Ken Holtzman gained his first victory in a Yankee uniform by defeating the Indians, 7-3, before a crowd of 64,529, largest crowd in the major leagues so far this season. Mickey Rivers, who had hit only five homers in 456 games with the Angels before coming to the Yankees in a winter deal, equaled his entire previous career total with his fifth circuit clout of the season.

Roy White also homered for the Yankees, hitting a two-run shot. Although he was the winner, Holtzman needed help from Sparky Lyle in the eighth inning to save his decision. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      3, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees      0  0  4    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   7  8  2
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3 10  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   2   1     0   0   .325      Manning cf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .300
White lf              4   2   1   2     1   0   .287      Blanks 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Munson dh             5   1   1   0     0   1   .329      Robinson dh           5   1   2   0     0   2   .268
Piniella rf           5   1   1   1     0   1   .274      Carty 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Hendrick lf           4   1   1   2     0   1   .268
Nettles 3b            2   0   1   1     2   0   .226      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Healy c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .235      Spikes rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .235
Randolph 2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .265        Smith ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .148      Pruitt c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .056
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ashby c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              2   0   1   0     2   0   .222
                                                          Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Waits p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7   8   5     5   4             Totals               37   3  10   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 64,529
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Indians 9
DP: Yankees 2, Indians 2
Errors: Chambliss, Randolph, Blanks
Doubles: Randolph (10)
Triples: Spikes (3)
Home Runs: Rivers (5), White (6), Hendrick (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Mason (5)
GIDP: Healy (3), Hendrick (7), Powell (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(6-6)         7.1  10   3   2   1   2   1  33   3.06
Tidrow                  0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.73
Lyle SV(15)             1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.01
Totals                  9    10   3   2   2   3   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood L(2-5)             2     5   4   4   4   0   1  15   4.15
Bibby                   5     2   2   2   1   3   1  16   3.49
Waits                   1.1   1   1   0   0   0   0   6   4.94
Kern                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.22
Totals                  9     8   7   6   5   4   2  40

Wild Pitches: Lyle (3), Hood (5)

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


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

INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Blanks
singled to left; Robinson struck out; Carty forced Blanks
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles singled to
center; Healy walked [Nettles to second]; Randolph walked
[Nettles to third, Healy to second]; Mason grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Bell grounded out (second to
first); Spikes tripled to right; Pruitt reached on an error by
Chambliss [Spikes scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Duffy singled to
left [Pruitt to second]; Manning grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers homered; White walked; Hood threw a wild
pitch [White to second]; Munson singled to left [White to
third]; Piniella singled to left [White scored, Munson to
second]; Chambliss singled to pitcher [Munson to third, Piniella
to second]; BIBBY REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Nettles walked (walk
was charged to Hood) [Munson scored, Piniella to third,
Chambliss to second]; Healy grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Piniella scored (no RBI),
Chambliss to third, Nettles out at second]; Randolph flied out
to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
made an out to second; Carty lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Indians 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Mason struck out; Rivers singled to left; White
homered [Rivers scored]; Munson struck out; Piniella lined to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Bell flied
out to center; Spikes lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 6, Indians 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss struck out; Nettles walked; Healy lined
into a double play (second to first) [Nettles out at first]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(pitcher to first); Manning singled to center; Blanks grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Indians 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph flied out to right; Mason grounded out
(second to first); Rivers flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Robinson singled to left; Carty singled to right
[Robinson to second]; Hendrick grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Robinson to third, Carty out at
second]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (second to first); Munson flied
out to left; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Spikes flied out to center; Pruitt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Duffy walked; Manning singled to right
[Duffy to second]; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 6, Indians 1.

YANKEES 8TH: WAITS REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Chambliss grounded
out (second to first); Nettles flied out to center; Healy
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Robinson singled to third; Carty made an out to
second; Hendrick homered [Robinson scored]; Bell singled to
center; TIDROW REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); SMITH BATTED FOR
SPIKES; Smith reached on an error by Randolph [Bell to second];
POWELL BATTED FOR PRUITT; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING);
Powell grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Smith out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
6, Indians 3.

YANKEES 9TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ASHBY REPLACED
POWELL (PLAYING C ); Randolph doubled to right; Mason reached on
a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Randolph to third];
Rivers forced Mason (shortstop to second); KERN REPLACED WAITS
(PITCHING); White popped to third in foul territory; Munson
reached on an error by Blanks [Randolph scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Rivers to third]; Piniella struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Duffy walked; Lyle threw a wild pitch [Duffy to
second]; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks made
an out to second; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 7, Indians 3.