Feasting on their former teammate, the Yankees knocked out Dock Ellis in the third inning while romping to a 10-5 victory over the Athletics. The defeat was Ellis' third straight with the A's. Mike Torrez, who came to the Yankees in the trade for Ellis, was a winner for the second time with his new club.

The Yankees piled up five runs in the first inning, three scoring on a homer by Graig Nettles. Thurman Munson collected four hits during the course of the contest, capping his performance with a homer in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       8, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  2  -   5  9  1
Yankees      5  0  1    0  1  1    1  1  x  -  10 16  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .239      Randolph 2b           5   0   1   1     0   1   .303
Scott ss              4   0   1   2     1   0   .304      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .302
Page rf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .377      Munson c              5   4   4   1     0   0   .337
  Alexander pr,rf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Jackson rf            4   1   1   1     1   1   .276
  Murray ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Chambliss 1b          5   2   3   1     0   0   .300
Gross 3b              4   2   2   1     0   1   .289      White lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .326
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   1     0   0   .324      Nettles 3b            4   1   2   3     0   1   .187
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      May dh                2   1   1   0     1   0   .275
E. Williams 1b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Dent ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .253
McKinney dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .188      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .222
Mallory lf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .294
Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     4   6             Totals               37  10  16   9     2   4

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 35,542
Left on Base: A's 7, Yankees 7
DP: A's 2, Yankees 0
Errors: North, Rivers
Doubles: Page (11), Mallory (1), Gross (6), Sanguillen (4), Perez (4)
Triples: Munson (2)
Home Runs: Page (7), Gross (8), Nettles (4), Munson (5)
Stolen Bases: North (8)
Caught Stealing: Scott (6), Alexander (2)
GIDP: Chambliss (3), White (3)
Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Umbarger), Rivers (3,by Bahnsen)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(1-4)            2     6   6   6   1   0   1  13   7.33
Umbarger                3.1   7   2   1   0   1   0  15   5.87
Bahnsen                 2.2   3   2   2   1   3   1  13   6.75
Totals                  8    16  10   9   2   4   2  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(5-1)           9     9   5   5   4   6   2  39   4.02
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   6   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Umbarger (1), Bahnsen (1)
Wild Pitches: Bahnsen (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (catcher to first); Scott
walked; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Page doubled to right; Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph popped to second; Rivers grounded out
(shortstop to first); Munson singled to right; Jackson walked
[Munson to second]; Chambliss singled to center [Munson scored,
Jackson to third]; White singled to center [Jackson scored,
Chambliss to third]; Nettles homered [Chambliss scored, White
scored]; May grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen popped to shortstop; E. Williams flied
out to right; McKinney walked; Perez struck out [Perez out at
first (catcher to first)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 2ND: Dent grounded out (second to first); Randolph
grounded out (second to first); Rivers grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mallory doubled to center; North singled to left
[Mallory stayed at second]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Mallory to third, North to second]; Page flied out to
left; Gross struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson tripled to right; Jackson singled to left
[Munson scored]; UMBARGER REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Chambliss
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Jackson out at second]; White grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); E.
Williams reached on an error by Rivers [E. Williams to first];
McKinney flied out to center; Perez forced E. Williams
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); May was
hit by a pitch; Dent singled to center [May to second]; Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to third, Dent to
second]; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Mallory struck out; North struck out; Scott
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson flied out to left;
Chambliss singled to center [Munson to third (error by North)];
White grounded into a double play (pitcher to first to shortstop
to first) [Munson scored (unearned), Chambliss out at second]; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page homered; Gross doubled to right; Sanguillen
doubled to right [Gross scored]; E. Williams popped to
shortstop; McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Sanguillen to third]; Perez popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles singled to left; May singled to left
[Nettles out at third (shortstop to third), May to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Dent singled to center [May to third]; Randolph
singled to right [May scored, Dent to third]; BAHNSEN REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Rivers was hit by a pitch [Randolph to
second]; Munson popped to second; Jackson popped to second; 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Mallory struck out; North grounded out (second to
first); Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss singled to center; White singled to
center [Chambliss to second]; Bahnsen threw a wild pitch
[Chambliss to third, White to second]; Nettles struck out; May
was walked intentionally; Dent grounded out (second to first)
[Chambliss scored, White to third, May to second]; Randolph
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR PAGE; Alexander
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gross
homered; Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); E. Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 9.

YANKEES 8TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN
REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Rivers grounded out (shortstop
to first); Munson homered; Jackson struck out; Chambliss popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 10.

ATHLETICS 9TH: McKinney flied out to center; Perez doubled to
right; Mallory grounded out (second to first) [Perez to third];
North walked; North stole second; Scott singled to center [Perez
scored, North scored, Scott to second (on throw to home)];
MURRAY BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Murray struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 10.