Turning four errors into as many unearned runs, the Yankees dumped the Rangers, 7-2, behind the steady pitching of Dick Tidrow. The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an infield hit by Mickey Rivers, triple by Roy White and sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson. In the second, after a walk to Gary Thomasson, Bobby Bonds misplayed Bucky Dent's double, allowing Thomasson to score. After Fred Stanley drew a walk, Jim Umbarger replaced Doc Medich on the mound. Rivers dribbled a grounder back to Umbarger, who threw to second for an attempted force play. But Bert Campaneris dropped the ball, loading the bases. A sacrifice fly by White then scored Dent.

Graig Nettles led off the third with a single and scored when Bonds misplayed a single by Reggie Jackson, who scored on a single by Thomasson. The Yanks got another gift in the fourth when Umbarger threw widly past first on White's roller and Munson followed with an RBI single. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      6, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Yankees      2  2  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 10  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  4


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .258      Bonds rf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .255
White lf              4   2   1   2     0   1   .256      Wills 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Munson c              4   0   1   2     0   0   .288      Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .311
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .292        J. Ellis c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Spencer 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .244      Hargrove 1b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Jackson dh            4   1   2   0     0   1   .271        Jorgensen 1b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Thomasson rf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .245      Harrah 3b             0   0   0   0     2   0   .218
Dent ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .233        Bevacqua 3b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .165
Stanley 2b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .275      Putnam dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .139
Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Campaneris ss         2   1   1   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Mason ss            2   1   1   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Thompson cf           2   0   1   1     0   0   .236
                                                          Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7  10   5     3   5             Totals               33   2   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 37,930
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Rangers 10
DP: Yankees 0, Rangers 3
Errors: Bonds 2, Campaneris, Umbarger
Doubles: Dent (7), Jackson (7), Mason (3)
Triples: White (1), Campaneris (2)
Stolen Bases: Wills (25)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (4), White (1)
GIDP: Dent 2 (4), Rivers (2)
Hit by Pitch: Thompson (2,by Tidrow)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow W(4-6)           9     8   2   2   4   4   0  39   3.92
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   4   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(3-4)           1.1   3   4   2   2   1   0   9   4.22
Umbarger                3.2   4   3   1   0   3   0  16   4.54
Comer                   2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   0.96
Barker                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.74
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.57
Totals                  9    10   7   3   3   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (3)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to shortstop; White tripled to left
[Rivers scored]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center [White
scored]; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Wills flied out to left;
Sundberg grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
walked; Dent doubled to right [Thomasson scored (error by Bonds)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Stanley walked; UMBARGER REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Rivers reached on an error by Campaneris [Dent to
third, Stanley to second, Rivers to first]; White hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Dent scored (unearned), Stanley to
third]; Munson forced Rivers (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER),
1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Hargrove grounded
out (first unassisted); Harrah walked; Harrah was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to center;
Jackson singled to right [Nettles scored (error by Bonds) (no
RBI), Jackson to third]; Thomasson singled to left [Jackson
scored (unearned)]; Dent grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Putnam popped to third; Campaneris flied out to
center; Thompson singled to shortstop; Bonds was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Stanley flied out to right; Rivers grounded out
(second to first); White reached on an error by Umbarger [White
to second]; Munson singled to center [White scored (unearned)];
Chambliss popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to left; Sundberg walked; Zisk
flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg to
second]; Harrah walked [Sundberg to third, Hargrove to second];
Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 7, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles struck out; Jackson struck out; Thomasson
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris tripled to right; Thompson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Campaneris scored]; Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills singled to center;
Wills stole second; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 6TH: COMER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); J. ELLIS
REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE
(PLAYING 1B); BEVACQUA REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING 3B); MASON
REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Dent flied out to left;
Stanley walked; Rivers grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen
flied to right in foul territory; Bevacqua flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to center; Mason grounded out
(second to first); Thompson was hit by a pitch; Bonds singled to
center [Thompson to third]; Wills grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 8TH: BARKER REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Nettles grounded
out (first unassisted); Jackson doubled to center; Thomasson
singled to third [Jackson stayed at second]; Dent grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Thomasson out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: J. Ellis walked; Zisk flied out to right; Jorgensen
grounded out (first unassisted) [J. Ellis to second]; Bevacqua
singled to third [J. Ellis stayed at second]; Putnam struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 9TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Stanley
grounded out (third to first); Rivers singled to right; White
flied out to center; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: SPENCER REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Mason
doubled to right; Thompson flied out to right [Mason to third];
Bonds singled to left [Mason scored]; Wills flied out to right;
J. Ellis popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 7, Rangers 2.