Tied in a duel with Catfish Hunter, 4-4, Nolan Ryan suddenly folded in the eighth inning when the Yankees exploded for six runs to defeat the Angels, 10-4. The Yankees built up a 4-0 lead with the aid of a two-run homer by Oscar Gamble, but the Angels rallied to tie the score in the sixth, three runs counting on a circuit clout by Rusty Torres. However in the eighth, Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson each came through with two-run singles as the Yankees knocked out Ryan and handed the Angels their ninth defeat in the last 11 games. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, California Angels 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       5, 1976 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees      0  2  0    0  2  0    0  6  0  -  10 12  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  6  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   1   1   3     0   0   .278      Remy 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .222
White lf              4   0   0   0     1   2   .304      Torres cf             4   1   1   3     0   0   .225
Munson c              5   0   2   2     0   0   .320      Bonds rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .348
Chambliss 1b          5   2   3   0     0   0   .389      Melton dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Gamble rf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .261      Bochte 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .313
Piniella dh           5   1   1   1     0   2   .310      Stanton lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Nettles 3b            4   1   0   0     1   2   .155        Jackson 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Randolph 2b           4   2   1   0     0   1   .327      Chalk 3b,ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .286
Mason ss              3   2   2   2     1   1   .257      Etchebarren c         3   1   1   0     0   0   .231
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ramirez ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .196
                                                            Lahoud ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .147
                                                          Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  10  12  10     4   8             Totals               33   4   6   4     1   7

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 25,790
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Angels 3
DP: Yankees 0, Angels 0
Doubles: Bochte (5)
Triples: Mason (1)
Home Runs: Gamble (2), Torres (2)
Stolen Bases: Munson (4), Bonds (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(3-3)           9     6   4   4   1   7   1  34   3.46
Totals                  9     6   4   4   1   7   1  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(3-2)             7.2  10   9   9   3   8   1  36   2.96
Monge                   0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   2.00
Drago                   1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.86
Totals                  9    12  10  10   4   8   1  43

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Bill Deegan


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; White struck out; Munson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy flied out to left; Torres popped to third in
foul territory; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to left; Gamble homered
[Chambliss scored]; Piniella struck out; Nettles was called out
on strikes; Randolph grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Melton flied out to center; Bochte was called out on
strikes; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Angels 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason struck out; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to
first); White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Chalk struck out; Etchebarren popped to second;
Ramirez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Angels 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to right; Munson stole second;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Munson to third];
Gamble grounded out (second to first); Piniella grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Remy singled to left; Torres flied out to left;
Bonds popped to catcher in foul territory; Melton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Angels 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Randolph
singled to center; Mason tripled to right [Randolph scored];
Rivers hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mason scored]; White was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels
0.

ANGELS 5TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Stanton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss
singled to center; Gamble singled to right [Chambliss to
second]; Piniella struck out; Nettles was called out on strikes;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Etchebarren singled to right; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
RAMIREZ; Lahoud flied out to right; Remy walked [Etchebarren to
second]; Torres homered [Etchebarren scored, Remy scored]; Bonds
singled to pitcher; Bonds stole second; Melton popped to second;
Bochte doubled to right [Bonds scored]; Stanton popped to
shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 4.

YANKEES 7TH: LAHOUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JACKSON
REPLACED STANTON (PLAYING 3B); CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); Randolph was called out on strikes; Mason singled to left;
Rivers forced Mason (second to shortstop); White flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 7TH: Chalk struck out; Etchebarren flied out to center;
Lahoud struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Angels 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss
singled to second; Gamble walked [Chambliss to second]; Piniella
singled to right [Chambliss scored, Gamble to third, Piniella to
second (on throw)]; Nettles walked; Randolph forced Gamble
(third to catcher) [Piniella to third, Nettles to second]; Mason
walked [Piniella scored, Nettles to third, Randolph to second];
MONGE REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Rivers singled to right [Nettles
scored, Randolph scored, Mason to third, Rivers to second (on
throw)]; White walked; DRAGO REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Munson
singled to right [Mason scored, Rivers scored, White to third,
Munson to second (on throw)]; Chambliss flied out to center; 6
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 10, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Remy flied out to right; Torres flied out to left;
Bonds singled to center; Melton forced Bonds (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 10, Angels 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Gamble flied out to left; Piniella flied out to
left; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 10, Angels 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Jackson flied
out to right; Chalk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 10, Angels 4.