1978 World Series Game 3 Box Score

1978 World Series
Game 3

October 13, 1978

Welcome to the Guidry & Graig show! Game three of the 1978 World Series featured Ron Guidry on the mound pitching tough and allowing only one earned run to the Dodgers - who had scored fourteen earned runs in the previous two games.

Graig Nettles, who was guarding third base, was compared defensively to Brooks Robinson for this game after he personally stopped four rallies and started an inning-ending double play.

"There's a foul ball smashed into the Yankee dugout. Boy, I hope that's not (Ron) Guidry who got in the way." - Phil Rizzuto


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Davey	2b	5	0	1	0
Bill Russell	ss	4	0	2	1
Reggie Smith	rf	4	0	1	0
Steve Garvey	1b	4	0	1	0
Ron Cey	3b	3	0	0	0
Dusty Baker	lf	3	0	2	0
Lee Lacy	dh	4	0	1	0
Billy North	cf	3	1	0	0
Steve Yeager	c	1	0	0	0
a-Manny Mota	ph	0	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	c	0	0	0	0
Joe Ferguson	c	1	0	0	0
Don Sutton	p	0	0	0	0
Lance Rautzhan	p	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hough	p	0	0	0	0
Totals		32	1	8	1
Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Los Angeles


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Mickey Rivers	cf	4	0	3	0
b-Paul Blair	cf	0	0	0	0
Roy White	lf	3	2	1	1
Thurman Munson	c	4	1	1	1
Reggie Jackson	dh	3	0	1	1
Lou Piniella	rf	4	0	1	1
Graig Nettles	3b	4	1	1	0
Chris Chambliss	1b	3	0	1	0
Brian Doyle	2b	4	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	ss	4	1	1	1
Ron Guidry	p	0	0	0	0
Totals		33	5	10	5
Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
New York

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Bases on balls for Yeager in 6th inning.
b: Pinch ran for Rivers in 7th inning.

Caught Stealing: Russell, Rivers.
Double Plays: Nettles-Doyle-Chambliss, Dent-Doyle-Chambliss.
Double: Garvey.
Error: Dent.
Home Run: White.
Left on Base: Los Angeles 11, New York 7.
Stolen Bases: North, Piniella.

Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
New York	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	x	5	10	1


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Don Sutton	6.1	9	5	5	3	2
Lance Rautzhan	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hough	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ron Guidry	9.0	8	1	1	7	4
Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO

Pitching Notes

Losing Pitching: Sutton.
Winning Pitching: Guidry.

Game Notes

Attendance: 56,447.
Length of Game: 2:27.
AL Umpires: 1B: Marty Springstead, 3B: Joe Brinkman,
RF: Bill Haller.
NL Umpires: HP: John Kibler, 2B: Frank Pulli,
LF: Ed Vargo.

In regards to the quotation at the top of the page, Frank Messer replied to Rizzuto, "Scooter, uh, (Ron) Guidry is on the mound!"

Did you know that the two strikeouts recorded by all three Dodger pitchers were against the same batter (Thurman Munson)?

Graig Nettles, whose spectacular catches dominated this particular game's highlight reels, went on to set a World Series record for most assists during a six game series with twenty!

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