Mickey Rivers and Cliff Johnson drove in three runs apiece to help propelthe  Yankees to a 9-2 victory in a sweep of the three-game series with the Athletics. Rivers accounted for his RBIs with an infield out and single, while Johnson homered with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 9, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, July      31, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  2  3    1  2  0    1  0  0  -   9  8  0
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  4


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   3     1   0   .306      Mallory rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
White lf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .292      Perez 2b              2   1   0   0     1   1   .251
Munson dh             4   0   1   0     1   0   .306        Scott 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Chambliss 1b          5   1   0   0     0   1   .293      Sanguillen c          3   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Piniella rf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .324        Newman c            1   1   1   0     0   0   .244
Johnson c             3   2   1   3     2   1   .289      Page lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .314
Nettles 3b            4   3   1   0     1   1   .231      Gross 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .232
Randolph 2b           4   1   0   0     1   1   .290      McKinney 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Dent ss               1   0   1   1     2   0   .264      Crawford dh           3   0   1   0     1   0   .232
  Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Armas cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .172
  Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9   8   7     9   4             Totals               34   2   8   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 11,052
Left on Base: Yankees 10, A's 7
DP: Yankees 1, A's 1
Errors: Perez, Page 2, McKinney
Doubles: Newman (6)
Home Runs: Johnson (7)
Stolen Bases: White (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (6)
GIDP: Chambliss (16), Armas (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(10-7)        8     7   2   2   2   3   0  32   3.29
Clay                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.76
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   3   0  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(10-12)           4.1   6   8   5   5   2   1  26   3.83
Giusti                  3.2   2   1   0   4   2   0  17   2.88
Lacey                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.64
Totals                  9     8   9   5   9   4   1  46

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (4)
Wild Pitches: Figueroa (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Russ Goetz


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); White
singled to left; White stole second; Munson walked; Chambliss
grounded out (second to first) [White to third, Munson to
second]; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Mallory grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
walked; Sanguillen singled to right [Perez to third]; Page made
an out to second; Gross singled to left [Perez scored,
Sanguillen to second]; McKinney grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Johnson walked; Nettles reached on a fielder's
choice [Johnson to second]; Randolph reached on an error by
Perez [Johnson to third, Nettles to second]; Dent hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Johnson scored (unearned), Nettles to
third, Randolph to second]; Rivers reached on a fielder's choice
[Nettles scored (unearned), Randolph out at third (second to
third)]; White walked [Rivers to second]; Munson grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas
flied out to left; Picciolo singled to right; Mallory popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss struck out but advanced to first on a
passed ball; Piniella singled to shortstop [Chambliss to
second]; Johnson homered [Chambliss scored (unearned), Piniella
scored]; Nettles struck out; Randolph grounded out (second to
first); Dent walked; Rivers flied out to left; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (first
unassisted); Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White singled to left; Munson singled to center
[White to third]; Chambliss grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [White scored (no RBI), Munson out at
second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); McKinney
flied out to right; Crawford singled to center; Armas struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Nettles
singled to left [Nettles to second (error by Page)]; Randolph
walked; GIUSTI REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Dent walked [Nettles to
third, Randolph to second]; Rivers singled to center [Nettles
scored, Randolph scored, Dent to second]; White forced Rivers
(pitcher to shortstop) [Dent to third]; Munson forced White
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 8,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo singled to left; Figueroa threw a wild
pitch [Picciolo to second]; Mallory flied out to left; Perez
flied out to center; Sanguillen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 6TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Chambliss
popped to third in foul territory; Piniella flied out to center;
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page struck out; Gross flied out to right;
McKinney grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 8, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 7TH: SCOTT REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); Nettles walked;
Randolph struck out; Dent singled to left [Nettles to second];
Rivers walked [Nettles to third, Dent to second]; White flied
out to left [Nettles scored (error by Page) (unearned)]; Munson
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 9, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); Crawford
walked; Armas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Crawford out at second]; Picciolo flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Piniella flied out
to left; Johnson walked; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Mallory flied out to left; Scott made an out to
shortstop; Newman doubled to right; Page singled to right
[Newman scored]; Gross made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 9TH: LACEY REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Randolph flied
out to right; Stanley grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
9, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CLAY REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); McKinney
singled to left; Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first)
[McKinney to second]; Armas flied out to right; Picciolo
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9,
Athletics 2.