The Yankees knocked out Vida Blue in the first inning while scoring five runs and defeated the Athletics, 6-3. Walks to Graig Nettles and Thurman Munson and a single by Reggie Jackson accounted for the first tally. Lou Piniella drove in another run with a double before a pass to Chris Chambliss loaded the bases.

Cliff Johnson then doubled, driving in two runs and sending Blue to the showers. A sacrifice fly by Paul Blair off reliever Doug Bair capped the stanza. Nettles produced the Yanks' last run with a homer in the second. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    10, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  7  0
Yankees      5  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  6  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .263      Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Nettles 3b            3   2   1   1     1   1   .231
Tyrone rf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .270      Munson c              2   1   0   0     2   0   .301
Page lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .301      Jackson rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .287
Sanguillen c          3   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Piniella lf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .321
  Newman c            1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Chambliss 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .290
Tabb 1b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .182      Johnson dh            3   0   1   2     0   0   .288
Hosley dh             3   0   1   1     1   0   .208      Blair cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .310
  Mallory pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Murray cf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .188      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .165
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   7   3     1  11             Totals               29   6   6   6     5   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 16,440
Left on Base: A's 5, Yankees 6
DP: A's 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Perez (14), Page (24), Piniella (11), Johnson (5)
Home Runs: Nettles (26)
Sacrifice Flies: Blair (3)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (3,by Norris)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(10-14)           0.1   3   5   5   3   0   0   7   3.97
Bair                    4.2   3   1   1   1   1   1  18   4.50
Norris                  3     0   0   0   1   1   0  11   4.77
Totals                  8     6   6   6   5   2   1  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(9-6)           7     4   1   1   1   8   0  26   3.15
Tidrow                  2     3   2   2   0   3   0   9   3.57
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1  11   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Norris (4)
Wild Pitches: Norris (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott flied out to right; Perez grounded out
(third to first); Tyrone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph lined to first; Nettles walked; Munson
walked [Nettles to second]; Jackson singled to center [Nettles
scored, Munson to second]; Piniella doubled to left [Munson
scored, Jackson to third]; Chambliss walked; Johnson doubled to
right [Jackson scored, Piniella scored, Chambliss to third];
BAIR REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Blair hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Chambliss scored]; Dent popped to second; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page popped to second; Sanguillen singled to
center; Tabb struck out; Hosley forced Sanguillen (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 2ND: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
homered; Munson popped to first; Jackson singled to center;
Piniella walked [Jackson to second]; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murray struck out; Picciolo flied out to center;
Scott lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees
6.

YANKEES 3RD: Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Blair
singled to left; Dent flied out to center; Randolph flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Perez grounded out (third to first); Tyrone flied
out to center; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles struck out; Munson flied out to right;
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Tabb
singled to right; Hosley grounded out (pitcher to first) [Tabb
to second]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss flied out to
left; Johnson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Scott
struck out; Perez doubled to right; Tyrone singled to center
[Perez scored]; Page flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 6TH: NORRIS REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); Blair grounded out
(first to pitcher); Dent popped to catcher in foul territory;
Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Sanguillen flied out to center; Tabb struck out;
Hosley walked; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson walked; Jackson grounded
out (second to first) [Munson to second]; Norris threw a wild
pitch [Munson to third]; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: TIDROW REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Picciolo flied
out to left; Scott struck out [Scott out at first (catcher to
first)]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Johnson
was hit by a pitch; Blair flied out to left; Dent forced Johnson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tyrone singled to right; Page doubled to left
[Tyrone scored]; Newman struck out; Tabb popped to third; Hosley
singled to center [Page scored]; MALLORY RAN FOR HOSLEY;
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR MURRAY; Crawford grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 6.