Winning their fourth straight game and handing California its fourth straight loss, the Yankees downed the Angels, 4-1. New York scored two runs in the first inning. Mickey Rivers walked, stole second, went to third on a single by Willie Randolph and scored on a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson.

A single by Reggie Jackson moved Randolph to second and Randolph and Jackson then worked a double steal. An infield grounder by Lou Piniella plated Randolph. Jackson had an RBI single in the fifth frame and Munson had an RBI double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, California Angels 1
Game Played on Monday, August    28, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  0
Yankees      2  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   4  8  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
R. Miller cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .260
Lansford 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Randolph 2b           5   2   2   0     0   1   .270
  Anderson ss         3   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Munson dh             3   1   2   2     0   0   .300
Bostock rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .296      Jackson rf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .277
Baylor dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .168
Rudi lf               3   1   1   1     0   0   .246      Piniella lf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .313
Fairly 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .265
Downing c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Chalk ss,3b,2b        3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Heath c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Grich 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Goodwin ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Humphrey 2b,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   3   1     1   2             Totals               31   4   8   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 22,481
Left on Base: Angels 2, Yankees 10
DP: Angels 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Nettles
Doubles: Munson 2 (25)
Home Runs: Rudi (13)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (19), Randolph (26), Jackson (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (8)
GIDP: Bostock 2 (22)
Hit by Pitch: Lansford (3,by Figueroa), Dent (1,by Tanana), Jackson (8,by Tanana)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(16-9)          7     7   4   4   4   3   0  34   3.30
Griffin                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.62
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   4   0  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(13-9)        8     3   1   1   1   2   1  27   3.15
Gossage SV(19)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.02
Totals                  9     3   1   1   1   2   1  30

Hit by Pitch: Tanana 2 (7), Figueroa (3)
Balks: Tanana 2 (6)

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


ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller grounded out (second to first); Lansford
was hit by a pitch; Bostock grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to first) [Lansford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Randolph
singled to left [Rivers to third]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Rivers scored]; Jackson singled to left [Randolph to
second]; Randolph stole third and Jackson stole second; Piniella
grounded out (second to first) [Randolph scored, Jackson to
third]; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Yankees 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi made an out to
second; Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: ANDERSON REPLACED LANSFORD (PLAYING SS); CHALK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Chambliss grounded out (first
unassisted); Heath flied out to center; Dent was hit by a pitch;
Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Yankees 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing grounded out (second to first); Chalk
grounded out (third to first); Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
lined to shortstop; Jackson was hit by a pitch; Piniella flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 2.

ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); Anderson
made an out to second; Bostock walked; Baylor lined to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles walked; Chambliss singled to right [Nettles
to second]; Heath flied out to right; Dent popped to first in
foul territory; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Rudi lined to second; Fairly was called out on
strikes; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph struck out; Munson doubled to left;
Jackson singled to right [Munson scored, Jackson to second (on
throw to home)]; Piniella lined to second; Nettles popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Yankees 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich flied
out to right; R. Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Heath
walked; Dent forced Heath (third to second); Rivers grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Anderson singled to center; Bostock grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Anderson out at
second]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph singled to left; Tanana balked [Randolph
to second]; Munson doubled to right [Randolph scored]; Jackson
popped to first in foul territory; Piniella was walked
intentionally; Tanana balked [Munson to third, Piniella to
second]; Nettles struck out; Chambliss flied out to left; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Yankees 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Rudi homered; Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); Downing singled to third [Downing to second (error
by Nettles)]; Chalk flied out to left; GOODWIN BATTED FOR GRICH;
Goodwin flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1,
Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); HUMPHREY
REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING 2B); Heath was called out on strikes;
Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers singled to
center; HUMPHREY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); CHALK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Randolph grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Yankees 4.

ANGELS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); GOSSAGE
REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); R. Miller flied out to center;
Anderson popped to third in foul territory; Bostock popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Yankees 4.