With Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles each hitting a pair of homers, the Yankees powered past the A's, 6-2, as Catfish Hunter got credit for his sixth straight victory. Chambliss put the Yankees in front, 2-0, in the first inning with a homer after a single by Thurman Munson. Nettles followed with a round-tripper. Chambliss hit a solo shot in the sixth and Nettles another bases-empty clout in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    27, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0
Yankees      3  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  x  -   6  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Rivers cf             3   0   0   1     0   2   .260
Alston lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .240      Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .298
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Carty dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .296      Chambliss 1b          4   2   2   3     0   1   .289
Page rf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .289      Nettles 3b            3   2   2   2     1   0   .267
Robinson c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .321      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Spencer dh            3   1   1   0     0   1   .227
Duncan 3b,2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Edwards 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Stanley 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .224
  Picciolo 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gross ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .189        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     1   3             Totals               31   6   8   6     1   7

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 40,628
Left on Base: A's 3, Yankees 3
DP: A's 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Carty (21)
Triples: Page (7)
Home Runs: Carty (23), Chambliss 2 (9), Nettles 2 (23)
Caught Stealing: Alston (9), Edwards (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (6)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(6-10)        5.1   6   5   5   0   4   3  22   3.07
Heaverlo                2.2   2   1   1   1   3   1  11   3.23
Totals                  8     8   6   6   1   7   4  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(9-4)           7     5   2   2   1   0   1  25   3.87
Gossage SV(18)          2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.04
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   3   1  32

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Dale Ford


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone flied out to right; Alston grounded out
(second to first); Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; Munson singled to left; Jackson
flied out to left; Chambliss homered [Munson scored]; Nettles
homered; Piniella struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty homered; Page tripled to center; Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Page scored]; Guerrero flied
out to left; Duncan flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Spencer struck out; Dent made an out to catcher;
Stanley lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Dilone
grounded out (second to first); Alston walked; Alston was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers made an out to second; Munson struck out;
Jackson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled to right; Carty made an out to
second; Page popped to left; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles flied out to
right; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan flied out to
center; Edwards singled to center; Edwards was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Mike Edwards and Joe Wllis
ejected by 2B umpire Nick Bremigan; Wallis left the bench to
argue; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); Spencer
singled to right; Dent flied out to center; Stanley singled to
right [Spencer to third]; Rivers hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Spencer scored]; Munson made an out to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Alston
flied out to right; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss homered;
HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Nettles walked; Piniella
singled to center [Nettles to second]; Spencer flied out to
center; Dent lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Page
made an out to second; Robinson singled to right; Guerrero flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Stanley struck out; Rivers struck out; Munson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Duncan
grounded out (second to first); GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross
struck out; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNCAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss
struck out; Nettles homered; Piniella flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston grounded out (second to first); Revering
struck out; Carty doubled to center; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 6.