Royals @ Yankees
May 1, 1978

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Bottom 7 R H E
Royals 4 8 3
Yankees 4 8 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Royals 4 8 3
Yankees 4 8 0

Thurman Munson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .243
OBP .333 .250
At Bats 3 74
Hits 1 18
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 4

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

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4 1 0
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Yankee Stadium - May 1, 1978
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Out
Paul Splittorff
Darrell Porter
Clint Hurdle
Frank White
Jerry Terrell
Freddie Patek
Tom Poquette
Willie Wilson
Al Cowens
Thurman Munson
Willie Randolph
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
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.