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Backed by a 15-hit attack, Ed Figueroa pitched the Yankees to a 6-1 victory over the Rangers. Mickey Rivers led off the first inning with a home run, and a single by Thurman Munson and RBI double by Reggie Jackson in that same frame made it 2-0. New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 1Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRangers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
Yankees 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 x - 6 15 0
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .253 Rivers cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .252
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Randolph 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .257
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .306 Munson c 4 2 2 0 0 0 .306
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .324 Jackson rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .283
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Piniella lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .318
Lowenstein dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Johnstone pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .194
Harrah 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .209 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283
Wills 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .228 Nettles 3b 3 0 2 2 1 0 .262
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .195 White dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .261
Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 2 1 0 1 .250
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Doyle pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 1 4 1 6 3 Totals 34 6 15 6 2 5
Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 15,419
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Yankees 7
DP: Rangers 1, Yankees 1
Doubles: Oliver (23), Jackson (9), Randolph (11), Piniella 2 (20)
Triples: White (3)
Home Runs: Rivers (6)
Caught Stealing: Beniquez (9), Nettles (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (3)
GIDP: Wills (9), White (5)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Medich L(5-6) 2.1 8 3 3 1 0 1 14 3.75
Lindblad 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 23 3.63
Totals 8 15 6 6 2 5 1 37
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Figueroa W(11-7) 9 4 1 1 6 3 0 35 3.19
Totals 9 4 1 1 6 3 0 35
Wild Pitches: Medich (5)
Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark
RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Beniquez forced Hargrove
(shortstop to second); Sundberg flied out to center; Oliver was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees
0.
YANKEES 1ST: Rivers homered; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to
first); Munson singled to pitcher; Jackson doubled to center
[Munson scored]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 2.
RANGERS 2ND: Bonds flied out to right; Lowenstein flied out to
left; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0,
Yankees 2.
YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); White
singled to right; Medich threw a wild pitch [White to second];
Dent singled to shortstop [White stayed at second]; Rivers
forced Dent (second to shortstop) [White to third]; White was
out trying to advance to home (catcher to second to third); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 2.
RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
popped to catcher in foul territory; Hargrove walked; Beniquez
popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 2.
YANKEES 3RD: Randolph doubled to center [Randolph out at third
(center to second to third)]; Munson singled to center; Jackson
walked [Munson to second]; Piniella doubled to right [Munson
scored, Jackson to third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING);
Chambliss made an out to third; Nettles walked; White forced
Nettles (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0,
Yankees 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to center; Oliver flied out to
left; Bonds walked [Sundberg to second]; Lowenstein struck out;
Harrah walked [Sundberg to third, Bonds to second]; Wills walked
[Sundberg scored, Bonds to third, Harrah to second]; Campaneris
made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1,
Yankees 3.
YANKEES 4TH: Dent struck out; Rivers grounded out (second to
first); Randolph singled to center; Munson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 3.
RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Beniquez singled to
center; Beniquez was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Sundberg singled to right; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 3.
YANKEES 5TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella struck out; Chambliss
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Bonds made an out to third; Lowenstein flied out to
center; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 3.
YANKEES 6TH: Nettles singled to right; Nettles was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); White tripled to center;
Dent hit a sacrifice fly to left [White scored]; Rivers flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4.
RANGERS 7TH: Wills flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4.
YANKEES 7TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
flied out to center; Jackson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4.
RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sundberg made an out to shortstop; Oliver doubled to center;
Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1,
Yankees 4.
YANKEES 8TH: Piniella doubled to left; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR
PINIELLA; Chambliss singled to center [Johnstone to third,
Chambliss to second (on throw to home)]; Nettles singled to
right [Johnstone scored, Chambliss scored]; White grounded into
a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Nettles out at
second]; Dent singled to center; DOYLE RAN FOR DENT; Rivers
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 6.
RANGERS 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DOYLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lowenstein grounded out (first
unassisted); Harrah walked; Wills grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 6.
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