Making his best showing of the season, Catfish Hunter pitched one-hit ball for six innings as the Yankees picked up a 3-1 verdict over the Twins. Graig Nettles gave the Yanks a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a homer. Two runs followed in the fourth on a homer by Reggie Jackson and consecutive doubles by Nettles and Jim Spencer.

Hunter retired the last 10 batters he faced. Sparky Lyle took over in the seventh. The Twins' run followed a 31-minute rain delay and came when Butch Wynegar tripled and scored on Jose Morales' pinch-hit single. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 9, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 1 Yankees 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf,rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .253 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Carew 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .372 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .322 Jackson rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .288 Wolfe ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Ford cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Nettles 3b 3 2 2 1 0 0 .250 Wynegar c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Spencer dh 3 0 1 1 0 2 .265 Adams dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 White lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Morales ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .391 Dent ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .198 Powell rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 26 1 3 1 3 3 Totals 30 3 6 3 1 5 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 11,271 Left on Base: Twins 2, Yankees 4 DP: Twins 0, Yankees 3 Errors: Randall Doubles: Nettles (3), Spencer (1), Rivers (3) Triples: Wynegar (1) Home Runs: Nettles (4), Jackson (6) Caught Stealing: Jackson (4) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (3) GIDP: Smalley (5), Randall (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard L(1-4) 6 5 3 3 0 2 2 24 5.22 Scarce 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 7 3.38 Totals 8 6 3 3 1 5 2 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(2-3) 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 20 5.47 Lyle SV(5) 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 1.99 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 3 0 30 Wild Pitches: Thormodsgard (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill TWINS 1ST: Norwood singled to center; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Norwood to second]; Carew walked; Cubbage flied out to center; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar flied out to left; Adams grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles homered; Spencer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 3RD: Randall struck out; Norwood walked; Smalley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Norwood out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: White popped to catcher in foul territory; Dent grounded out (third to first); Rivers reached on an error by Randall; Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Cubbage made an out to shortstop; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson homered; Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles doubled to left; Spencer doubled to right [Nettles scored]; Thormodsgard threw a wild pitch [Spencer to third]; White grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Adams made an out to second; Powell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to left; Rivers doubled to right; Randolph reached on a fielder's choice [Rivers out at third (shortstop to third to second)]; Munson forced Randolph (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. TWINS 6TH: Randall grounded out (second to first); Norwood flied out to center; Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. TWINS 7TH: LYLE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Carew walked; WOLFE BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Wolfe lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Carew out at first]; Ford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: WOLFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SCARCE REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Spencer struck out; 30 minute rain delay; White struck out; Dent walked; Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar tripled to center; MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales singled to left [Wynegar scored]; KUSICK BATTED FOR POWELL; Kusick flied out to right; Randall grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NORWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Randolph grounded out (second to first); Munson struck out; Jackson singled to left; Jackson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3. TWINS 9TH: Norwood grounded out (second to first); Smalley popped to third in foul territory; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3.

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