The Yankees and Indians exchanged drubbings, the Yanks winning the first game of a doubleheader, 11-0, and the Indians capturing the second game, 17-5. Reggie Jackson, loudly booed by the fans every time he came to the plate, responded with two RBI singles and a solo homer to lead the Bronx Bombers in the lidlifter.

The Tribe routed Catfish Hunter by sending 13 batters to the plate in the first inning of the second game. The erstwhile great righthander was knocked out without retiring a batter for the first time in his 445 major league starts. Hunter gave up a bases-loaded walk to Andre Thornton, two-run single to Bernie Carbo and RBI single by Tom Veryzer before reliever Bob Kammeyer was bounced for a bases-loaded triple by Duane Kuiper. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 11, Cleveland Indians 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Thursday, July 27, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 Yankees 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 x - 11 17 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Rivers cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Blair ph,cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .198 Grubb lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 Randolph 2b 4 2 1 1 0 0 .251 Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .270 Doyle 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Carbo dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Munson c 3 2 2 2 0 0 .298 x Dade ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heath c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Alexander c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 Piniella lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .306 Blanks 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Thomasson pr,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .285 Speed rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .213 Jackson rf 3 2 3 3 1 0 .268 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnstone rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nettles 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .256 White dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .257 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 2 Totals 39 11 17 10 2 1 Time of Game: 2:12 Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 9 DP: Indians 1, Yankees 2 Errors: Veryzer, Speed, Heath, Thomasson Doubles: White (7), Piniella (16) Triples: Grubb (6), Randolph (3) Home Runs: Jackson (15) Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2) Sacrifice Flies: Munson (5) GIDP: Kuiper (9), Blanks (7), Munson (9) Hit by Pitch: Munson (1,by Reuschel) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde L(5-6) 1.2 7 6 6 1 1 0 13 4.42 Reuschel 6.1 10 5 4 1 0 1 31 3.97 Totals 8 17 11 10 2 1 1 44 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(10-7) 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 25 3.33 Lyle 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.25 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 2 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Reuschel (1) Wild Pitches: Reuschel (1) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Randolph forced Rivers (shortstop to second); Munson singled to center [Randolph scored]; Piniella struck out; Chambliss singled to left [Munson to third]; Jackson singled to center [Munson scored, Chambliss to second]; Nettles flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 2. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to center; Carbo forced Thornton (pitcher to shortstop); Alexander struck out; Blanks flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 2ND: White doubled to left; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [White to third]; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS; Blair singled to right [White scored]; Randolph tripled to right [Blair scored]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Randolph scored]; Piniella doubled to left; REUSCHEL REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Chambliss singled to right [Piniella scored]; Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; Jackson walked; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss scored, Jackson to second]; White singled to right [Jackson scored, Nettles scored (error by Speed) (unearned) (no RBI), White to third]; Stanley grounded out (first unassisted); 7 R (6 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 9. INDIANS 3RD: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Speed flied out to center; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 9. YANKEES 3RD: Blair singled to right; Randolph popped to second; Munson was hit by a pitch [Blair to second]; Piniella popped to first; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 9. INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Grubb tripled to left; Thornton flied out to right; Carbo lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 9. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson homered; Nettles flied out to center; White grounded out (second to first); Stanley reached on an error by Veryzer [Stanley to first]; Blair flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 10. INDIANS 5TH: Alexander singled to left; Blanks flied out to center; Kuiper grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Alexander out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 10. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph flied out to center; Munson singled to center; Piniella singled to left [Munson to second]; THOMASSON RAN FOR PINIELLA; Chambliss flied out to right; Jackson singled to left [Munson scored, Thomasson to third, Jackson to second (on throw)]; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. INDIANS 6TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DOYLE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Speed grounded out (third to first); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. YANKEES 6TH: White flied out to right; Stanley popped to first; Blair popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. INDIANS 7TH: Grubb reached on an error by Thomasson [Grubb to second]; Thornton walked; Carbo walked [Grubb to third, Thornton to second]; Alexander flied out to left; Blanks grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. YANKEES 7TH: Doyle singled to second; Munson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. INDIANS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); HEATH REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); JOHNSTONE REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Kuiper flied out to center; Speed singled to third; Manning forced Speed (second to shortstop); Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles singled to right; White lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11. INDIANS 9TH: Grubb singled to left; Thornton popped to catcher; DADE BATTED FOR CARBO; Dade reached on catcher's interference by Heath [Grubb to second]; Alexander struck out; Blanks forced Dade (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 11.

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