Elrod Hendricks hit his first homer in a Yankee uniform and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly, while Chris Chambliss also batted in two runs with a double and single, in a 6-3 victory over the Brewers. Mickey Rivers had two hits for the Yankees, extending his batting streak to 18 games. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      26, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Yankees      0  0  0    2  2  2    0  0  x  -   6 11  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .264      Rivers cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .326
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      White lf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .288
Scott 1b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .259      C. May dh             3   2   1   1     0   1   .220
Carbo rf              3   1   1   2     0   0   .266      Chambliss 1b          4   0   3   2     0   0   .303
Hegan dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .214      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .211
Lezcano lf            2   0   0   0     2   1   .266      Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Hendricks c           3   1   1   2     0   1   .163
Porter c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Randolph 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .271
  Heidemann ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Velez ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .234
  G. Thomas ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .208        Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   5   3     2   3             Totals               32   6  11   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 29,395
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Yankees 7
DP: Brewers 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Rivers, Randolph
Doubles: Rivers (15), Chambliss (10)
Triples: C. May (1)
Home Runs: Carbo (4), Hendricks (2)
Stolen Bases: Lezcano (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Carbo (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendricks (1), White (6)
GIDP: Hendricks (1)
Hit by Pitch: C. May (2,by Slaton)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(8-6)           4.2   5   4   4   2   3   0  22   3.43
Austin                  3.1   6   2   2   0   1   1  15   5.79
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   4   1  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(9-4)         8     5   3   2   2   2   1  33   3.18
Lyle SV(13)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.81
Totals                  9     5   3   2   2   3   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Slaton (5)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BREWERS 1ST: Joshua reached on an error by Rivers [Joshua to
second]; Money flied out to right [Joshua to third]; Scott
reached on a fielder's choice [Joshua scored (unearned)]; Carbo
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Scott to second];
Hegan flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers lined to center; White grounded out (first
unassisted); C. May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Yount reached on an error by
Randolph [Lezcano to third]; Porter lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Yount out at first]; Johnson flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles flied out to
right; Gamble walked; Hendricks was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 3RD: On a bunt Joshua popped to catcher in foul
territory; Money flied out to left; Scott grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph popped to first in foul territory; Mason
grounded out (second to first); Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Hegan flied
out to left; Lezcano walked; Lezcano stole second; Yount
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White singled to shortstop; C. May was hit by a
pitch [White to second]; Chambliss singled to right [White
scored, C. May to third]; Nettles walked [Chambliss to second];
Gamble popped to shortstop; Hendricks hit a sacrifice fly to
center [C. May scored, Chambliss to third, Nettles to second];
Randolph grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Yankees 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Johnson
flied out to left; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason struck out; Rivers doubled to right; White
popped to shortstop; C. May tripled to right [Rivers scored];
Chambliss doubled to right [C. May scored]; AUSTIN REPLACED
SLATON (PITCHING); Nettles struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Money flied out to right; Scott singled to third;
Carbo homered [Scott scored]; Hegan singled to right; Lezcano
was called out on strikes; Yount lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Gamble popped to first; Hendricks homered; Randolph
singled to center; VELEZ BATTED FOR MASON; Velez singled to left
[Randolph to second]; On a bunt Rivers singled to third
[Randolph to third, Velez to second]; White hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Randolph scored]; C. May flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.

BREWERS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Porter singled
to right; Johnson struck out; Joshua flied out to center; Money
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss singled to center; Nettles singled to
shortstop [Chambliss to second]; Gamble forced Nettles (second
to shortstop) [Chambliss to third]; Hendricks grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.

BREWERS 8TH: Scott flied out to right; Carbo flied out to left;
Hegan singled to center; Lezcano flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Randolph flied out to left; Stanley flied out to
left; Rivers popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.

BREWERS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Yount flied out
to right; HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR PORTER; Heidemann grounded out
(shortstop to first); G. THOMAS BATTED FOR JOHNSON; G. Thomas
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 6.