The Yankees extended their two-season domination of the Indians to 12 games with a 5-4 victory, scoring their winning run on two-out doubles by Chris Chambliss and Reggie Jackson in the seventh inning. The decision went to Sparky Lyle, the third Yankees pitcher, who relieved with two out in the fifth and retired 12 batters in a row before Duane Kuiper singled with two away in the ninth for the only hit off his deliveries. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      5, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      1  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  0
Yankees      1  2  0    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   5 10  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .276      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .312
Norris cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Randolph 2b           3   1   2   0     1   1   .299
  Blanks ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Munson c              2   0   1   1     0   0   .315
Dade rf               4   3   2   0     0   0   .348        Johnson c           2   0   0   0     0   2   .289
Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Chambliss 1b          4   2   2   0     0   1   .301
Bell 3b               3   1   2   3     0   0   .297      Jackson rf            4   1   3   1     0   0   .283
Lowenstein lf         3   0   2   0     0   0   .289      White lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .292
  Melton ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .220
Bochte 1b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .275      May dh                3   0   0   1     0   0   .248
  Thornton ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .187      Dent ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .267
  Pruitt lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .255        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .208        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  11   4     1   1             Totals               32   5  10   5     3   7

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 16,053
Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 7
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Dent
Doubles: Carty (11), Dade (9), Lowenstein (4), Jackson 2 (26), Chambliss (16)
Triples: Dent (4)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (4), May (2)
GIDP: Kuiper (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(8-5)            8    10   5   5   3   7   0  36   3.52
Totals                  8    10   5   5   3   7   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  2.2   8   3   3   1   1   0  16   4.92
Tidrow                  2     2   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.20
Lyle W(7-2)             4.1   1   0   0   0   0   0  14   1.80
Totals                  9    11   4   4   1   1   0  38

Passed Balls: Munson (4)
Balks: Bibby (2)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Nick Bremigan


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to right; Norris was called out on
strikes; Dade forced Kuiper (second to shortstop); Carty doubled
to left [Dade to third]; Bell singled to shortstop [Dade scored,
Carty to third]; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers popped to catcher in foul territory;
Randolph walked; Bibby balked [Randolph to second]; Munson
singled to left [Randolph scored]; Chambliss flied out to left;
Munson was out trying to advance to second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Bochte walked; Fosse grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Bochte to second]; Duffy singled to left [Bochte to
third]; Kuiper grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Duffy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson singled to second; White flied out to left;
Nettles singled to right [Jackson to third]; May hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Jackson scored]; Dent tripled to right [Nettles
scored]; Rivers struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Yankees 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Norris flied out to left; Dade singled to right;
Munson allowed a passed ball [Dade to second]; Carty flied out
to center; Bell singled to center [Dade scored]; Lowenstein
singled to center [Bell to second]; Bochte singled to left [Bell
scored, Lowenstein to third, Bochte to second (error by Dent)];
TIDROW REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Fosse grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to right; Munson popped to first
in foul territory; Chambliss struck out; Jackson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to center; Nettles struck out; May
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Dade doubled to center; JOHNSON REPLACED MUNSON
(PLAYING C ); Carty flied out to right [Dade to third]; Bell hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Dade scored]; Lowenstein doubled to
right; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Bochte grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent made an out to second; Rivers flied out to
center; Randolph singled to right; Randolph stole second;
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Duffy made an
out to shortstop; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss singled to left; Jackson doubled to
center [Chambliss to third]; White was walked intentionally;
Nettles walked [Chambliss scored, Jackson to third, White to
second]; May made an out to third; Dent made an out to second;
Rivers struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Norris grounded out (first unassisted); Dade flied
out to right; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph struck out; Johnson was called out on
strikes; Chambliss doubled to center; Jackson doubled to left
[Chambliss scored]; White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell made an out to shortstop; MELTON BATTED FOR
LOWENSTEIN; Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); THORNTON
BATTED FOR BOCHTE; Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: MELTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PRUITT REPLACED
THORNTON (PLAYING LF); Nettles flied out to right; May grounded
out (first to pitcher); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Fosse grounded out (second to first); Duffy
grounded out (third to first); Kuiper singled to center; BLANKS
BATTED FOR NORRIS; Blanks popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.