Bucky Dent belted a homer in the ninth inning to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. Reggie Jackson hit his fourth round-tripper in the last six games in the second and Bob Watson clouted a homer in the third to help the Yankees take an early 5-1 lead, but the Brewers battled back and scored the tying run in the sixth when Paul Molitor singled, took third as Jim Gantner's grounder went through Willie Randolph's legs at second and came home on Cecil Cooper's grounder to short. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       6, 1980 (Night game) at County Stadium
Yankees      0  2  1    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   6 10  1
Brewers      0  0  0    1  3  1    0  0  0  -   5 14  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Molitor ss            5   2   3   0     0   0   .363
Jones cf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .217      Gantner 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .304
Watson 1b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .330        Yount ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Jackson rf            3   1   2   2     0   0   .264      Cooper 1b             4   1   2   3     1   0   .380
  Brown pr,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Bando 3b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .302
Soderholm dh          1   1   0   0     1   0   .262      Oglivie dh            5   0   3   1     0   0   .370
  Spencer ph,dh,lf    1   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Lezcano rf            3   0   0   1     0   2   .164
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Davis lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .211
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .360      Thomas cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .169
  Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moore c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .256
  May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .239        Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cerone c              4   0   2   1     0   0   .244        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dent ss               4   2   2   1     0   0   .278
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6  10   6     3   2             Totals               39   5  14   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 17,042
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Brewers 9
DP: Yankees 0, Brewers 2
Errors: Randolph
Doubles: Cerone 2 (6), Jones (5), Molitor (4), Cooper (6), Oglivie (7)
Home Runs: Jackson (7), Watson (2), Dent (2)
Stolen Bases: Cooper (1)
Caught Stealing: Cooper (2), Molitor (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Lezcano (2)
GIDP: Jones (1), Spencer (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   4     8   4   4   1   2   0  21   5.88
Davis                   3.2   5   1   0   0   2   0  16   1.99
May W(1-0)              1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.61
Totals                  9    14   5   4   1   5   0  41

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                4.1   8   5   5   2   1   2  22   2.58
Castro                  1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.13
Cleveland L(1-1)        3     1   1   1   1   1   1  11   2.87
Totals                  9    10   6   6   3   2   3  38

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Greg Kosc


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to pitcher; Jones grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Randolph out at
second]; Watson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor lined to center; Gantner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Cooper stole second; Bando
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson homered; Soderholm walked; Piniella
grounded out (catcher to first) [Soderholm to second]; Nettles
flied out to center; Cerone doubled to left [Soderholm scored];
Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (second to pitcher); Lezcano
was called out on strikes; Davis singled to third; Thomas struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
grounded out (second to first); Watson homered; Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 3RD: On a bunt Moore singled to pitcher; Molitor flied
out to center; Gantner flied out to left; Cooper grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Piniella grounded out
(pitcher to first); Nettles walked; Cerone flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando singled to left; Oglivie singled to right
[Bando to third]; Lezcano hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bando
scored]; Davis singled to right [Oglivie to third]; Thomas
popped to first in foul territory; Moore flied out to center; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent singled to center; Randolph out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Dent to second]; Jones doubled to left
[Dent scored]; Watson singled to right [Jones to third]; Jackson
singled to first [Jones scored, Watson to second]; BROWN RAN FOR
JACKSON; CASTRO REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); SPENCER BATTED FOR
SODERHOLM; Spencer grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Brown out at second]; Reggie Jackson
left with strained right thigh muscle; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 5, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BROWN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Molitor doubled to left; Gantner singled
to left [Molitor to third]; Cooper doubled to left [Molitor
scored, Gantner scored]; DAVIS REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Bando
singled to pitcher [Cooper to third]; Oglivie singled to right
[Cooper scored, Bando to second]; Lezcano flied to right in foul
territory; fan interference; Davis flied out to left;
Thomas forced Oglivie (shortstop to second); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); Cerone doubled to left; Dent
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor
singled to left; Gantner reached on an error by Randolph
[Molitor to third, Gantner to first]; Cooper forced Gantner
(shortstop to second) [Molitor scored (unearned)]; Cooper was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

YANKEES 7TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); Randolph
grounded out (second to first); Jones lined to first; Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Oglivie
doubled to left; Lezcano was called out on strikes; Davis lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Brown grounded out (second to first); Spencer
walked; GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Gamble flied out to left;
Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: SPENCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DAVIS
REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Thomas popped to first in foul
territory; Moore struck out; Molitor singled to right; MAY
REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Molitor was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Ron Davis left after popping blister
on middle finger; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Brewers
5.

YANKEES 9TH: Cerone popped to catcher in foul territory; Dent
homered; Randolph grounded out (second to first); Jones flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: YOUNT BATTED FOR GANTNER; Yount flied out to left;
Cooper singled to right; Bando struck out; Oglivie flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Brewers 5.