A single by Mickey Rivers in the bottom of the eighth inning broke a 3-3 tie and lifted the Yankees to a 4-3 decision over the Brewers. Chris Chambliss was hit by a pitch to lead off the Yankee eighth and moved to second on an infield out by Graig Nettles. New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IBrewers 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1 Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 4 5 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yount ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .296 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Money 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .291 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Cooper 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .318 Munson c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Hisle lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Jackson dh 2 1 1 1 2 1 .282 Oglivie dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Piniella rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .314 Lezcano rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .292 Chambliss 1b 2 2 1 0 0 1 .281 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 White lf 1 0 1 1 2 0 .269 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Yurak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Haney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .186 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Travers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Castro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 4 5 Totals 28 4 5 4 8 3 Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 20,557 Left on Base: Brewers 7, Yankees 11 DP: Brewers 1, Yankees 0 Errors: Cooper Doubles: Bando (20) Home Runs: Cooper 2 (13), Lezcano (14), Jackson (24), Piniella (6) Caught Stealing: Oglivie (6) Sacrifice Hits: Oglivie (3) Sacrifice Flies: White (3) GIDP: Nettles (20) Hit by Pitch: Chambliss 2 (4,by Travers 2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Travers L(10-11) 7.1 5 4 3 8 2 2 37 4.62 Castro 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.57 Totals 8 5 4 3 8 3 2 39 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(18-9) 9 7 3 3 4 5 3 37 3.01 Totals 9 7 3 3 4 5 3 37 Hit by Pitch: Travers 2 (6) Wild Pitches: Travers (5), Figueroa (6) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser BREWERS 1ST: Yount made an out to third; Money walked; Cooper singled to right [Money to second]; Hisle flied out to right; Oglivie flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph flied out to right; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano singled to center; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lezcano to second]; Thomas struck out; Martinez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson homered; Piniella homered; Chambliss was hit by a pitch; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; White walked; Dent flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 2. BREWERS 3RD: Yount struck out; Money made an out to second; Cooper homered; Hisle flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers walked; Randolph walked [Rivers to second]; Munson grounded out (second to first) [Rivers to third, Randolph to second]; Jackson was called out on strikes; Piniella walked; Chambliss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 2. BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano homered; Bando doubled to left; Thomas made an out to shortstop; Martinez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles made an out to shortstop; White singled to shortstop; Dent popped to shortstop; Rivers forced White (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 2. BREWERS 5TH: Yount was called out on strikes; Money made an out to second; Cooper made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Munson flied out to left; Jackson walked; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 2. BREWERS 6TH: Hisle singled to left; Oglivie out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hisle to second]; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Hisle to third]; Bando walked; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles reached on an error by Cooper [Chambliss to third]; White hit a sacrifice fly to left [Chambliss scored (unearned), Nettles to second]; Dent grounded out (third to first); Travers threw a wild pitch [Nettles to third]; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 3. BREWERS 7TH: YURAK BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Yurak popped to third in foul territory; Yount struck out; Money flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: HANEY REPLACED YURAK (PLAYING C ); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson flied out to right; Jackson walked; Piniella forced Jackson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Yankees 3. BREWERS 8TH: Cooper homered; Hisle walked; Oglivie forced Hisle (first to shortstop); Oglivie was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lezcano walked; Bando flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss was hit by a pitch; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first) [Chambliss to second]; White was walked intentionally; JOHNSON BATTED FOR DENT; Johnson walked [Chambliss to third, White to second]; Rivers singled to shortstop [Chambliss scored, White to third, Johnson to second]; CASTRO REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); Randolph struck out; Munson lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 4. BREWERS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Thomas flied out to center; DAVIS BATTED FOR HANEY; Davis grounded out (third to first); Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 4. |
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