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New York Yankees 5 Cleveland Indians 4

May 27,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (24-21)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (20-24)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

40,648

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 5 Cleveland Indians 4

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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	24-21		2	0	1		0	0	0		1	1	0			5	11	1		4	8	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	20-24		1	0	0		0	0	3		0	0	0			4	11	1		6	11	20	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	30.209	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.301		36	909
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.325	R	3	2	2	0		2	0	.270		44	480
3	Thurman Munson	dh	31.354	R	5	2	3	0		0	1	.331		43	1369
4	Graig Nettles	3b	34.280	L	4	0	1	2		0	0	.295		45	1578
5	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.009	L	5	0	2	1		0	2	.293		44	1694
6	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.152	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.255		42	1181
7	Jay Johnstone	lf	33.188	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.217		20	1226
	Lou Piniella	ph-lf	35.272	R	1	1	1	1		0	0	.288		31	1287
8	Jerry Narron	c	23.132	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.222		8	8
	Cliff Johnson	ph-c	31.309	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.293		19	527
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.183	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.281		42	832
Totals

Errors: Mickey Rivers

2B: Willie Randolph (3)

HR: Lou Piniella (4)

RBI: Graig Nettles 2 (35), Reggie Jackson (29), Chris Chambliss (16), Lou Piniella (14)

SF: Graig Nettles (4)

GDP: Mickey Rivers (2)

SB: Willie Randolph 2 (13), Reggie Jackson (4)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Bonds	dh	33.073	R	5	1	2	0		0	1	.285		44	1616
2	Paul Dade	rf	27.171	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.302		30	281
3	Rick Manning	cf	24.267	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.259		40	514
4	Andre Thornton	1b	29.287	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.199		42	658
5	Jim Norris	lf	30.158	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.226		31	277
6	Toby Harrah	3b	30.213	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.214		44	1177
7	Gary Alexander	c	26.061	R	4	0	2	2		0	1	.219		43	268
8	Duane Kuiper	2b	28.342	L	2	0	1	0		1	0	.273		43	575
9	Tom Veryzer	ss	26.105	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.236		44	564
Totals

Errors: Gary Alexander

2B: Paul Dade (4)

RBI: Rick Manning (17), Toby Harrah (21), Gary Alexander 2 (28)

SH: Rick Manning (3), Duane Kuiper (5)

GDP: Rick Manning (3)

SB: Bobby Bonds (10), Gary Alexander (2)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luis Tiant	R		5.0	8	4	4	2	2	0		6.61	1.79		7	510
2	Jim Kaat	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.75	1.58		7	682
3	Ray Burris	R	W 1-0	3.1	3	0	0	0	3	0		5.74	1.69		16	239
Totals				0.0

WP: Ray Burris (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luis Tiant (0-0-0), Jim Kaat (0-0-0), Ray Burris (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Paxton	R		2.1	6	3	3	1	0	0		6.39	1.62		10	72
2	Don Hood	L		4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0		3.93	1.42		10	177
3	Dan Spillner	R		0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0		3.20	1.22		15	243
4	Sid Monge	L	L 2-5	2.2	3	1	1	0	4	1		1.77	0.98		21	142
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Paxton (0-0-0), Don Hood (0-0-0), Dan Spillner (0-0-0), Sid Monge (0-0-0)