Tying the Milwaukee club record set by Ben Oglivie, who hit three homers in a game July 8, Cecil Cooper also smashed three and capped his slugging spree with a two-out drive in the ninth inning to defeat the Yankees, 6-5. The game was marred by a brawl in the fourth inning when Reggie Jackson, after being brushed back twice by Mike Caldwell, threw his bat toward the mound after fouling out to Sal Bando. Jackson then charged the Brewers' pitcher and grabbed him by the throat, setting off a wrestling match and a general melee involving players from both clubs. Jackson was ejected.

Cooper homered in the first inning and again with a man on base in the seventh. The Yankees tied score at 5-5 in the eighth when Mickey Rivers singled and Willie Randolph homered. Cooper's third blow pinned the loss on Rich Gossage. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Friday, July      27, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium
Yankees      1  0  0    1  0  0    1  2  0  -   5 11  0
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  1    3  0  1  -   6 13  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   2   3   0     0   1   .292      Molitor 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Randolph 2b           4   1   2   3     0   0   .274      Money dh              5   2   3   1     0   0   .252
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Cooper 1b             5   3   3   4     0   0   .307
Jackson rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Thomas cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .229
  Murcer rf           2   0   2   0     0   0   .246        Wohlford cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .303      Oglivie lf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .264
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .253      Lezcano rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .330
White dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .169      Bando 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .232
Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .279      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Moore c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .349
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  11   5     1   1             Totals               37   6  13   6     2   0

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 47,928
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Brewers 7
DP: Yankees 2, Brewers 3
Doubles: Moore (12)
Triples: Rivers (5), Piniella (1)
Home Runs: Spencer (12), Randolph (5), Cooper 3 (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Spencer (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (5)
GIDP: Munson (14), Piniella 2 (13), Yount (12), Oglivie (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa                5     4   1   1   2   0   1  19   4.13
Davis                   2.1   8   4   4   0   0   1  15   2.44
Gossage L(1-2)          1.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   5   5.19
Totals                  8.2  13   6   6   2   0   3  39

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                7    10   5   5   0   1   2  29   3.46
Castro                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.38
McClure W(5-1)          1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.60
Totals                  9    11   5   5   1   1   2  36

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Mike Reilly


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers tripled to right; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Rivers scored]; Munson grounded out
(second to first); Jackson singled to center; Piniella forced
Jackson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
flied out to center; Cooper homered; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers
1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Lezcano
singled to left; Bando walked [Lezcano to second]; Yount
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers
1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to right; Rivers singled to right;
On a bunt Randolph singled to first [Rivers to second]; Munson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Randolph out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: On a bunt Moore popped to catcher in foul
territory; Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money singled
to shortstop; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory;
Reggie Jackson ejected by HP umpire John Shulock after throwing
his bat at pitcher Mike Caldwell and charging the mound; Jackson
claimed Caldwell threw a brushback at him; Piniella tripled
to right; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella
scored]; White flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: MURCER REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Thomas
walked; Oglivie grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Thomas out at second]; Lezcano singled to left; Bando
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent
singled to left; Rivers struck out; Randolph flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
singled to right; Piniella grounded into a double play (pitcher
to second to shortstop to first) [Murcer out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: DAVIS REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Money singled;
Cooper flied out to left; Thomas singled to left [Money to
second]; Oglivie singled to right [Money scored, Thomas to
second]; Lezcano forced Oglivie (second to shortstop) [Thomas to
third]; Bando forced Lezcano (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); White
flied out to center; Spencer homered; Dent grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
doubled to right; Molitor flied out to left; Money singled to
left [Moore scored]; Cooper homered [Money scored]; Thomas
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Brewers 5.

YANKEES 8TH: WOHLFORD REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING CF); Rivers
singled to right; Randolph homered [Rivers scored]; CASTRO
REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Munson grounded out (first
unassisted); Murcer singled to center; Piniella grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie singled to center; Lezcano forced Oglivie
(first to shortstop); Bando singled to center [Lezcano to
second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Yount popped to
catcher in foul territory; Moore flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

YANKEES 9TH: MCCLURE REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); White walked; Spencer out on a
sacrifice bunt (second to first) [White to second]; Dent
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
5, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Molitor grounded out (first unassisted); Money
flied out to center; Cooper homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Brewers 6.