Yankees History

August 30, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Mariners 5  (79-52)

Mickey Rivers led off the bottom of the eleventh inning with a walk off solo homerun as the Yankees won their third straight game.  It was River tenth homerun and he scored three runs in the win.  Graig Nettles had a great game and he went two for four with a three run homer.

Sparky Lyle slammed the door shut as he threw 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball to close out the game.  He improved to 11-4 and he gave up four hits with two strikeouts.