A single by Chris Chambliss with the bases loaded in the 15th inning led the Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics. Manny Sanguillen and Dick Allen hit homers for the A's in the ninth to send the game into overtime.

In the 15th, Dell Alston made his first appearance at bat for the Yankees and doubled. Willie Randolph walked and, after a sacrifice by Mickey Rivers, Thurman Munson was passed intentionally to load the bases. Chambliss then hit his single, driving in two runs, and a third counter followed on a sacrifice bunt by Carlos May. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       17, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   5 10  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           6   2   1   0     1   1   .282      North cf              6   0   0   0     1   1   .237
Rivers cf             6   1   2   0     0   1   .316      Sanguillen dh         7   1   2   1     0   0   .309
Munson c              5   1   1   1     2   1   .313      Page lf               7   0   0   0     0   2   .336
Chambliss 1b          6   0   2   3     1   1   .288      Allen 1b              6   1   3   1     0   0   .274
Piniella dh           6   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .302
  May ph,dh           0   0   0   1     0   0   .308        Lintz pr,3b,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
White lf              6   0   1   0     1   1   .308        Armas ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .158
Nettles 3b            5   0   0   0     1   1   .193        Alexander 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Wynn rf               6   0   0   0     0   0   .179      E. Williams c         6   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Dent ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Tyrone rf             2   0   0   0     2   2   .000
  Alston ph           1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Mallory pr,rf       2   0   1   0     0   0   .306
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Perez 2b,ss           5   0   1   0     1   0   .203
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scott ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .275
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McKinney ph,3b      2   0   1   0     1   0   .189
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               52   5  10   5     6   7             Totals               51   2  11   2     6   7

Time of Game: 3:45   Attendance:  7,813
Left on Base: Yankees 10, A's 10
DP: Yankees 1, A's 0
Doubles: Randolph (6), Rivers (3), Alston (1), Sanguillen (6)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (2), Allen (5)
Stolen Bases: White (2), E. Williams (1), Mallory (4)
Caught Stealing: North (7), Mallory 2 (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivers (2), May (1)
GIDP: E. Williams (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry                  8.1   5   2   2   3   4   2  32   1.76
Lyle W(2-1)             6.2   6   0   0   3   3   0  25   0.92
Totals                 15    11   2   2   6   7   2  57

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                   13     7   2   2   4   6   0  49   3.80
Giusti L(0-2)           1.1   3   3   3   2   1   0   9   2.95
Coleman                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.31
Totals                 15    10   5   5   6   7   0  60

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph doubled to right; Rivers singled to second
[Randolph to third]; Munson grounded out (second to first)
[Randolph scored, Rivers to second]; Chambliss singled to center
[Rivers scored]; Piniella singled to third [Chambliss to
second]; White walked [Chambliss to third, Piniella to second];
Nettles struck out; Wynn popped to catcher in foul territory; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen
flied out to right; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

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

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross
struck out; E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
flied out to left; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tyrone struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Scott singled to right; North flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynn popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen flied out to left; Page flied out to
left; Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph
struck out; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to left; E. Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tyrone walked; Perez flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied out to center; Chambliss struck out;
Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott flied out to right; North walked; North was
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop);
Sanguillen doubled to right; Page grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 7TH: White flied out to center; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Allen grounded out (third to first); Gross
singled to right; E. Williams forced Gross (third to shortstop);
E. Williams stole second; Tyrone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Dent flied out to right; Randolph flied out to
right; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Scott grounded out
(second to first); North flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson struck out; Chambliss walked; Piniella flied
out to center; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Sanguillen homered; Page grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Allen homered; Gross walked; LINTZ RAN FOR
GROSS; LYLE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); E. Williams grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Lintz out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 10TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles popped
to third; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent singled
to left; Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Tyrone walked; MALLORY RAN FOR TYRONE; Mallory
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Perez singled
to center; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR SCOTT; McKinney flied out to
center; North struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 2.

YANKEES 11TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MALLORY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); LINTZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Rivers struck out;
Munson singled to right [Munson out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Sanguillen popped to catcher in foul territory;
Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen singled to left;
ARMAS BATTED FOR LINTZ; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 12TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED ARMAS (PLAYING 2B); Piniella
grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to left;
Nettles walked; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 12TH: E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mallory singled to center; Mallory was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Perez walked; McKinney walked [Perez to
second]; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 13TH: Dent flied out to center; Randolph grounded out
(second to first); Rivers doubled to left; Munson was walked
intentionally; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 13TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Page
struck out; Allen singled to right [Allen out at second (second
to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 14TH: GIUSTI REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Piniella struck
out; White singled to left; White stole second; Nettles flied
out to left; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 14TH: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); E.
Williams singled to center; Mallory forced E. Williams (second
to shortstop); Mallory stole second; Perez flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 15TH: ALSTON BATTED FOR DENT; Alston doubled to
right; Debut game for Dell Alston; Randolph walked;
Rivers out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Alston to
third, Randolph to second]; Munson was walked intentionally;
Chambliss singled to right [Alston scored, Randolph scored,
Munson to third]; COLEMAN REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); MAY BATTED
FOR PINIELLA; May out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Munson scored, Chambliss to second]; White flied out to right;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 15TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STANLEY
REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING SS); McKinney singled to left; North
flied out to center; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first)
[McKinney to second]; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 2.