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.

Roy White was given an intentional walk and Cliff Johnson then drew a base on balls to load the sacks. Rivers hit a hard smash that bounced off shortstop Robin Yount's glove into left field and Chambliss crossed the plate with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Brewers      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.