Ed Figueroa allowed only five hits and at one stretch retired 15 straight batters while pitching the Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Twins. The Yankees bunched four singles for two runs in the second inning and added their insurance counter in the fifth on singles by Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers around a wild pickoff throw by Paul Thormodsgard. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Friday, April     28, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  1
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           2   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .264
  Stanley 2b          2   0   0   0     1   1   .333      Carew 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .383
Rivers cf             4   0   2   1     1   1   .328      Chiles lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .333
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Jackson rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .246      Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .313
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Adams dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .172
Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .226      Powell rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .196
White lf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .182      Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Spencer dh            3   0   1   1     0   0   .273        Morales ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Johnson ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Norwood cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Dent ss               4   1   2   1     0   0   .250      Thormodsgard p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  11   3     2   4             Totals               31   1   5   1     3   1

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 11,674
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Twins 6
DP: Yankees 0, Twins 3
Errors: Rivers, Thormodsgard
Stolen Bases: Randolph (3)
Caught Stealing: Spencer (1)
GIDP: Chambliss (2), Rivers (1)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (2,by Scarce)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(3-1)         9     5   1   1   3   1   0  34   2.53
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   1   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard L(1-2)     4.2  10   3   3   0   3   0  22   3.66
Scarce                  4.1   1   0   0   2   1   0  16   1.59
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Scarce (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to shortstop; Rivers struck out;
Randolph stole second; Munson grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Randolph to third]; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew
grounded out (third to first); Chiles flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles singled to left
[Chambliss to second]; White forced Nettles (first to shortstop)
[Chambliss to third]; Spencer singled to right [Chambliss
scored, White to third]; Dent singled to center [White scored,
Spencer to second]; Randolph struck out while Spencer was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
flied out to right; Adams singled to left; Powell grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers singled to pitcher; Munson popped to
shortstop; Jackson singled to right [Rivers to third]; Chambliss
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins
0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall singled to center [Randall to second (error
by Rivers)]; Norwood grounded out (second to first) [Randall to
third]; Smalley grounded out (third to first); Carew walked;
Chiles singled to right [Randall scored, Carew to third];
Wynegar lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins
1.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles flied out to right; White lined to second;
Spencer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: STANLEY REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage made
an out to shortstop; Adams grounded out (second to first);
Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Twins 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent singled to left; Dent was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Thormodsgard [Dent to third]; Stanley
was called out on strikes; Rivers singled to left [Dent scored];
Munson grounded out (third to first) [Rivers to second]; Jackson
singled to shortstop [Rivers to third]; SCARCE REPLACED
THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Chambliss lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (first to pitcher); Norwood
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles struck out; White flied out to center;
Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Carew lined to center; Chiles lined to center;
Wynegar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Twins 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Stanley
grounded out (third to first); Rivers walked; Munson singled to
left [Rivers to third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
was hit by a pitch; White flied out to center; JOHNSON BATTED
FOR SPENCER; Johnson forced Nettles (third to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Randall grounded
out (third to first); Norwood grounded out (third to first);
Smalley walked; Carew singled to left [Smalley to second];
Chiles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Dent grounded out (second to first); Stanley
walked; Rivers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar made an out to third; Cubbage walked; Adams
flied out to left; Powell singled to left [Cubbage to second];
MORALES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Powell was picked off first (catcher
to first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
3, Twins 1.