The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12 to 2, in Game 5 of the 1978 World Series on October 15, 1978.

Final

Dodgers

2-3

2

Yankees

3-2

12

LAD

NYY

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

0

3

5

0

6

0

7

0

4

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

12

H

9

18

E

3

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

LAD

NYY

Single by Reggie Smith; Davey Lopes scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

LAD

NYY

Double by Bill Russell; Davey Lopes scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

LAD

NYY

Single by Roy White; Bucky Dent scored.

2

1

Single by Thurman Munson; Error by Reggie Smith; Mickey Rivers and Roy White scored.

2

3

Single by Lou Piniella; Thurman Munson scored.

2

4

Bottom 4th

LAD

NYY

Single by Mickey Rivers; Brian Doyle scored.

2

5

Roy White grounded out; Error by Steve Garvey; Bucky Dent scored.

2

6

Single by Thurman Munson; Mickey Rivers scored.

2

7

Bottom 7th

LAD

NYY

Wild pitchSome( by Charlie Hough); Jim Spencer scored.

2

8

Single by Roy White; Brian Doyle scored.

2

9

Double by Thurman Munson; Paul Blair and Roy White scored.

2

11

Bottom 8th

LAD

NYY

Double by Bucky Dent; Jim Spencer scored.

2

12

Dodgers

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Davey Lopes 2B	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
Bill Russell SS	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	3
Reggie Smith RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Garvey 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
Ron Cey 3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Dusty Baker LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Monday CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Lee Lacy DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Steve Yeager C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Oates PH,C	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	34	2	9	2	4	8	2	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Burt Hooton (L)	2.1	5	4	3	2	1
Lance Rautzhan	1.1	3	3	3	0	0
Charlie Hough	4.1	10	5	5	2	5
Totals	8.0	18	12	11	4	6

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	3
Paul Blair PR,CF	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Roy White LF	5	2	2	3	0	0	1	2
Jay Johnstone RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson C	5	1	3	5	0	0	0	4
Mike Heath C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson DH	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	1
Lou Piniella RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Gary Thomasson LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Graig Nettles 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Jim Spencer 1B	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Doyle 2B	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	3
Bucky Dent SS	4	2	3	1	1	1	0	4
Totals	42	12	18	11	4	6	2	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jim Beattie (W)	9.0	9	2	2	4	8	0
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	4	8	0

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Soto

RBI

20

Soto

AVG

.322

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Weaver

K

29

Gil

ERA

2.42

Stroman

Team Rankings

HR

22

16th

R

100

15th

SO

192

18th

ERA

2.95

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	15	7	.682
Yankees	15	8	.652	0.5
Red Sox	13	10	.565	2.5
Blue Jays	13	10	.565	2.5
Rays	12	12	.500	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/23	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 4/24	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 4/25	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 4/26	NYY	@	MIL	8:10 PM
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM

Last Game

Yankees

15-8

0

Final

2

Athletics

9-14

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Ozuna

8

Trout

7

Alonso

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.368

Ohtani

.359

Rosario

.358

Kwan

Hit Leaders

35

Ohtani

34

Kwan

33

Betts

Run Leaders

24

Betts

21

Kwan

21

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.469

Betts

.439

Soto

.439

Winker

SLG Leaders

.687

Ozuna

.676

Abrams

.663

Ohtani

SB Leaders

11

Cruz

10

Turang

10

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.08

Blackburn

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

14.00

Houck

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Houck

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

410.3

Betts

361.3

Ohtani

359.5

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

309

Betts

280

Ohtani

272

Cruz

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0