Tagging Catfish Hunter for all their runs in the third inning, the Brewers won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3, but the Yankees came back to gain a split with a 7-2 victory in the second game. Starting Bthe rewers' outburst in the opener, Von Joshua singled and scored when Robin Yount doubled.

Yount took third on the throw to the plate and counted on a sacrifice fly by George Scott. Mike Hegan followed with a single and Sixto Lezcano capped the inning with a two-run homer. The Yankees' tallies off Bill Travers all came on a homer by Thurman Munson in sixth. In the nightcap, Munson accounted for two more RBIs with a single and infield out. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 4, New York Yankees 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    4, 1976 (Night game) at County Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Brewers      0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Joshua lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
White lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .272      Yount ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .277
Munson dh             4   1   1   3     0   0   .317      Scott 1b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .265
Piniella rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Hegan dh              4   1   2   0     0   0   .267
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Lezcano rf            3   1   1   2     0   0   .281
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Porter c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .248      G. Thomas cf          3   0   0   0     0   3   .205
Alomar 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Stanley ss            2   1   1   0     0   0   .259      Heidemann 3b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .186
  Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .177
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   5   3     0   2             Totals               30   4   8   4     0   6

Time of Game: 1:50
Left on Base: Yankees 1, Brewers 3
DP: Yankees 0, Brewers 1
Doubles: White (21), Porter (10), Yount (12)
Home Runs: Munson (11), Lezcano (5)
Caught Stealing: Heidemann (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (7)
GIDP: Nettles (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(12-11)         8     8   4   4   0   6   1  31   3.43
Totals                  8     8   4   4   0   6   1  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers W(13-8)         9     5   3   3   0   2   1  31   2.16
Totals                  9     5   3   3   0   2   1  31

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Marty Springstead


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to pitcher; White flied out to left;
Munson flied out to center; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Joshua flied out to center; Yount popped to catcher
in foul territory; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles flied out to
right; Healy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hegan singled to right; Lezcano popped to third;
Porter doubled to right [Hegan to third]; G. Thomas struck out;
Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Alomar grounded out (third to first); Stanley flied
out to right; Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Heidemann flied out to right; Joshua singled to
left; Yount doubled to center [Joshua scored, Yount to third (on
throw to home)]; Scott hit a sacrifice fly to center [Yount
scored]; Hegan singled to right; Lezcano homered [Hegan scored];
Porter flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Brewers 4.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Munson flied
out to center; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: G. Thomas struck out; Johnson flied out to right;
Heidemann singled to center; Joshua grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles popped to
shortstop; Healy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount struck out; Scott struck out; Hegan popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Alomar struck out; Stanley singled to right; Rivers
flied out to center; White doubled to left [Stanley to third];
Munson homered [Stanley scored, White scored]; Piniella flied
out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Porter
struck out; G. Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
3, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Chambliss out at
second]; Healy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Johnson popped to shortstop; Heidemann singled to
left; Heidemann was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Joshua grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Alomar flied out to right; VELEZ BATTED FOR
STANLEY; Velez popped to second; Rivers grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: MASON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Yount grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hegan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
3, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to right; Munson flied out to
right; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 4.