The Yankees turned four walks, Bo McLaughin's wild pitch and Steve Balboni's double into a three-run sixth inning that produced a 6-4 victory over the A's. Balboni also hit a two-run homer in the first inning, his first major league homer. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       13, 1982 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      2  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  0  -   6  8  1
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    2  1  0  -   4  6  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .312      Henderson lf          2   1   1   0     2   1   .264
Collins cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .261      Murphy cf             2   1   1   1     2   1   .177
Winfield lf           3   2   1   0     2   1   .296      Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Balboni 1b            4   2   3   2     0   0   .429      Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .210
Piniella rf           3   2   2   0     1   0   .333      Rudi rf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Smalley 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .231        Meyer ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Hobson dh             1   0   0   1     0   0   .300      Moore 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
  Murcer ph,dh        1   0   0   0     1   0   .207      McKay 3b              2   0   0   0     0   2   .190
Foote c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .143        Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .174        Sexton 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heath ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Newman c              4   0   1   2     0   1   .286
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Phillips ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                          Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   6   8   4     5   6             Totals               31   4   6   3     4  11

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 24,560
Left on Base: Yankees 6, A's 4
DP: Yankees 2, A's 1
Errors: Dent, Lopes
Doubles: Piniella (6), Balboni (1), Newman (5)
Home Runs: Balboni (1), Murphy (7)
Stolen Bases: Collins (5)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hobson (1)
GIDP: Piniella (3), Lopes 2 (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(5-1)           7     6   4   3   4   8   1  29   3.00
Frazier                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.76
Rawley SV(2)            1.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   4   2.18
Totals                  9     6   4   3   4  11   1  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(1-2)        5     6   5   5   2   2   1  22   3.78
McLaughlin              2     1   1   1   3   4   0  10   5.79
Owchinko                1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.00
Beard                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.06
Totals                  9     8   6   6   5   6   1  39

Wild Pitches: McLaughlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to left; Collins grounded out
(third to first); Winfield walked; Balboni homered [Winfield
scored]; Piniella singled to right; Smalley struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Murphy walked;
Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Hobson flied out to right; Foote was called out on
strikes; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson flied out to center; Rudi singled to
left; Moore flied out to center; McKay struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph flied out to left; Collins singled to
left; Winfield singled to left [Collins out at third (left to
third), Winfield to second (on throw to 3b)]; Balboni lined to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman flied out to center; Phillips struck out;
Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella doubled to right; Smalley out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Piniella to third]; Hobson
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Piniella scored]; Foote grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy homered; Lopes struck out; Johnson popped
to first in foul territory; Rudi flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to left; Randolph grounded out
(third to first); Collins flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Moore grounded out (third to first); McKay struck
out; Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
3, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Winfield walked; Balboni doubled to left [Winfield
to third]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Piniella
walked; Smalley reached on a fielder's choice [Winfield scored,
Balboni scored (error by Lopes) (no RBI), Piniella to third,
Smalley to second]; MURCER BATTED FOR HOBSON; Murcer walked;
Foote struck out; McLaughlin threw a wild pitch [Piniella
scored, Smalley to third, Murcer to second]; Dent was called out
on strikes; Randolph walked; Collins was called out on strikes;
3 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MURCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Phillips
grounded out (third to first); Henderson walked; Murphy struck
out; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
6, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Winfield was called out on strikes; Balboni singled
to left; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Balboni out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson singled to left; Rudi struck out; Moore
singled to left [Johnson to second]; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR MCKAY;
Burroughs struck out; Newman doubled to right [Johnson scored,
Moore scored]; Phillips grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 8TH: SEXTON REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING 3B); OWCHINKO
REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Smalley grounded out (third to
first); Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Foote flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson singled to right; Murphy walked
[Henderson to second]; FRAZIER REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Lopes
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Henderson to third, Murphy out at second]; Johnson reached on
an error by Dent [Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Johnson
to second]; MEYER BATTED FOR RUDI; RAWLEY REPLACED FRAZIER
(PITCHING); Meyer struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 6, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 9TH: MEYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dent flied out
to center; Randolph grounded out (second to first); Collins
singled to shortstop; BEARD REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING);
Collins stole second; Winfield lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Moore struck out; HEATH BATTED FOR SEXTON; Heath
grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Athletics 4.