Piling up 17 hits, including four for Willie Randolph, the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 10-7. Chris Chambliss, Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson had three hits apiece. Chambliss and Rivers each drove in three runs. Chambliss' hits included a homer with a man on base in the first inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 7
Game Played on Wednesday, April     21, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  3  -   7  7  2
Yankees      2  0  0    0  2  3    2  1  x  -  10 17  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bradford rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Rivers cf             5   2   3   3     0   0   .310
Garr lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .182      White lf              4   2   1   0     1   2   .270
Orta 3b               4   1   0   0     0   0   .300      Munson c              5   2   3   1     0   0   .325
Jones dh              4   1   2   1     0   1   .182      Chambliss 1b          5   1   3   3     0   2   .325
Spencer 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .310      Piniella dh           5   0   2   2     0   0   .520
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .171      Nettles 3b            4   1   0   0     1   1   .138
Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   2     0   1   .318      Velez rf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Dent ss               3   1   1   1     1   0   .321        Gamble ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Varney c              4   1   1   2     0   3   .300      Randolph 2b           4   2   4   0     0   0   .357
Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .375
  Kucek p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barrios p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7   7   7     1   7             Totals               39  10  17   9     3   7

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 19,616
Left on Base: White Sox 2, Yankees 9
DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Dent, Varney, Randolph
Doubles: Randolph (1), Rivers (2)
Triples: Brohamer (1)
Home Runs: Varney (1), Chambliss (1)
Stolen Bases: Munson (2), Nettles (2), Randolph (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton L(0-1)         5.2  10   7   7   2   5   1  29  11.12
Kucek                   1     4   2   2   1   1   0   8  18.00
Barrios                 1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   6   6.75
Totals                  8    17  10  10   3   7   1  43

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May W(1-0)           8.1   7   7   6   1   6   1  34   6.75
Lyle                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   7   6   1   7   1  36

Wild Pitches: R. May (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dale Ford, 3B - Marty Springstead


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford grounded out (third to first); Garr
flied out to right; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; White singled to center;
Munson flied out to right; Chambliss homered [White scored];
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Jones was called out on strikes; Spencer grounded
out (second to first); Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Velez
grounded out (third to first); Randolph singled to center;
Stanley singled to shortstop [Randolph to second]; Rivers made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees
2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (first to pitcher); Dent
made an out to shortstop; Varney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White flied out to left; Munson flied out to left;
Chambliss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bradford struck out; Garr singled to center; Orta
reached on an error by Randolph [Garr to second]; Jones singled
to left [Garr scored, Orta to second]; R. May threw a wild pitch
[Orta to third, Jones to second]; Spencer grounded out (second
to first) [Orta scored (unearned), Jones to third]; Lemon struck
out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella popped to first in foul territory; Nettles
flied out to right; Velez walked; Randolph doubled to left
[Velez to third]; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Brohamer struck out; Dent walked; Varney was
called out on strikes; Bradford forced Dent (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to left; White struck out; Munson
singled to left [Rivers to third]; Munson stole second [Rivers
scored (error by Varney)]; Chambliss struck out; Piniella
singled to center [Munson scored]; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr grounded out (catcher to first); Orta flied
out to right; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Velez was called out on strikes; Randolph singled
to left; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Randolph to second]; Rivers doubled to center [Randolph
scored]; White walked; KUCEK REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
Munson singled to left [Rivers scored, White to third];
Chambliss singled to right [White scored, Munson to third];
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Yankees 7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer flied out to center; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles walked; GAMBLE BATTED FOR VELEZ; Nettles
stole second [Nettles to third (error by Dent)]; Gamble struck
out; Randolph singled to shortstop [Nettles stayed at third];
Randolph stole second; Stanley popped to third; Rivers singled
to left [Nettles scored, Randolph scored]; BARRIOS REPLACED
KUCEK (PITCHING); White struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Yankees 9.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dent singled
to left; Varney homered [Dent scored]; Bradford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Yankees
9.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson singled to left; Chambliss singled to center
[Munson to third, Chambliss out at second (center to shortstop
to second)]; Piniella singled to left [Munson scored]; Nettles
flied out to center; Gamble flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Yankees 10.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Jones singled to center; Spencer singled to
center [Jones to third]; Lemon grounded out (third to first)
[Spencer to second]; Brohamer tripled to right [Jones scored,
Spencer scored]; LYLE REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Dent grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Brohamer scored]; Varney struck out; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Yankees 10.