A grand-slam homer by Oscar Gamble capped a five-run outburst in the eighth inning and carried the Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Brewers. With Dan Thomas hitting his first major league homer, the Brewers held a 2-1 lead before the Yankees exploded. New York Yankees 6, Milwaukee Brewers 4Game Played on Friday, September 10, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IBrewers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 9 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 x - 6 11 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Joshua cf 5 0 3 2 0 0 .272 Rivers cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .307 Yount ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .262 White lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .269 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Hegan dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .249 Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Money 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .269 C. May dh 3 2 1 0 1 0 .255 Lezcano rf 2 1 0 1 1 1 .296 Nettles 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .248 Porter c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .225 Gamble rf 4 1 2 5 0 0 .238 D. Thomas lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Stanley ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 9 4 4 6 Totals 33 6 11 6 3 1 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 16,607 Left on Base: Brewers 7, Yankees 7 DP: Brewers 0, Yankees 0 Doubles: Joshua (12), Gamble (12), Chambliss (29) Triples: Joshua (5), White (3) Home Runs: D. Thomas (1), Gamble (16) Stolen Bases: Randolph (32) Caught Stealing: Joshua (10), Yount (10), White (12) Sacrifice Hits: White (10) Sacrifice Flies: Lezcano (5) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton L(14-12) 7.2 11 6 6 3 1 1 36 3.57 Sadecki 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.66 Totals 8 11 6 6 3 1 1 37 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(15-14) 9 9 4 4 4 6 1 38 3.64 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 6 1 38 Wild Pitches: Slaton 2 (9) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Nestor Chylak BREWERS 1ST: Joshua flied out to right; Yount lined to third; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); White tripled to left; Munson struck out; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hegan singled to left; Money singled to center [Hegan to third]; Lezcano hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hegan scored, Money to second]; Porter flied out to center; D. Thomas grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: C. May grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. BREWERS 3RD: Johnson flied out to left; Joshua tripled to right; Yount grounded out (first unassisted); Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph lined to first; Stanley flied out to left; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. BREWERS 4TH: Hegan grounded out (second to first); Money walked; Lezcano struck out; Porter walked [Money to second]; D. Thomas walked [Money to third, Porter to second]; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to center; Munson flied out to right; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. BREWERS 5TH: Joshua singled to first; Joshua was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Yount singled to left; Yount was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: C. May singled to center; Slaton threw a wild pitch [C. May to second]; Nettles walked; Gamble doubled to right [C. May scored, Nettles to third]; Randolph popped to second; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 1. BREWERS 6TH: Hegan struck out; Money grounded out (third to first); Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: White singled to right; Munson flied out to left; White was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Chambliss singled to left; C. May flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 1. BREWERS 7TH: Porter flied out to center; D. Thomas homered; Johnson singled to right; Joshua popped to shortstop; Yount flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles singled to right; Gamble popped to shortstop; Randolph forced Nettles (shortstop to second); Randolph stole second; Stanley popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 1. BREWERS 8TH: Scott struck out; Hegan flied out to center; Money popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: Rivers singled to first; White out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rivers to second]; Munson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Rivers to third]; Chambliss doubled to right [Rivers scored]; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; C. May walked; Nettles walked [C. May to second]; Gamble homered [Chambliss scored, C. May scored, Nettles scored]; Randolph singled to right; Stanley singled to second [Randolph to second]; SADECKI REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Rivers flied out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 6. BREWERS 9TH: Lezcano walked; Porter singled to center [Lezcano to second]; D. Thomas was called out on strikes; CARBO BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Carbo flied out to center; Joshua doubled to right [Lezcano scored, Porter scored]; Yount flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Yankees 6. |
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