Ed Figueroa allowed only five hits and at one stretch retired 15 straight batters while pitching the Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Twins. The Yankees bunched four singles for two runs in the second inning and added their insurance counter in the fifth on singles by Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers around a wild pickoff throw by Paul Thormodsgard. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Friday, April 28, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Yankees 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 1 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Stanley 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Carew 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .383 Rivers cf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .328 Chiles lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Munson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Jackson rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .246 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Adams dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .172 Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Powell rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .196 White lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Randall 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .308 Spencer dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .273 Morales ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Norwood cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Dent ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 11 3 2 4 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 1 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 11,674 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Twins 6 DP: Yankees 0, Twins 3 Errors: Rivers, Thormodsgard Stolen Bases: Randolph (3) Caught Stealing: Spencer (1) GIDP: Chambliss (2), Rivers (1) Hit by Pitch: Nettles (2,by Scarce) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(3-1) 9 5 1 1 3 1 0 34 2.53 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 1 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard L(1-2) 4.2 10 3 3 0 3 0 22 3.66 Scarce 4.1 1 0 0 2 1 0 16 1.59 Totals 9 11 3 3 2 4 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Scarce (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to shortstop; Rivers struck out; Randolph stole second; Munson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Randolph to third]; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (third to first); Chiles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles singled to left [Chambliss to second]; White forced Nettles (first to shortstop) [Chambliss to third]; Spencer singled to right [Chambliss scored, White to third]; Dent singled to center [White scored, Spencer to second]; Randolph struck out while Spencer was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage flied out to right; Adams singled to left; Powell grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers singled to pitcher; Munson popped to shortstop; Jackson singled to right [Rivers to third]; Chambliss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Randall singled to center [Randall to second (error by Rivers)]; Norwood grounded out (second to first) [Randall to third]; Smalley grounded out (third to first); Carew walked; Chiles singled to right [Randall scored, Carew to third]; Wynegar lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles flied out to right; White lined to second; Spencer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: STANLEY REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage made an out to shortstop; Adams grounded out (second to first); Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1. YANKEES 5TH: Dent singled to left; Dent was picked off first but was safe on an error by Thormodsgard [Dent to third]; Stanley was called out on strikes; Rivers singled to left [Dent scored]; Munson grounded out (third to first) [Rivers to second]; Jackson singled to shortstop [Rivers to third]; SCARCE REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Chambliss lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (first to pitcher); Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles struck out; White flied out to center; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Carew lined to center; Chiles lined to center; Wynegar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. YANKEES 7TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers walked; Munson singled to left [Rivers to third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles was hit by a pitch; White flied out to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR SPENCER; Johnson forced Nettles (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Randall grounded out (third to first); Norwood grounded out (third to first); Smalley walked; Carew singled to left [Smalley to second]; Chiles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. YANKEES 9TH: Dent grounded out (second to first); Stanley walked; Rivers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Wynegar made an out to third; Cubbage walked; Adams flied out to left; Powell singled to left [Cubbage to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Powell was picked off first (catcher to first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.

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