October 11, 1977 World Series Game 1 at Yankee Stadium Box Score and Play by Play

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1977 World Series Game 1
1977 postseason: WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI

Game 1
NYY  4
LAD  3
(12) Game 2
LAD  6
@NYY  1
Game 3
NYY  5
@LAD  3
Game 4
NYY  4
@LAD  2
Game 5
LAD 10
NYY  4
Game 6
NYY  8
LAD  4

Yankee Stadium, Attendance: 56,668

Tuesday, October 11, 1977
Time of Game: 3:24

Dodgers

Tommy Lasorda

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11 12    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Dodgers         2  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    3  6  0
Yankees         1  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0   0  0  1    4 11  0

W: S Lyle (1-0), L: R Rhoden (0-1)

Winning Run scored with 0 outs

Yankees

Billy Martin

BATTING

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Lopes 2B                    5   1   0   0    1   2  .000  .167   23    4   2   
B Russell SS                  6   1   1   1    0   0  .167  .667   17    4   3   3B
R Smith RF                    4   0   1   0    1   1  .250  .650   18    2   1   CS
R Cey 3B                      3   0   0   1    1   1  .000  .200   14    3   2   SF
S Garvey 1B                   4   0   1   0    1   1  .250  .650   19    8   3   
D Baker LF                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .250  .650   22    2   0   HBP
G Burke CF                    3   0   1   0    0   1  .333  .666   12    2   0   
  M Mota PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  R Monday CF                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
S Yeager C                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250   14    4   1   
  R Landestoy PR              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Grote C                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    3   3   
D Sutton P                    2   0   0   0    1   1  .000  .333   12    1   1   
  L Rautzhan P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  E Sosa P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Lacy PH                   1   0   1   1    0   0 1.000 2.000    2    0   0   
  M Garman P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  V Davalillo PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
  R Rhoden P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       39   3   6   3    6   8              163   33  17

BATTING

3B: B Russell (1, off D Gullett).

SF: R Cey (1, off D Gullett).

HBP: D Baker (1, by D Gullett).

TB: B Russell 3; D Baker; L Lacy; S Garvey; G Burke; R Smith.

RBI: B Russell (1); L Lacy (1); R Cey (1).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 1 for 5.

BASERUNNING

CS: R Smith (1, 2nd base by D Gullett/T Munson).

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Rivers CF                   6   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   18    8   1   
W Randolph 2B                 5   3   2   1    1   1  .400 1.700   23    2   4   HR,2B
T Munson C                    4   1   2   1    2   1  .500 1.417   17    9   1   2B,IW
R Jackson RF                  2   0   1   0    1   0  .500 1.250   16    1   0   HBP
  P Blair RF                  2   0   1   1    0   0  .500 1.000    7    1   0   
C Chambliss 1B                5   0   1   1    0   0  .200  .400   11   11   1   
G Nettles 3B                  4   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .200   16    0   4   
L Piniella LF                 5   0   2   0    0   2  .400  .800   17    3   0   
B Dent SS                     5   0   2   0    0   0  .400  .800   15    0   3   
D Gullett P                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    7    1   1   2·SH
  S Lyle P                    2   0   0   0    0   2  .000  .000    6    0   0   
Totals                       41   4  11   4    5   8              153   36  15

BATTING

2B: W Randolph (1, off R Rhoden); T Munson (1, off D Sutton).

HR: W Randolph (1, off D Sutton; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

SH: D Gullett 2 (2, 2 off D Sutton).

IBB: T Munson (1, by R Rhoden).

HBP: R Jackson (1, by D Sutton).

TB: W Randolph 6; T Munson 3; B Dent 2; L Piniella 2; R Jackson; P Blair; C Chambliss.

RBI: P Blair (1); C Chambliss (1); T Munson (1); W Randolph (1).

2-out RBI: C Chambliss.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

PITCHING

Los Angeles Dodgers        IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str   GB-FB  GmSc  IR-IS
D Sutton                    7     8   3   3    1   4   1   3.86   30  100-61     6-8     52    - 
L Rautzhan                  0.1   0   0   0    2   0   0   0.00    3   10-2      0-0          1-0
E Sosa                      0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    2    8-6      1-0          3-0
M Garman                    3     1   0   0    1   3   0   0.00   11   25-17     3-1          0-0
R Rhoden, L (0-1)           0     2   1   1    1   0   0    inf    3   10-4      0-0          0-0
Totals                     11    11   4   4    5   8   1          49  153-90    10-9          4-0

New York Yankees           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str   GB-FB  GmSc  IR-IS
D Gullett                   8.1   5   3   3    6   6   0   3.24   35  134-74     6-10    61    - 
S Lyle, BS (1), W (1-0)     3.2   1   0   0    0   2   0   0.00   12   29-21     4-5          2-1
Totals                     12     6   3   3    6   8   0          47  163-95    10-15         2-1

D Sutton faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: R Rhoden (1; T Munson).

HBP: D Gullett (1; D Baker); D Sutton (1; R Jackson).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jerry Dale.

Time of Game: 3:24.

