Bucky Dent beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored the deciding run on Thurman Munson's single in the fourth inning of the Yankees' 4-2 victory over the Indians. Sparky Lyle pitched three scoreless innings in relief of winner Mike Torrez and was credited with his 26th save as the Yankees increased their lead over the Red Sox to 3½ games in the American League East. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Monday, September 26, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Yankees      2  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   4 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris rf,cf          5   2   2   0     0   0   .269      Randolph 2b           5   1   3   0     0   1   .277
Oliver 2b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .250      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
  Spikes ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Munson c              4   1   2   1     1   0   .301
Blanks 3b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .282      Jackson rf            5   1   1   0     0   3   .288
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .272      Piniella lf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .333
Bochte lf             3   0   0   1     1   0   .306      Kingman dh            3   0   0   1     0   2   .222
Carty dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      Johnson 1b            2   0   0   1     2   0   .296
Manning cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Chambliss 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .291
  Pruitt ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Blair cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .270
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Dent ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .251
Griffin ss            3   0   0   0     1   1   .160      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   2     5   2             Totals               35   4  10   4     4   7

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 12,356
Left on Base: Indians 9, Yankees 13
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Blanks
Doubles: Norris (22), Carty (23)
Stolen Bases: Dent (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Oliver (1), Manning (6)
GIDP: Thornton (8)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (2,by Hood), Nettles (3,by Hood)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood L(2-1)             8    10   4   2   4   7   0  41   3.12
Totals                  8    10   4   2   4   7   0  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(17-13)         6     6   2   2   4   1   0  27   3.78
Lyle SV(26)             3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   2.23
Totals                  9     7   2   2   5   2   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Hood 2 (4)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to right; Oliver out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Norris to second]; Blanks singled to
pitcher [Norris to third]; Thornton walked [Blanks to second];
Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher) [Norris scored, Blanks to
third, Thornton to second]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to right; Nettles flied out to
right; Munson walked [Randolph to second]; Jackson struck out;
Piniella reached on an error by Blanks [Randolph to third,
Munson to second]; Kingman was hit by a pitch [Randolph scored
(unearned), Munson to third, Piniella to second]; Johnson walked
[Munson scored (unearned), Piniella to third, Kingman to
second]; Blair flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Kendall
grounded out (third to first); Griffin walked; Norris grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 2ND: Dent flied out to right; Randolph singled to left;
Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first) [Randolph stayed at
first]; Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Blanks
singled to left; Thornton grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Jackson struck out; Piniella singled to left;
Kingman struck out; Johnson walked [Piniella to second]; Blair
forced Johnson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Bochte flied out to center; Carty grounded out
(shortstop to first); Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Dent singled to third; Dent stole second; Randolph
struck out; Nettles struck out; Munson singled to left [Dent
scored]; Jackson forced Munson (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Kendall made an out to first; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Norris doubled to center; Oliver singled
to center [Norris scored]; Blanks singled to left [Oliver to
second]; Thornton forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella singled to left; Kingman struck out;
Johnson flied out to center; Blair grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Bochte walked; Carty walked [Bochte to second];
Manning out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bochte to
third, Carty to second]; Kendall grounded out (third to first);
Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph
singled to center; Nettles flied out to left; Munson flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 7TH: LYLE REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Norris grounded
out (second to first); Oliver walked; Blanks grounded out
(second to first) [Oliver to second]; Thornton made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson singled to right; Piniella walked [Jackson
to second]; Kingman made an out to shortstop; Johnson flied out
to center; Blair singled to left [Jackson scored, Piniella to
third]; Dent grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 8TH: CHAMBLISS REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Bochte
grounded out (third to first); Carty doubled to left; PRUITT
BATTED FOR MANNING; Pruitt made an out to first; Kendall struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORRIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Randolph made an out to second; Nettles
was hit by a pitch; Munson singled to left [Nettles to second];
Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Griffin flied out to right; Norris grounded out
(second to first); SPIKES BATTED FOR OLIVER; Spikes made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 4.