The Yankees and Indians exchanged drubbings, the Yanks winning the first game of a doubleheader, 11-0, and the Indians capturing the second game, 17-5. Reggie Jackson, loudly booed by the fans every time he came to the plate, responded with two RBI singles and a solo homer to lead the Bronx Bombers in the lidlifter.

The Tribe routed Catfish Hunter by sending 13 batters to the plate in the first inning of the second game. The erstwhile great righthander was knocked out without retiring a batter for the first time in his 445 major league starts. Hunter gave up a bases-loaded walk to Andre Thornton, two-run single to Bernie Carbo and RBI single by Tom Veryzer before reliever Bob Kammeyer was bounced for a bases-loaded triple by Duane Kuiper. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 11, Cleveland Indians 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      27, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
Yankees      2  7  0    1  1  0    0  0  x  -  11 17  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Rivers cf             0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .288        Blair ph,cf         4   1   2   1     0   0   .198
Grubb lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .273      Randolph 2b           4   2   1   1     0   0   .251
Thornton 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .270        Doyle 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Carbo dh              2   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Munson c              3   2   2   2     0   0   .298
x  Dade ph,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heath c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Alexander c           4   0   1   0     0   2   .233      Piniella lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .306
Blanks 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Thomasson pr,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Chambliss 1b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .285
Speed rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .213      Jackson rf            3   2   3   3     1   0   .268
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnstone rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nettles 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .256
                                                          White dh              5   1   2   1     0   0   .257
                                                          Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
                                                          Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     2   2             Totals               39  11  17  10     2   1

Time of Game: 2:12
Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 9
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Veryzer, Speed, Heath, Thomasson
Doubles: White (7), Piniella (16)
Triples: Grubb (6), Randolph (3)
Home Runs: Jackson (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (5)
GIDP: Kuiper (9), Blanks (7), Munson (9)
Hit by Pitch: Munson (1,by Reuschel)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(5-6)            1.2   7   6   6   1   1   0  13   4.42
Reuschel                6.1  10   5   4   1   0   1  31   3.97
Totals                  8    17  11  10   2   1   1  44

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(10-7)        7     3   0   0   2   1   0  25   3.33
Lyle                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.25
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   2   0  34

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

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Randolph forced Rivers (shortstop to
second); Munson singled to center [Randolph scored]; Piniella
struck out; Chambliss singled to left [Munson to third]; Jackson
singled to center [Munson scored, Chambliss to second]; Nettles
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to center; Carbo forced Thornton
(pitcher to shortstop); Alexander struck out; Blanks flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: White doubled to left; Stanley out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [White to third]; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS;
Blair singled to right [White scored]; Randolph tripled to right
[Blair scored]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Randolph
scored]; Piniella doubled to left; REUSCHEL REPLACED CLYDE
(PITCHING); Chambliss singled to right [Piniella scored];
Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; Jackson
walked; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss scored, Jackson to
second]; White singled to right [Jackson scored, Nettles scored
(error by Speed) (unearned) (no RBI), White to third]; Stanley
grounded out (first unassisted); 7 R (6 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 9.

INDIANS 3RD: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kuiper grounded
out (second to first); Speed flied out to center; Manning
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 9.

YANKEES 3RD: Blair singled to right; Randolph popped to second;
Munson was hit by a pitch [Blair to second]; Piniella popped to
first; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 9.

INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Grubb tripled to left;
Thornton flied out to right; Carbo lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 9.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson homered; Nettles flied out to center; White
grounded out (second to first); Stanley reached on an error by
Veryzer [Stanley to first]; Blair flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 10.

INDIANS 5TH: Alexander singled to left; Blanks flied out to
center; Kuiper grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Alexander out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph flied out to center; Munson singled to
center; Piniella singled to left [Munson to second]; THOMASSON
RAN FOR PINIELLA; Chambliss flied out to right; Jackson singled
to left [Munson scored, Thomasson to third, Jackson to second
(on throw)]; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

INDIANS 6TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DOYLE
REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Speed grounded out (third to
first); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

YANKEES 6TH: White flied out to right; Stanley popped to first;
Blair popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees
11.

INDIANS 7TH: Grubb reached on an error by Thomasson [Grubb to
second]; Thornton walked; Carbo walked [Grubb to third, Thornton
to second]; Alexander flied out to left; Blanks grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

YANKEES 7TH: Doyle singled to second; Munson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Doyle out at
second]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

INDIANS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); HEATH REPLACED
MUNSON (PLAYING C ); JOHNSTONE REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF);
Kuiper flied out to center; Speed singled to third; Manning
forced Speed (second to shortstop); Veryzer flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles singled to right; White
lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 11.

INDIANS 9TH: Grubb singled to left; Thornton popped to catcher;
DADE BATTED FOR CARBO; Dade reached on catcher's interference by
Heath [Grubb to second]; Alexander struck out; Blanks forced
Dade (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 11.