Homers by Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson, together with a two-run triple by Willie Randolph, paced the Yankees to a 7-2 victory over the Mariners. Bob Stinson accounted for one of the Mariners' runs with a homer off Ed Figueroa. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Seattle Mariners 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     30, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Mariners     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  0
Yankees      1  2  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   7  9  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .312
Reynolds ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Munson c              4   1   1   1     0   1   .296
Braun lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .314      Jackson rf            3   1   2   1     1   1   .299
Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Chambliss 1b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Bernhardt dh          2   1   0   0     2   1   .313      May dh                3   1   1   0     1   0   .289
Stein 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .279      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .145
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      White lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Lopez rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Blair cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .333
Stinson c             3   1   2   1     1   0   .276      Dent ss               2   1   0   1     1   0   .237
Wheelock p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pagan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     4   3             Totals               31   7   9   6     3   2

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 19,525
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Yankees 5
DP: Mariners 1, Yankees 1
Doubles: Blair (1)
Triples: Randolph (4)
Home Runs: Stinson (1), Munson (3), Jackson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Lopez (1), Dent (1)
GIDP: Milbourne (2), Nettles (1)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (1,by Wheelock)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wheelock L(2-3)         2     5   6   6   2   0   2  14   5.23
Laxton                  0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   5.93
Pagan                   5.1   2   0   0   1   2   0  18   5.40
Totals                  8     9   7   7   3   2   2  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(2-2)         9     7   2   2   4   3   1  37   1.83
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   3   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Wheelock (1)
Wild Pitches: Laxton (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Steve Palermo


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Reynolds
flied out to center; Braun singled to left; Meyer flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson
homered; Jackson walked; Chambliss forced Jackson (first to
shortstop); May grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Yankees 1.

MARINERS 2ND: Bernhardt made an out to shortstop; Stein singled
to second; Ruppert Jones struck out; Lopez forced Stein
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); White
grounded out (first to pitcher); Blair doubled to left; Dent
walked; Randolph tripled to right [Blair scored, Dent scored];
Munson flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Yankees 3.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson homered; Milbourne struck out; Reynolds
flied out to right; Braun walked; Meyer flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Jackson homered; Chambliss was hit by a pitch; May
singled to right [Chambliss to second]; LAXTON REPLACED WHEELOCK
(PITCHING); Nettles flied out to right; White singled to left
[Chambliss to third, May to second]; Blair singled to left
[Chambliss scored, May to third, White to second]; Dent hit a
sacrifice fly to left [May scored, White to third, Blair to
second]; Laxton threw a wild pitch [White scored, Blair to
third]; PAGAN REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING); Randolph flied out to
right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 4TH: Bernhardt struck out; Stein grounded out (second
to first); Ruppert Jones grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson struck out; Jackson singled to right;
Chambliss singled to second [Jackson to third]; May walked
[Chambliss to second]; Nettles grounded into a double play
(first to catcher to first) [Jackson out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 5TH: Lopez grounded out (third to first); Stinson
walked; Milbourne grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Stinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1,
Yankees 7.

YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to center; Blair grounded out
(second to first); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Braun grounded out
(second to first); Meyer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (catcher to first); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 7TH: Bernhardt walked; Stein flied out to center;
Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Lopez singled to left
[Bernhardt to second]; Stinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to left; May grounded out
(second to first); Nettles made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 8TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Reynolds
singled to center; Braun forced Reynolds (first to shortstop);
Meyer flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1,
Yankees 7.

YANKEES 8TH: White flied out to right; Blair flied out to
center; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
1, Yankees 7.

MARINERS 9TH: Bernhardt walked; Stein singled to center
[Bernhardt to second]; Ruppert Jones flied out to center
[Bernhardt to third]; Lopez hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Bernhardt scored]; Stinson singled to right [Stein to second];
Milbourne flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners
2, Yankees 7.