Airtight relief pitching by Sparky Lyle highlighted the Yankees' 4-1 victory over the White Sox. Lyle took over from starter Jim Beattie with one out in the sixth after Bob Molinaro singled, Don Kessinger walked and Jorge Orta singled to drive in Molinaro with the Sox run. The ace lefty faced only 11 batters in giving up just two hits in 3 2/3 innings.

The Yankees scored three runs in the fourth frame. Singles by Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella, Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles brought in one tally and a bases-loaded single by Bucky Dent produced two more. The final Yank run came in the fifth on Jackson's double and Piniella's RBI single. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Monday, May 15, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Yankees 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .259 Molinaro lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .325 White lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .145 Bannister ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Jackson rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .311 Orta 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .245 Piniella dh 4 1 3 1 0 0 .369 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .292 Blomberg dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Nettles 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .260 Moore ph,dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Blair cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Dent ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 .202 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nahorodny c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 10 4 1 3 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 2 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 17,569 Left on Base: Yankees 6, White Sox 5 DP: Yankees 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Randolph, Soderholm Doubles: Blair (1), Jackson (4) Stolen Bases: Molinaro (4) Sacrifice Hits: Dent (2) GIDP: White (1), Moore (2), Lamar Johnson (7) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie W(2-0) 5.1 4 1 1 1 2 0 22 3.60 Lyle SV(6) 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.83 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 2 0 33 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham L(1-2) 4.1 10 4 4 1 2 0 23 3.79 Hinton 4.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.90 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 3 0 37 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc YANKEES 1ST: Randolph reached on an error by Soderholm; White grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Randolph out at second]; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro popped to first; Kessinger was called out on strikes; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Piniella singled to center; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to second]; Nettles singled to right [Piniella out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Blomberg flied out to right; Lamar Johnson reached on an error by Randolph; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. YANKEES 3RD: Blair doubled to left; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Blair to third]; Randolph walked; White grounded out (third to first) [Randolph to second]; Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm flied out to center; Nahorodny flied out to center; Molinaro singled to center; Molinaro stole second; Kessinger grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson singled to center; Piniella singled to right [Jackson to second]; On a bunt Chambliss singled to pitcher [Jackson to third, Piniella to second]; Nettles singled to first [Jackson scored, Piniella to third, Chambliss to second]; Blair flied out to right; Dent singled to left [Piniella scored, Chambliss scored, Nettles to second]; Randolph struck out; White forced Dent (third to second); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to right; Bonds flied out to right; Blomberg popped to second; Lamar Johnson forced Orta (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 0. YANKEES 5TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Jackson doubled to right; Piniella singled to left [Jackson scored, Piniella to second (on throw to home)]; HINTON REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Chambliss struck out; Nettles flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon flied out to right; Soderholm flied out to center; Nahorodny flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 0. YANKEES 6TH: Blair flied out to left; Dent flied out to center; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro singled to right; Kessinger walked [Molinaro to second]; Orta singled to right [Molinaro scored, Kessinger to third]; Bonds struck out; LYLE REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); MOORE BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Moore grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. YANKEES 7TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); White grounded out (second to first); Munson flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson lined to second; Lemon flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. YANKEES 8TH: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss lined to third; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Nahorodny singled to left; BANNISTER BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first) [Nahorodny to second]; Kessinger made an out to second; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. YANKEES 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Blair grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent made an out to shortstop; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore singled to left; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Moore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 1.

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