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Sunday April 16, 1978
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Dick Tidrow and Sparky Lyle combined on a shutout as the Yankees completed a three-game sweep of their series with a 3-0 victory over the White Sox. the Yankees scored twice in the second inning on a pair of walks, a long flyout, a wild pitch and Graig Nettles' RBI single. The final tally came in the seventh when Paul Blair singled home Bucky Dent. [The Sporting News]


New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Sunday, April 16, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .379      Randolph 2b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .323
  Nordhagen ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Rivers cf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .370        Blair pr,cf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Munson dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Bonds rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Lamar Johnson 1b      3   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Piniella lf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .333
Blomberg dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .174      Chambliss 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .276
  Moore ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Johnson c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .190
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .276      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   1     1   1   .231
Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Dent ss               3   1   0   0     1   0   .280
Nahorodny c           2   0   0   0     1   1   .308      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     3   6             Totals               30   3   7   2     5   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 32,750
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Yankees 9
DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Munson (2)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (2), Randolph (2), Munson (1)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (1)
Hit by Pitch: Rivers (1,by Kravec)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(1-1)           6.1   7   3   3   4   1   0  30   5.25
Hinton                  1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8     7   3   3   5   3   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow W(1-1)           6.2   4   0   0   3   4   0  27   3.65
Lyle SV(1)              2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   6   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (1)
Wild Pitches: Kravec (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to left; Rivers grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Randolph to second]; Munson lined to right;
Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Lamar
Johnson walked; Blomberg singled to second [Lamar Johnson to
second]; Soderholm struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Chambliss walked [Piniella to
second]; Johnson flied out to center [Piniella to third]; Kravec
threw a wild pitch [Piniella scored, Chambliss to second];
Nettles singled to right [Chambliss scored]; Dent forced Nettles
(shortstop to second); Randolph popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny struck out; Garr flied out to center;
Lemon singled to left; Orta flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers singled to center; Rivers was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Munson doubled to left;
Jackson made an out to second; Piniella flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole second; Lamar
Johnson flied out to right; Blomberg grounded out (first
unassisted) [Bonds to third]; Soderholm walked; Kessinger
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Johnson flied out to
left; Nettles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Garr
lined to right; Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to center; Randolph walked; Randolph
stole second; Rivers was hit by a pitch; BLAIR RAN FOR RIVERS;
Munson flied out to center; Jackson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Orta flied out
to center; Bonds flied out to left; Lamar Johnson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss grounded out
(second to pitcher); Johnson singled to shortstop; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Blomberg popped to catcher in foul territory;
Soderholm singled to left; Kessinger flied out to center;
Nahorodny walked [Soderholm to second]; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; Nordhagen flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dent walked;
Randolph singled to left [Dent to third]; Blair singled to left
[Dent scored, Randolph to second]; Munson forced Blair (second
to shortstop) [Randolph to third]; HINTON REPLACED KRAVEC
(PITCHING); Munson stole second; Jackson struck out; Piniella
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees
3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon struck out; Orta lined to left; Bonds
singled to center; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss lined to second; Johnson struck out;
Nettles walked; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MOORE BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Moore struck out;
Soderholm flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 3.



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