A pair of homers by Roy White triggered the Yankees to a 5-3 decision, handing the A's their sixth straight defeat. White tied the score with a solo clout off lefty John Henry Johnson in the third inning and snapped a 2-2 deadlock with a two-run blast off righthander Rick Langford in the fifth.

It marked the fifth time in his career that the switch-hitting White had homered from each side of the plate in one game. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      13, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          1  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  1
Yankees      0  0  1    1  2  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             2   1   1   1     1   0   .259      Randolph 2b           3   2   3   0     1   0   .255
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .152      White lf              2   2   2   3     2   0   .242
  Murphy lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .121      Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .277
Thomasson rf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .207      Piniella dh           3   1   1   0     1   0   .311
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Page dh               3   0   1   1     1   2   .269      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Jackson rf            3   0   1   1     0   1   .254
Armas cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .232      Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Essian c              3   1   2   0     0   0   .235      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Edwards pr,2b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .216        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murray ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Staggs 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Alexander ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .212
  Newman c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Langford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               28   5   9   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 30,779
Left on Base: A's 6, Yankees 5
DP: A's 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Newman, Stanley
Doubles: Revering (7)
Home Runs: White 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (19), Essian (2), Thomasson (4), Edwards (7), Randolph (16), White (4)
Caught Stealing: Page (4), Randolph 2 (5), White (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (3)
GIDP: Piniella (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 3.2   5   2   2   4   2   1  17   2.68
Langford L(1-3)         0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   4   2.71
Lacey                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.90
Sosa                    2     1   1   0   1   1   0   8   2.58
Totals                  8     9   5   4   5   4   2  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(7-4)         6.2   8   3   3   2   5   0  29   3.23
Gossage SV(9)           2.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   7   1.60
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   0  36

Wild Pitches: Figueroa (5)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone walked; Dilone stole second; Thomasson
flied out to left [Dilone to third]; Guerrero popped to
shortstop; Page singled to center [Dilone scored]; Revering
doubled to right [Page out at home (right to shortstop to
catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Randolph was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); White walked; Munson struck out
while White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas popped to second; Gross struck out; Essian
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Chambliss flied out to right;
Nettles struck out; Jackson singled to left [Piniella to
second]; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (first unassisted); Dilone
grounded out (second to first); Thomasson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley popped to second; Randolph singled to left;
Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
White homered; Munson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero singled to left; Page struck out;
Revering struck out; Armas popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella singled to left; Chambliss walked
[Piniella to second]; Nettles forced Chambliss (first to
shortstop) [Piniella to third]; Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Piniella scored]; Blair singled to second [Nettles to
second]; LANGFORD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Stanley forced
Blair (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to center; Essian singled to
center; Essian stole second; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Essian to third]; Dilone singled to shortstop [Essian
scored, Dilone to second (error by Stanley)]; Figueroa threw a
wild pitch [Dilone to third]; Thomasson walked; Thomasson stole
second; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; White homered [Randolph
scored]; Munson singled to center; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Piniella grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Munson out at second]; Chambliss flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page struck out; Revering popped to first; Armas
singled to center; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles flied out to left; Jackson struck out;
Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian singled to third; EDWARDS RAN FOR ESSIAN;
ALEXANDER BATTED FOR STAGGS; Edwards stole second; Alexander
struck out; DUNCAN BATTED FOR DILONE; Duncan popped to second;
Thomasson singled to right [Edwards scored]; GOSSAGE REPLACED
FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); NEWMAN REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C );
SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (third to
first); Randolph singled to first; White walked [Randolph to
second]; Randolph stole third and White stole second [Randolph
scored (error by Newman) (unearned)]; Munson struck out;
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page walked; Page was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Revering flied out to right; Armas struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss popped to shortstop; Nettles popped to
third; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to right; MURRAY BATTED FOR
EDWARDS; Murray struck out; Newman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 5.