Attendance: 56,668.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Los Angeles Dodgers           New York Yankees                     
1. D Lopes              2B    1. M Rivers             CF 
2. B Russell            SS    2. W Randolph           2B 
3. R Smith              RF    3. T Munson             C  
4. R Cey                3B    4. R Jackson            RF 
5. S Garvey             1B    5. C Chambliss          1B 
6. D Baker              LF    6. G Nettles            3B 
7. G Burke              CF    7. L Piniella           LF 
8. S Yeager             C     8. B Dent               SS 
9. D Sutton             P     9. D Gullett            P

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Gullett facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5  D Lopes         Walk
   R      1--  2  B Russell       Triple (Deep LF-CF); Lopes Scores
          --3  5  R Smith         Walk
   RO     1-3  1  R Cey           Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Russell Scores
   O      1--     S Garvey        Smith Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B-1B-2B-P)
          ---  6  " "             Walk
   O      1--  1  D Baker         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Don Sutton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2  M Rivers        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4  W Randolph      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3  T Munson        Single to LF
          1--  4  R Jackson       Single to CF (Fly Ball); Munson to 3B
   R      1-3  1  C Chambliss     Single to RF; Munson Scores; Jackson to 2B
   O      12-  6  G Nettles       Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Don Gullett facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5  G Burke         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  S Yeager        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4  D Sutton        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Don Sutton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1  L Piniella      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5  B Dent          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4  D Gullett       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Don Gullett facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4  D Lopes         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5  B Russell       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  3  R Smith         Single to LF
          1--  5  R Cey           Walk; Smith to 2B
   O      12-  6  S Garvey        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Don Sutton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2  M Rivers        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3  W Randolph      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4  T Munson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Don Gullett facing 6-7-8
          ---  5  D Baker         Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2  G Burke         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1  S Yeager        Groundout: 2B-1B; Baker to 2B
   O      -2-  1  D Sutton        Bunt Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Don Sutton facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4  R Jackson       Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  2  C Chambliss     Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
   O      ---  2  G Nettles       Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Don Gullett facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5  D Lopes         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4  B Russell       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6  R Smith         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Don Sutton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  8  L Piniella      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2  B Dent          Single to CF
   O      1--  1  D Gullett       Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Dent to 2B
   O      -2-  4  M Rivers        Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Don Gullett facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2  R Cey           Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  1  S Garvey        Single (Bunt to Short 3B Line)
   O      1--  6  D Baker         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      1--  5  G Burke         Single to CF (CF-RF); Garvey out at Hm/CF-C
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Don Sutton facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  5  W Randolph      Home Run (Deep LF)
   O      ---  1  T Munson        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4  R Jackson       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3  C Chambliss     Lineout: RF
   O      1--  3  G Nettles       Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 2.

Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 2-2, Don Gullett facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4  S Yeager        Foul Flyball: 1B
          ---  7  D Sutton        Walk
   O      1--  4  D Lopes         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1  B Russell       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Tied 2-2, Don Sutton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3  L Piniella      Single to RF (CF-RF); Piniella out at 2B/RF-SS
          ---  3  B Dent          Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2  D Gullett       Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Dent to 2B
   O      -2-  6  M Rivers        Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 2.

Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 2-2, Don Gullett facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2  R Smith         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4  R Cey           Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2  S Garvey        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Tied 2-2, Don Sutton facing 2-3-4
          ---  7  W Randolph      Walk
   R      1--  1  T Munson        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Randolph Scores
                  Lance Rautzhan replaces Don Sutton pitching and batting 9th
          -2-  4  R Jackson       Walk
   O      12-  2  C Chambliss     Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Jackson to 2B
          12-  4  G Nettles       Walk; Jackson to 3B; Chambliss to 2B
                  Elias Sosa replaces Lance Rautzhan pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  4  L Piniella      Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4  B Dent          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 2, Yankees 3.

Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 2-3, Don Gullett facing 6-7-8
                  Paul Blair replaces Reggie Jackson playing RF batting 4th
          ---  7  D Baker         Single to LF
                  Manny Mota pinch hits for Glenn Burke batting 7th
   O      1--  4  M Mota          Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          1--  4  S Yeager        Walk; Baker to 2B
                  Sparky Lyle replaces Don Gullett pitching and batting 9th; Lee Lacy pinch hits for Elias Sosa batting 9th; Rafael Landestoy pinch runs for Steve Yeager batting 8th
   R      12-  2  L Lacy          Single to LF; Baker Scores; Landestoy to 2B
   O      12-  2  D Lopes         Flyball: CF (Short CF-RF)
   O      12-  1  B Russell       Lineout: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Tied 3-3, Mike Garman facing 9-1-2
                  Mike Garman replaces Lee Lacy pitching and batting 9th; Jerry Grote replaces Rafael Landestoy playing C batting 8th; Rick Monday replaces Manny Mota playing CF batting 7th
   O      ---  3  S Lyle          Strikeout (foul bunt)
   O      ---  3  M Rivers        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  W Randolph      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Top of the 10th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 3-3, Sparky Lyle facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2  R Smith         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2  R Cey           Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4  S Garvey        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 10th, Yankees Batting, Tied 3-3, Mike Garman facing 3-4-5
          ---  4  T Munson        Walk
   O      1--  2  P Blair         Bunt Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3  C Chambliss     Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1  G Nettles       Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Top of the 11th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 3-3, Sparky Lyle facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3  D Baker         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4  R Monday        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1  J Grote         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 11th, Yankees Batting, Tied 3-3, Mike Garman facing 7-8-9
          ---  1  L Piniella      Single to CF
   O      1--  1  B Dent          Bunt Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3  S Lyle          Strikeout (missed bunt)
   O      1--  1  M Rivers        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Top of the 12th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 3-3, Sparky Lyle facing 9-1-2
                  Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Mike Garman batting 9th
   O      ---  1  V Davalillo     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3  D Lopes         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  4  B Russell       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 12th, Yankees Batting, Tied 3-3, Rick Rhoden facing 2-3-4
                  Rick Rhoden replaces Vic Davalillo pitching and batting 9th
          ---  1  W Randolph      Double to LF (Deep LF Line)
          -2-  4  T Munson        Intentional Walk
   R      12-  5  P Blair         Single to LF; Randolph Scores; Munson to 2B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 4.

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