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An inside-the-park homer by Mickey Rivers in eighth inning, following a double by Mickey Klutts, carried the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. Jim Spencer homered against his former White Sox teammates for the Yankees' initial run in the fourth. [The Sporting News] New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 2Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium IWhite Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 12 0 Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x - 3 6 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .423 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Lemon cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .391 Rivers cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .320 Orta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .379 Spencer dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Bonds rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .250 Chambliss 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Blomberg dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .150 White lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269 Johnson c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .176 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Klutts 3b 2 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 Nordhagen c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .316 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 2 12 2 0 2 Totals 28 3 6 3 1 0 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 20,965 Left on Base: White Sox 7, Yankees 4 DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 2 Errors: Klutts Doubles: Nordhagen (3), Klutts (1) Home Runs: Spencer (2), Rivers (1) Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (1) GIDP: Soderholm (2), Lamar Johnson (2) Hit by Pitch: Klutts (1,by Barrios) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios L(0-1) 7.1 6 3 3 1 0 2 29 5.40 Torrealba 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 8 6 3 3 1 0 2 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(2-0) 9 12 2 2 0 2 0 36 1.50 Totals 9 12 2 2 0 2 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Barrios (1) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon reached on an error by Klutts; Lemon was picked off first (pitcher to first to shortstop); Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to right; Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds flied out to center; Lamar Johnson singled to center; Blomberg singled to center [Lamar Johnson to third]; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Blomberg out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Nordhagen singled to center; Garr singled to right [Nordhagen to third]; Lemon forced Garr (shortstop to second) [Nordhagen scored]; Orta struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Johnson singled to left [Johnson out at second (left to second)]; Dent made an out to shortstop; Klutts was hit by a pitch; Randolph popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Bonds singled to right; Bonds was picked off first (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson singled to left; Blomberg flied out to center; Soderholm forced Lamar Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Spencer homered; Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss walked; White forced Chambliss (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Garr singled to center; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Johnson flied out to center; Dent flied out to left; Klutts singled to center; Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta singled to right; Bonds flied out to right; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Spencer flied out to right; Jackson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Blomberg flied out to center; Soderholm singled to center; Kessinger flied out to center; Nordhagen doubled to center [Soderholm scored]; Garr singled to shortstop [Nordhagen to third]; Lemon forced Garr (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to right; Johnson singled to left; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Yankees 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied out to left; Lamar Johnson singled to left; Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: Klutts doubled to left; Randolph out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Klutts to third]; Rivers hit an inside the park homer to left [Klutts scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Spencer flied out to right; Jackson flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Yankees 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm flied out to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Yankees 3. |
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