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New York Yankees 4 Cleveland Indians 8

May 26,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (23-20)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (19-23)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

27,710

Time of Game

2:15

Umpires

[HP]: Dale Ford [1B]: Mike Reilly [2B]: John Shulock [3B]: Bill Kunkel

New York Yankees 4 Cleveland Indians 8

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**1:43 by rain delay before start of game**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	23-20		0	0	1		0	2	0		1	0	0			4	10	3		4	8	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	19-23		1	0	2		1	2	2		0	0	x			8	12	2		5	10	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.208	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.306		34	907
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.324	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.263		42	478
3	Thurman Munson	c	31.353	R	4	0	3	1		0	0	.329		41	1367
4	Graig Nettles	3b	34.279	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.302		43	1576
5	Lou Piniella	lf	35.271	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.282		30	1286
6	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.008	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.298		42	1692
7	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.151	L	4	2	3	0		0	0	.262		40	1179
8	Cliff Johnson	dh	31.308	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.300		18	526
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.182	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.276		40	830
Totals

Errors: Willie Randolph, Bucky Dent

2B: Chris Chambliss (5)

HR: Cliff Johnson (2)

RBI: Mickey Rivers (13), Thurman Munson (21), Cliff Johnson 2 (6)

SF: Mickey Rivers (4)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Bonds	dh	33.072	R	5	4	3	1		0	1	.287		42	1614
2	Paul Dade	rf	27.170	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.276		28	279
3	Rick Manning	cf	24.266	L	5	1	3	2		0	0	.267		38	512
4	Andre Thornton	1b	29.286	R	3	0	1	1		1	1	.201		40	656
5	Toby Harrah	3b	30.212	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.218		42	1175
6	Gary Alexander	c	26.060	R	3	1	1	1		1	1	.203		41	266
7	Jim Norris	lf	30.157	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.222		29	275
8	Tom Veryzer	ss	26.104	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.241		42	562
9	Duane Kuiper	2b	28.341	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.257		41	573
Totals

Errors: Jim Norris, Tom Veryzer

2B: Bobby Bonds 2 (13), Paul Dade (3), Andre Thornton (9)

HR: Bobby Bonds (6), Gary Alexander (7)

RBI: Bobby Bonds (20), Paul Dade (12), Rick Manning 2 (16), Andre Thornton (24), Gary Alexander (26)

GDP: Rick Manning (2), Jim Norris (2)

SB: Rick Manning (11)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommy John	L	L 9-1	4.1	7	3	3	1	2	2		1.84	0.98		11	461
2	Ray Burris	R		1.2	3	2	2	1	1	0		6.56	1.80		15	238
3	Jim Kaat	L		2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3.97	1.68		6	681
Totals				0.0

WP: Tommy John (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy John (0-0-0), Ray Burris (0-0-0), Jim Kaat (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Waits	L	W 6-3	9.0	10	4	4	0	3	1		3.75	1.38		10	124
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Waits (0-0-0)