A pair of homers by Roy White triggered the Yankees to a 5-3 decision, handing the A's their sixth straight defeat. White tied the score with a solo clout off lefty John Henry Johnson in the third inning and snapped a 2-2 deadlock with a two-run blast off righthander Rick Langford in the fifth.

It marked the fifth time in his career that the switch-hitting White had homered from each side of the plate in one game. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Tuesday, June 13, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

A's 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 1 Yankees 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 x - 5 9 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .259 Randolph 2b 3 2 3 0 1 0 .255 Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .152 White lf 2 2 2 3 2 0 .242 Murphy lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .121 Munson c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .277 Thomasson rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .207 Piniella dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .311 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Page dh 3 0 1 1 1 2 .269 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Jackson rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .254 Armas cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .232 Blair cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Essian c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .235 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .216 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Staggs 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Alexander ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Newman c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 8 3 3 7 Totals 28 5 9 4 5 4 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 30,779 Left on Base: A's 6, Yankees 5 DP: A's 2, Yankees 0 Errors: Newman, Stanley Doubles: Revering (7) Home Runs: White 2 (4) Stolen Bases: Dilone (19), Essian (2), Thomasson (4), Edwards (7), Randolph (16), White (4) Caught Stealing: Page (4), Randolph 2 (5), White (4) Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (3) GIDP: Piniella (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 3.2 5 2 2 4 2 1 17 2.68 Langford L(1-3) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 2.71 Lacey 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.90 Sosa 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 2.58 Totals 8 9 5 4 5 4 2 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(7-4) 6.2 8 3 3 2 5 0 29 3.23 Gossage SV(9) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 1.60 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 7 0 36 Wild Pitches: Figueroa (5) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone walked; Dilone stole second; Thomasson flied out to left [Dilone to third]; Guerrero popped to shortstop; Page singled to center [Dilone scored]; Revering doubled to right [Page out at home (right to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); White walked; Munson struck out while White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas popped to second; Gross struck out; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles struck out; Jackson singled to left [Piniella to second]; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (first unassisted); Dilone grounded out (second to first); Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Stanley popped to second; Randolph singled to left; Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); White homered; Munson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero singled to left; Page struck out; Revering struck out; Armas popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella singled to left; Chambliss walked [Piniella to second]; Nettles forced Chambliss (first to shortstop) [Piniella to third]; Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored]; Blair singled to second [Nettles to second]; LANGFORD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Stanley forced Blair (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to center; Essian singled to center; Essian stole second; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first) [Essian to third]; Dilone singled to shortstop [Essian scored, Dilone to second (error by Stanley)]; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Dilone to third]; Thomasson walked; Thomasson stole second; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to left; White homered [Randolph scored]; Munson singled to center; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Munson out at second]; Chambliss flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Yankees 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page struck out; Revering popped to first; Armas singled to center; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles flied out to left; Jackson struck out; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Yankees 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian singled to third; EDWARDS RAN FOR ESSIAN; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR STAGGS; Edwards stole second; Alexander struck out; DUNCAN BATTED FOR DILONE; Duncan popped to second; Thomasson singled to right [Edwards scored]; GOSSAGE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); NEWMAN REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (third to first); Randolph singled to first; White walked [Randolph to second]; Randolph stole third and White stole second [Randolph scored (error by Newman) (unearned)]; Munson struck out; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Page walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Revering flied out to right; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss popped to shortstop; Nettles popped to third; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to right; MURRAY BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Murray struck out; Newman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 5.

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