After being held to one hit in the first four innings, the Brewers exploded for eight runs in the fifth and defeated the Yankees, 9-2. Catching up with Ed Figueroa, the Brewers sent 11 men to bat and scored on seven hits and two errors. Don Money drove in two runs with a double and Ben Oglivie capped the inning with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 9, New York Yankees 2

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Brewers 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 - 9 12 1 Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .289 Randolph 2b 3 0 3 2 2 0 .304 Money 2b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .278 Rivers cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Cooper 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hisle rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .306 Healy c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Oglivie dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .194 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239 Bando 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .273 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Thomas cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .222 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Wohlford lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .273 Johnson dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .200 Martinez c 4 1 3 0 0 0 .280 Nettles 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .184 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .231 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 9 12 7 0 5 Totals 34 2 8 2 5 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 15,105 Left on Base: Brewers 3, Yankees 10 DP: Brewers 2, Yankees 0 Errors: Money, Rivers, Dent Doubles: Thomas (2), Money (5), Bando (2), Wohlford (1), Piniella (1), Johnson (1) Home Runs: Oglivie (1) GIDP: Munson (1) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Augustine W(3-1) 6.1 7 2 2 4 1 0 28 5.84 McClure 2.2 1 0 0 1 4 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 8 2 2 5 5 0 39 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa L(2-1) 5 8 8 5 0 5 1 24 3.13 Eastwick 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 12 3.86 Clay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.25 Totals 9 12 9 6 0 5 1 39 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money struck out; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Rivers lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Randolph out at first]; Munson lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie singled to right; Bando flied out to right; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson made an out to third; Piniella doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Johnson walked; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford flied out to right; Martinez grounded out (first unassisted); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph walked; Rivers forced Randolph (second to shortstop); Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to center; Cooper grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 5TH: Oglivie was called out on strikes (catcher to first); Bando singled to right; Thomas doubled to left [Bando to third]; Wohlford singled to right [Bando scored, Thomas scored]; Martinez singled to center [Wohlford scored (error by Rivers)]; Molitor singled to center [Martinez to third, Molitor to second (on throw to 3b)]; Money doubled to left [Martinez scored, Molitor scored]; Cooper grounded out (second to first) [Money to third]; Hisle reached on an error by Dent [Money scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Oglivie homered (unearned) [Hisle scored (unearned)]; Bando flied out to center; 8 R (5 ER), 7 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Johnson doubled to left; Nettles walked; Dent singled to third [Johnson to third, Nettles to second]; Randolph singled to left [Johnson scored, Nettles to third, Dent to second]; Rivers flied out to center; Munson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Randolph out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 1. BREWERS 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; Wohlford flied out to left; Martinez singled to center; Molitor forced Martinez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 1. BREWERS 7TH: Money made an out to second; Cooper flied out to center; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Nettles singled to right; Dent singled to center [Nettles to second]; Randolph singled to left [Nettles scored, Dent to second]; MCCLURE REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Rivers forced Randolph (pitcher to shortstop) [Dent to third]; Munson flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 8, Yankees 2. BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie flied out to center; Bando doubled; Thomas made an out to shortstop; Wohlford doubled to left [Bando scored]; Martinez singled to shortstop [Wohlford out at home (first to catcher to third to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Yankees 2. YANKEES 8TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella reached on an error by Money [Piniella to second]; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Yankees 2. BREWERS 9TH: HEALY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); CLAY REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 9, Yankees 2. YANKEES 9TH: Nettles walked; Dent struck out; Randolph singled to shortstop [Nettles to second]; Rivers flied out to left; Healy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 9, Yankees 2.

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