Reggie Jackson's three-run homer in the first inning propelled the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox in their home opener before 44,667. The circuit clout followed a walk to Willie Randolph and single by Mickey Rivers.

As Jackson completed his tour of the bases, the field was littered with hundreds of "Reggie" candy bars named after the Yankee slugger. The confection had been distributed free to the fans. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Thursday, April     13, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0
Yankees      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moore dh              5   0   1   1     0   1   .111      Randolph 2b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .320
Orta 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .400      Rivers cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .333
Bonds rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .250      Munson c              5   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Jackson rf            4   1   1   3     0   0   .292
Lemon cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .474      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .417
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Chambliss 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Nordhagen lf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .267      White dh              2   1   0   0     2   1   .182
Nahorodny c           3   0   1   0     1   1   .364      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .217
  Bannister pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   1   1     0   1   .368
Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   1   .316      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  10   2     2   4             Totals               33   4  10   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 44,667
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Yankees 11
DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 1
Doubles: Soderholm (2), Nahorodny (1), Nettles (1)
Home Runs: Jackson (1)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (1), Piniella (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (2)
GIDP: Soderholm (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(0-2)             7.2  10   4   4   5   4   1  38   3.24
LaGrow                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.08
Totals                  8    10   4   4   5   4   1  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(1-0)           9    10   2   2   2   4   0  38   1.69
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   4   0  38

Wild Pitches: Wood (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel


WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore struck out; Orta flied out to right; Bonds
singled to right; Bonds stole second; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Rivers singled to shortstop
[Randolph to second]; Munson struck out; Jackson homered
[Randolph scored, Rivers scored]; Piniella grounded out (third
to first); Chambliss singled to center; Wood threw a wild pitch
[Chambliss to second]; White walked; Nettles flied out to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon flied out to left; Soderholm doubled to
left; Nordhagen singled to left [Soderholm scored]; Nahorodny
struck out; Kessinger singled to left [Nordhagen to second];
Moore singled to center [Nordhagen scored, Kessinger to second];
Orta made an out to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Dent singled to center; Randolph flied out to
right; Rivers flied out to center; Munson singled to left [Dent
to second]; Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Lamar Johnson popped
to first in foul territory; Lemon singled to center; Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss flied out
to left; White made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen made an out to shortstop; Nahorodny
flied out to center; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles walked; Dent flied out to center; Randolph
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Nettles to second]; Rivers
singled to second [Nettles to third]; Munson forced Rivers
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Moore made an out to second; Orta singled to
center; Bonds walked [Orta to second]; Lamar Johnson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Lemon popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson lined to second; Piniella grounded out
(third to first); Chambliss singled to right; White struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Nordhagen flied
out to center; Nahorodny walked; Kessinger singled to second
[Nahorodny to second]; Moore grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles grounded out (third to first); Dent struck
out; Randolph singled to third; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta made an out to second; Bonds struck out;
Lamar Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
flied out to center; Piniella singled to left; Piniella stole
second; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon singled to center; Soderholm grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Lemon out at second];
Nordhagen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: White walked; Nettles doubled to right [White to
third]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to left [White scored];
Randolph grounded out (third to first); Rivers walked; LAGROW
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Munson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny doubled to center; BANNISTER RAN FOR
NAHORODNY; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 4.