Mariners 9, Yankees 11 Box Score, Jun 14, 1978

June 14, 1978 · 7:05 PM EDT

Seattle MarinersSEA · 56-104SEA56-1049

Final

New York YankeesNYY · 100-63NYY100-63

W: Sparky LyleL: John Montague

Top performers

CRCraig ReynoldsSS2-6H-ABHR · 4 RBI · 1 RTop hitterLPLou PiniellaDH4-5H-AB3B · 3 RBI · 1 R
Winning pitcherSLSparky LyleP5.0IP2 ER · 2 K · W
JMJohn MontagueP1.2IP3 ER · 1 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%SEA

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Biggest lead SEA by 5 · NYY by 2 · 2 lead changes

Key plays

T2 +34% SEACraig Reynolds hits a grand slam (3). John Hale scores. Bill Stein scores. Julio Cruz scores.SEA 5 · NYY 1
B8 +43% NYYCliff Johnson hits a home run (3). Reggie Jackson scores.SEA 7 · NYY 7
T9 +11% NYYJohn Hale out, first baseman Chris Chambliss to pitcher Sparky Lyle.SEA 7 · NYY 7
T10 +41% SEALeon Roberts hits a home run (7).SEA 8 · NYY 7
B10 +81% NYYPaul Blair hits a home run (2). Ron Guidry scores. Roy White scores.SEA 9 · NYY 11

Team stats

SEA

NYY

16Hits18
9Runs11
2Home runs3
3Walks2
6Strikeouts2
0Errors1

1Stolen bases0
.364Batting average.400
.404On-base %.426
.545Slugging.733
10.24ERA4.50
28Left on base18

1978 American League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	100	63	.613	—
2BORed Sox	99	64	.607	1.0
3MIBrewers	93	69	.574	6.5
4KCRoyals	92	70	.568	7.5
5BAOrioles	90	71	.559	9.0
6LAAngels	87	75	.537	12.5
7TERangers	87	75	.537	12.5
8DETigers	86	76	.531	13.5
9MITwins	73	89	.451	26.5
10CWWhite Sox	71	90	.441	28.0
11CLGuardians	69	90	.434	29.0
12OAAthletics	69	93	.426	30.5
13TOBlue Jays	59	102	.366	40.0
14SEMariners	56	104	.350	42.5

Game info

Venue: Yankee Stadium I

Mariners

Batting


JCJulio Cruz2B	5	2	3	0	0	1	0
CRCraig ReynoldsSS	6	1	2	4	1	0	0
RJRuppert JonesCF	5	0	0	1	0	0	2
DMDan Meyer1B	6	1	3	0	0	0	1
BBBruce BochteLF	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
LSLeroy StantonDH	4	0	2	2	0	1	0
JHJohn HaleRF	4	1	0	0	0	1	1
BSBill Stein3B	5	1	1	1	0	0	1
BSBob StinsonC	4	0	2	0	0	0	1
LRLeon RobertsPH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
BPBill PlummerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	9	16	9	2	3	6

2B: Bochte, Stanton

HR: Reynolds, Roberts

RBI: Reynolds 4, Jones, Stanton 2, Stein, Roberts

SB: Stinson

LOB: 28

Pitching


EREnrique Romo	0.0	1	1	0	0	1	1
JMJohn MontagueL	1.2	3	3	1	1	0	14
SRShane Rawley	3.1	7	3	1	1	2	21
THTom House	4.2	7	4	0	0	0	21
Totals	9.2	18	11	2	2	3	57

Yankees

Batting


RWRoy WhiteLF	6	2	2	1	0	0	0
PBPaul Blair3B	6	1	1	3	1	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	5	1	3	0	0	0	0
LPLou PiniellaDH	5	1	4	3	0	0	1
CCChris Chambliss1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
GNGraig NettlesSS	5	1	1	1	1	0	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	3	2	2	1	0	2	0
GZGeorge Zeber2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
FSFred StanleySS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
JSJim SpencerPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
RGRon GuidryPR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
CJCliff JohnsonPH	1	1	1	2	1	0	0
MRMickey RiversCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	45	11	18	11	3	2	2

2B: White, Munson

3B: Piniella, Jackson

HR: Blair, Nettles, Johnson

RBI: White, Blair 3, Piniella 3, Nettles, Jackson, Johnson 2

LOB: 18

Pitching


AMAndy Messersmith	2.0	3	1	2	2	1	22
KCKen Clay	3.0	7	2	0	2	0	20
SLSparky LyleW	5.0	6	2	1	2	1	28
Totals	10.0	16	5	3	6	2	70

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 American League Standings

Game info

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · SEA 0–1 NYY · NYY leads 1–0

Yankees outlast Mariners 11-9 as Piniella goes 4-for-5

Players mentioned

Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 American League Standings

Game info

Mariners

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · SEA 0–1 NYY · NYY leads 1–0

Yankees outlast Mariners 11-9 as Piniella goes 4-for-5

Players mentioned