Dick Tidrow and Sparky Lyle combined on a shutout as the Yankees completed a three-game sweep of their series with a 3-0 victory over the White Sox. the Yankees scored twice in the second inning on a pair of walks, a long flyout, a wild pitch and Graig Nettles' RBI single. The final tally came in the seventh when Paul Blair singled home Bucky Dent. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Sunday, April 16, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .379 Randolph 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .323 Nordhagen ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Rivers cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .370 Blair pr,cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Orta 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Munson dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Bonds rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Lamar Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Piniella lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .333 Blomberg dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .174 Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .276 Moore ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Johnson c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .276 Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .231 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Dent ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .280 Nahorodny c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .308 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 5 0 3 6 Totals 30 3 7 2 5 3 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 32,750 Left on Base: White Sox 8, Yankees 9 DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 0 Doubles: Munson (2) Stolen Bases: Bonds (2), Randolph (2), Munson (1) Caught Stealing: Rivers (1) Hit by Pitch: Rivers (1,by Kravec) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec L(1-1) 6.1 7 3 3 4 1 0 30 5.25 Hinton 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0.00 Totals 8 7 3 3 5 3 0 36 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow W(1-1) 6.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 27 3.65 Lyle SV(1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0.00 Totals 9 5 0 0 3 6 0 35 Hit by Pitch: Kravec (1) Wild Pitches: Kravec (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to left; Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher) [Randolph to second]; Munson lined to right; Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Lamar Johnson walked; Blomberg singled to second [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Chambliss walked [Piniella to second]; Johnson flied out to center [Piniella to third]; Kravec threw a wild pitch [Piniella scored, Chambliss to second]; Nettles singled to right [Chambliss scored]; Dent forced Nettles (shortstop to second); Randolph popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny struck out; Garr flied out to center; Lemon singled to left; Orta flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers singled to center; Rivers was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Munson doubled to left; Jackson made an out to second; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole second; Lamar Johnson flied out to right; Blomberg grounded out (first unassisted) [Bonds to third]; Soderholm walked; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Johnson flied out to left; Nettles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Garr lined to right; Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to center; Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Rivers was hit by a pitch; BLAIR RAN FOR RIVERS; Munson flied out to center; Jackson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Orta flied out to center; Bonds flied out to left; Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 6TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss grounded out (second to pitcher); Johnson singled to shortstop; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Blomberg popped to catcher in foul territory; Soderholm singled to left; Kessinger flied out to center; Nahorodny walked [Soderholm to second]; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; Nordhagen flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 7TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dent walked; Randolph singled to left [Dent to third]; Blair singled to left [Dent scored, Randolph to second]; Munson forced Blair (second to shortstop) [Randolph to third]; HINTON REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Munson stole second; Jackson struck out; Piniella flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon struck out; Orta lined to left; Bonds singled to center; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss lined to second; Johnson struck out; Nettles walked; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: MOORE BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Moore struck out; Soderholm flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

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