The Baltimore Orioles were decisively beaten by the New York Yankees, 6 to 2, on August 31, 1978.

1978 Baltimore Orioles

Final

NYY

Yankees

77-54

6

BAL

Orioles

72-60

2

1

0

0

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

3

0

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

2

0

R

6

2

H

8

11

E

1

2

Bottom 2nd

NYY

BAL

Orioles

Single by Billy Smith; Douglas DeCinces scored.

0

1

Orioles

Triple by Kiko Garcia; Billy Smith scored.

0

2

Top 6th

NYY

BAL

Yankees

Double by Bucky Dent; Cliff Johnson scored.

1

2

Yankees

Double by Mickey Rivers; Bucky Dent scored.

2

2

Yankees

Pickoff attempt; Error by Douglas DeCinces; Mickey Rivers scored.

3

2

Top 7th

NYY

BAL

Yankees

Home run by Lou Piniella.

4

2

Top 9th

NYY

BAL

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer; Lou Piniella scored.

5

2

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Graig Nettles scored.

6

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Willie Randolph 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Lou Piniella LF 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Graig Nettles 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson DH 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Spencer PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 32 6 8 5 1 3 4 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Tidrow (W) 6.2 7 2 0 1 6 0
Sparky Lyle (S) 2.1 4 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 2 0 1 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Larry Harlow CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Dauer PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Kelly LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Anderson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Singleton RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Eddie Murray 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Douglas DeCinces 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lee May DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Dempsey C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Billy Smith 2B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andres Mora PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Belanger SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiko Garcia SS,2B 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Totals 38 2 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott McGregor (L) 8.1 7 6 5 1 4 1
Don Stanhouse 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 6 5 3 4 1

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More Orioles Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI

15

Cowser

Colton Cowser

AVG

.400

Cowser

Colton Cowser

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Rodriguez

Grayson Rodriguez

K

27

Rodriguez

Grayson Rodriguez

ERA

1.93

Cano

Yennier Cano

Team Rankings

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HR

30

1st

R

104

5th

SO

167

13th

ERA

3.68

8th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
13 6 .684
Orioles Orioles
12 6 .667 0.5
Rays Rays
11 9 .550 2.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
10 9 .526 3.0
Red Sox Red Sox
10 10 .500 3.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
4/20
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Tue
4/23
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM

Last Game

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BAL Orioles

12-6

4

Final

2

MIN Twins

6-11

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM