Turning four errors into as many unearned runs, the Yankees dumped the Rangers, 7-2, behind the steady pitching of Dick Tidrow. The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an infield hit by Mickey Rivers, triple by Roy White and sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson. In the second, after a walk to Gary Thomasson, Bobby Bonds misplayed Bucky Dent's double, allowing Thomasson to score. After Fred Stanley drew a walk, Jim Umbarger replaced Doc Medich on the mound. Rivers dribbled a grounder back to Umbarger, who threw to second for an attempted force play. But Bert Campaneris dropped the ball, loading the bases. A sacrifice fly by White then scored Dent.

Graig Nettles led off the third with a single and scored when Bonds misplayed a single by Reggie Jackson, who scored on a single by Thomasson. The Yanks got another gift in the fourth when Umbarger threw widly past first on White's roller and Munson followed with an RBI single. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 2

Game Played on Thursday, July 6, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Yankees 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 4 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .258 Bonds rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .255 White lf 4 2 1 2 0 1 .256 Wills 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Munson c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .288 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .311 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292 J. Ellis c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Zisk lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .244 Hargrove 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Jackson dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .271 Jorgensen 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Thomasson rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .245 Harrah 3b 0 0 0 0 2 0 .218 Dent ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .233 Bevacqua 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .165 Stanley 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .275 Putnam dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .212 Mason ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .221 Thompson cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .236 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 10 5 3 5 Totals 33 2 8 2 4 4 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 37,930 Left on Base: Yankees 5, Rangers 10 DP: Yankees 0, Rangers 3 Errors: Bonds 2, Campaneris, Umbarger Doubles: Dent (7), Jackson (7), Mason (3) Triples: White (1), Campaneris (2) Stolen Bases: Wills (25) Caught Stealing: Harrah (4) Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Munson (4), White (1) GIDP: Dent 2 (4), Rivers (2) Hit by Pitch: Thompson (2,by Tidrow) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow W(4-6) 9 8 2 2 4 4 0 39 3.92 Totals 9 8 2 2 4 4 0 39 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich L(3-4) 1.1 3 4 2 2 1 0 9 4.22 Umbarger 3.2 4 3 1 0 3 0 16 4.54 Comer 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0.96 Barker 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.74 Lindblad 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.57 Totals 9 10 7 3 3 5 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (3) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to shortstop; White tripled to left [Rivers scored]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Wills flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Thomasson walked; Dent doubled to right [Thomasson scored (error by Bonds) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Stanley walked; UMBARGER REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Rivers reached on an error by Campaneris [Dent to third, Stanley to second, Rivers to first]; White hit a sacrifice fly to right [Dent scored (unearned), Stanley to third]; Munson forced Rivers (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Rangers 0. YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to center; Jackson singled to right [Nettles scored (error by Bonds) (no RBI), Jackson to third]; Thomasson singled to left [Jackson scored (unearned)]; Dent grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Putnam popped to third; Campaneris flied out to center; Thompson singled to shortstop; Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Rangers 0. YANKEES 4TH: Stanley flied out to right; Rivers grounded out (second to first); White reached on an error by Umbarger [White to second]; Munson singled to center [White scored (unearned)]; Chambliss popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to left; Sundberg walked; Zisk flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg to second]; Harrah walked [Sundberg to third, Hargrove to second]; Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 0. YANKEES 5TH: Nettles struck out; Jackson struck out; Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris tripled to right; Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Campaneris scored]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills singled to center; Wills stole second; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. YANKEES 6TH: COMER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); J. ELLIS REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); BEVACQUA REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING 3B); MASON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Dent flied out to left; Stanley walked; Rivers grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen flied to right in foul territory; Bevacqua flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to center; Mason grounded out (second to first); Thompson was hit by a pitch; Bonds singled to center [Thompson to third]; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. YANKEES 8TH: BARKER REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson doubled to center; Thomasson singled to third [Jackson stayed at second]; Dent grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: J. Ellis walked; Zisk flied out to right; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted) [J. Ellis to second]; Bevacqua singled to third [J. Ellis stayed at second]; Putnam struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. YANKEES 9TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers singled to right; White flied out to center; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: SPENCER REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Mason doubled to right; Thompson flied out to right [Mason to third]; Bonds singled to left [Mason scored]; Wills flied out to right; J. Ellis popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 2.

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