After being held to one hit in the first four innings, the Brewers exploded for eight runs in the fifth and defeated the Yankees, 9-2. Catching up with Ed Figueroa, the Brewers sent 11 men to bat and scored on seven hits and two errors. Don Money drove in two runs with a double and Ben Oglivie capped the inning with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Friday, April     21, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  8  0    0  1  0  -   9 12  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .289      Randolph 2b           3   0   3   2     2   0   .304
Money 2b              5   1   1   2     0   1   .278      Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Cooper 1b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .309      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Hisle rf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .306        Healy c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Oglivie dh            4   1   2   2     0   1   .194      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .239
Bando 3b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .273      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Thomas cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .222      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Wohlford lf           4   1   2   3     0   0   .273      Johnson dh            3   1   1   0     1   1   .200
Martinez c            4   1   3   0     0   0   .280      Nettles 3b            2   1   1   0     2   0   .184
Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   1   .231
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  12   7     0   5             Totals               34   2   8   2     5   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 15,105
Left on Base: Brewers 3, Yankees 10
DP: Brewers 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Money, Rivers, Dent
Doubles: Thomas (2), Money (5), Bando (2), Wohlford (1), Piniella (1), Johnson (1)
Home Runs: Oglivie (1)
GIDP: Munson (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine W(3-1)        6.1   7   2   2   4   1   0  28   5.84
McClure                 2.2   1   0   0   1   4   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   5   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(2-1)         5     8   8   5   0   5   1  24   3.13
Eastwick                3     4   1   1   0   0   0  12   3.86
Clay                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9    12   9   6   0   5   1  39

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money struck out; Cooper struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Rivers lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Randolph out at first]; Munson lined to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
singled to right; Bando flied out to right; Thomas struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson made an out to third; Piniella doubled to
right; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to
third]; Johnson walked; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford flied out to right; Martinez grounded out
(first unassisted); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph
walked; Rivers forced Randolph (second to shortstop); Munson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to center; Cooper grounded out
(second to first); Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Chambliss grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Oglivie was called out on strikes (catcher to
first); Bando singled to right; Thomas doubled to left [Bando to
third]; Wohlford singled to right [Bando scored, Thomas scored];
Martinez singled to center [Wohlford scored (error by Rivers)];
Molitor singled to center [Martinez to third, Molitor to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Money doubled to left [Martinez scored,
Molitor scored]; Cooper grounded out (second to first) [Money to
third]; Hisle reached on an error by Dent [Money scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Oglivie homered (unearned) [Hisle scored
(unearned)]; Bando flied out to center; 8 R (5 ER), 7 H, 2 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 8, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Johnson doubled to left; Nettles walked; Dent
singled to third [Johnson to third, Nettles to second]; Randolph
singled to left [Johnson scored, Nettles to third, Dent to
second]; Rivers flied out to center; Munson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Randolph out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 8, Yankees 1.

BREWERS 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Thomas
popped to catcher in foul territory; Wohlford flied out to left;
Martinez singled to center; Molitor forced Martinez (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to
first); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 8, Yankees 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Money made an out to second; Cooper flied out to
center; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Nettles
singled to right; Dent singled to center [Nettles to second];
Randolph singled to left [Nettles scored, Dent to second];
MCCLURE REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Rivers forced Randolph
(pitcher to shortstop) [Dent to third]; Munson flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 8, Yankees 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie flied out to center; Bando doubled; Thomas
made an out to shortstop; Wohlford doubled to left [Bando
scored]; Martinez singled to shortstop [Wohlford out at home
(first to catcher to third to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 9, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella reached on an error by
Money [Piniella to second]; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first) [Piniella to third]; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 9, Yankees 2.

BREWERS 9TH: HEALY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); CLAY REPLACED
EASTWICK (PITCHING); Molitor grounded out (second to first);
Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 9, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles walked; Dent struck out; Randolph singled
to shortstop [Nettles to second]; Rivers flied out to left;
Healy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 9, Yankees 2.