The Yankees won their fifth straight game, beating the Brewers, 4-1, as Tommy John scattered seven hits in raising his record to 5-0. Eric Soderholm led off the second inning with a single and reached second when Brewers left fielder Ben Oglivie dropped Lou Piniella's fly for an error.

After a walk to Graig Nettles loaded the bases, Soderholm scored on a sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent. Soderholm blasted a leadoff homer in the fourth. The Yankees scored twice in the ninth on an RBI single by Nettles and Dent's second sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       7, 1980 (Night game) at County Stadium
Yankees      0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   4  6  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Molitor ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .357
Jones cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .211      Yount dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .329
Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .316      Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .360
Soderholm dh          4   2   2   1     0   1   .283      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Piniella lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .222      Oglivie lf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .368
Cerone c              4   1   0   0     0   1   .232      Davis rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Nettles 3b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .243      Thomas cf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .175
Dent ss               2   0   0   2     0   0   .270      Moore c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Gantner 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .320
John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Money ph,2b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .220
                                                          Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   6   4     3   3             Totals               30   1   7   1     0   1

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 12,790
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Brewers 3
DP: Yankees 3, Brewers 2
Errors: Dent, Bando, Oglivie
Home Runs: Soderholm (3)
Caught Stealing: Gantner (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Moore (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent 2 (3)
GIDP: Nettles (4), Davis (1), Molitor (4), Bando (3)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(5-0)             9     7   1   1   0   1   0  31   2.11
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   1   0  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers L(1-1)          8     4   2   1   3   2   1  30   3.60
Cleveland               0.1   1   2   1   0   1   0   3   3.38
McClure                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.08
Castro                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.04
Totals                  9     6   4   2   3   3   1  36

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


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to right; Jones made an out to
shortstop; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm singled to right; Piniella reached on an
error by Oglivie [Soderholm to second, Piniella to first];
Cerone struck out; Nettles walked [Soderholm to third, Piniella
to second]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to left [Soderholm scored
(unearned)]; Brown forced Piniella (third unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando grounded out (second to first); Oglivie flied
out to center; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
popped to catcher in foul territory; Watson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Thomas struck out; Moore grounded out (first to
pitcher); Gantner singled to left; Gantner was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Brewers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Soderholm homered; Piniella singled to center;
Cerone flied out to right; Nettles grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: On a bunt Molitor singled to pitcher; Yount forced
Molitor (shortstop to second) [Yount to first]; Cooper grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Yount to second]; Bando flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent grounded out (third to first); Brown grounded
out (shortstop to first); Randolph singled to right; Jones
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Oglivie singled to right; Davis singled to right
[Oglivie to third]; Thomas forced Davis (third to second)
[Oglivie scored, Thomas to first]; Moore grounded out (first
unassisted) [Thomas to second]; Gantner grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Watson flied out to left; Soderholm popped to
catcher in foul territory; Piniella walked; Cerone forced
Piniella (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Molitor lined to first; Yount flied out to center;
Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Brewers 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles lined to right; Dent popped to first in
foul territory; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
reached on an error by Dent [Oglivie to first]; Davis grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Oglivie out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Randolph popped to first in foul territory; Jones
walked; Watson lined into a double play (right to first) [Jones
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Thomas singled to left; Moore out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; MONEY BATTED FOR
GANTNER; Money singled to shortstop [Thomas to third]; Molitor
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Money out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Brewers
1.

YANKEES 9TH: MONEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CLEVELAND
REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); Soderholm struck out; Piniella
singled to center; Cerone reached on an error by Bando [Piniella
to third, Cerone to first]; MCCLURE REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); Nettles singled to right [Piniella scored, Cerone to
third]; CASTRO REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Dent hit a sacrifice
fly to shortstop [Cerone scored (unearned)]; Brown lined to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Yount singled to left; Cooper flied out to right;
Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Yount out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Brewers
1.