - October 15, 1978
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Out
Jim Beattie
Mike Heath
Jim Spencer
Brian Doyle
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Gary Thomasson
Paul Blair
Jay Johnstone
Bill Russell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 9 3 9
New York Yankees 12 18 0 10
Winning Pitcher Jim Beattie
Losing Pitcher Burt Hooton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Thurman Munson
Attendance 56,448
Time of Game 2 hours 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beattie fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Mike Heath now catching. Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Blair strikes out. Oates drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Blair out.
Bottom 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Dent reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Doyle moves to third.
Bottom 8 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thomasson strikes out.
Top 8 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Monday hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Baker strikes out.
Top 8 Paul Blair now playing center field. Jay Johnstone now playing right field. Gary Thomasson now playing left field. Cey hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Monday. Munson reaches second base with a double. Blair scores. White goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Paul Blair pinch runs for Mickey Rivers. White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle scores. Blair moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rivers strikes out. There goes Spencer. He's safe. There goes Doyle. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 7 Dent strikes out.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Oates for a passed ball. Spencer moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Johnny Oates now catching. Nettles hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lopes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Garvey strikes out.
Top 7 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Russell strikes out.
Top 7 Lopes takes first base on ball four. Oates moves to second.
Top 7 Johnny Oates pinch hits for Steve Yeager. Oates takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lacy hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Monday for the out. Cey moves to second.
Top 6 Baker hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nettles moves to third.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Yeager for a passed ball. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Garvey strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Russell. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Russell steals second.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yeager moves to third.
Top 5 Lopes hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Yeager hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Charlie Hough now pitching. Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey races to the bag, beating White for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Dent scores. Rivers moves to third.
Bottom 4 Rivers hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Doyle scores. Dent moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dent hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 4 Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Top 4 Lacy strikes out.
Top 4 Monday hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baker hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lance Rautzhan now pitching. Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into right field. Smith picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Rivers scores. White scores. Munson moves to third.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dent scores. Rivers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Russell moves to third.
Top 3 Smith strikes out.
Top 3 Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Russell reaches second base with a double. Lopes goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Lopes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Yeager hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lacy is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There goes Monday. The throw from Munson and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Top 2 Monday takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Baker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Jackson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers moves to third. White moves to second.
Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. Rivers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cey strikes out.
Top 1 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopes scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Lopes. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Lopes steals second.
Top 1 Lopes hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.