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 scored another in the third on a single by Munson, walk to Jackson and double by Lou Piniella. The Bronx Bombers' made it 4-1 in the sixth on a triple by Roy White and sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Monday, July      31, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Rangers      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.