Thurman Munson drove in four runs with a single, triple and homer in support of Ed Figueroa, who turned in his fifth straight complete-game victory as the Yankees defeated the Orioles, 9-1. Willie Randolph had a 4-for-4 night, scored four runs and batted in one. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 9, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       19, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Yankees      1  0  2    0  3  2    1  0  x  -   9 14  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Randolph 2b           4   4   4   1     1   0   .305
Smith 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Rivers cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .311
Singleton rf          3   0   1   1     0   1   .329      Munson c              5   2   3   4     0   0   .323
L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   2     0   1   .287
Kelly lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .356      White lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .306
Murray dh             3   0   0   0     0   2   .248      Jackson rf            3   1   1   0     1   2   .235
DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Nettles 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .203
Dempsey c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Piniella dh           3   1   1   0     1   0   .286
Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .213      Dent ss               2   0   0   1     0   1   .238
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     0   7             Totals               34   9  14   9     3   5

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 15,909
Left on Base: Orioles 3, Yankees 7
DP: Orioles 2, Yankees 3
Errors: Belanger, Nettles, Figueroa
Doubles: Bumbry (7), Nettles (3), Randolph (7)
Triples: Munson (3)
Home Runs: Munson (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (1), Chambliss (2), Dent (3)
GIDP: Murray (3), Belanger (3), L. May (3), White (4)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(1-2)         5     9   7   7   2   4   1  26   3.26
Holdsworth              0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   4.66
T. Martinez             2.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  10   5.40
Totals                  8    14   9   9   3   5   1  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(5-2)         9     6   1   1   0   7   0  31   1.22
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   7   0  31

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Greg Kosc


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to center; Bumbry was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Figueroa [Bumbry to second];
On a bunt Smith made an out to pitcher; Singleton was called out
on strikes; L. May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Rivers grounded out (second to
first) [Randolph to second]; Munson reached on an error by
Belanger [Randolph to third]; Chambliss singled [Randolph
scored, Munson to second]; White grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 1 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Murray was
called out on strikes; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
popped to catcher; Bumbry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent struck out; Randolph singled to center; Rivers
struck out; Munson homered [Randolph scored]; Chambliss grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Yankees 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Smith flied out to left; Singleton grounded out
(second to first); L. May reached on an error by Nettles; Kelly
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to center; Jackson struck out;
Nettles doubled; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray struck out; DeCinces grounded out (third to
first); Dempsey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent popped to second; Randolph doubled to right;
On a bunt Rivers singled [Randolph to third]; Munson singled to
left [Randolph scored, Rivers to third, Munson to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Chambliss hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rivers
scored]; White singled to left [Munson scored]; Jackson walked
[White to second]; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger singled to left; Bumbry doubled to center
[Belanger to third]; Smith struck out; Singleton hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Belanger scored]; L. May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella singled to left; HOLDSWORTH REPLACED
FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Piniella to second]; Randolph singled to center
[Piniella scored]; Rivers grounded out (second to first)
[Randolph to second]; Munson tripled to left [Randolph scored];
T. MARTINEZ REPLACED HOLDSWORTH (PITCHING); Chambliss struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 8.

ORIOLES 7TH: Kelly singled; Murray grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kelly out at second]; DeCinces
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 7TH: White flied out to left; Jackson singled to right;
Nettles singled to right [Jackson to third]; Piniella walked
[Nettles to second]; Dent sacrifice flied into a double play to
left [Jackson scored, Nettles to third, Piniella out at second
(left to catcher to pitcher to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 9.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey singled; Belanger grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Dempsey out at second];
Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 9.

YANKEES 8TH: Randolph singled to left; Rivers forced Randolph
(third to second); Munson forced Rivers (third to second);
Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 9.

ORIOLES 9TH: Smith flied out to left; Singleton singled to
right; L. May grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 9.