Thursday July 5, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Lary Sorensen pitched a two-hitter for the Brewers and shut out the Yankees, 3-0. The Milwaukee hurler retired 20 straight batters before walking Reggie Jackson to start the eighth inning. One out later, Chris Chambiiss broke up the no-hitter with a sharp single to right. Bucky Dent singled for the other hit in the ninth.

In both the eighth and ninth, Sorensen got out of trouble with double plays started by first baseman Don Money. On both plays, Sorensen covered first base for the second out. Sal Bando homered for the Brewers in the fifth and their other runs scored in the sixth on a double by Paul Molitor, single by Dick Davis and an error by Yankees third sacker Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 3, New York Yankees 0

Game Played on Thursday, July 5, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Brewers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .336 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Money 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Murcer cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Davis dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .280 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Jackson rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .268 Lezcano rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .320 Piniella lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .319 Bando 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .230 Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Yount ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .247 Spencer dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Narron c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .156 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Dent ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 2 1 7 Totals 26 0 2 0 2 3 Time of Game: 1:49 Attendance: 31,878 Left on Base: Brewers 5, Yankees 1 DP: Brewers 3, Yankees 0 Errors: Nettles Doubles: Molitor (17) Home Runs: Bando (6) Caught Stealing: Yount (4), Molitor (8) GIDP: Murcer (1), Spencer (6), Randolph (14) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen W(10-8) 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 28 3.16 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 28 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry L(6-5) 9 9 3 2 1 7 1 35 2.04 Totals 9 9 3 2 1 7 1 35 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips BREWERS 1ST: Molitor was called out on strikes; Money grounded out (third to first); Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Murcer grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Randolph out at second]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Lezcano singled to right; Bando flied out to center; Yount struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out (second to first); Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford flied out to right; Martinez grounded out (third to first); Molitor singled to left [Molitor out at second (left to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Spencer popped to third in foul territory; Narron flied out to center; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money struck out; Davis grounded out (third to first); Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer lined to shortstop; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Yankees 0. BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano grounded out (second to first); Bando homered; Yount singled to left; Yount was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wohlford walked; Martinez forced Wohlford (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella flied out to left; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Yankees 0. BREWERS 6TH: Molitor doubled to left; Money grounded out (shortstop to first) [Molitor to third]; Davis singled to left [Molitor scored]; Thomas struck out; Lezcano singled to center [Davis to third]; Bando reached on an error by Nettles [Lezcano to second, Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Yount forced Bando (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Narron grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. BREWERS 7TH: Wohlford flied out to left; Martinez flied out to right; Molitor singled to left; Molitor was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Murcer lined to right; Nettles made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. BREWERS 8TH: Money flied out to center; Davis singled to left; Thomas was called out on strikes; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 8TH: Jackson walked; Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss singled to right [Jackson to second]; Spencer grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. BREWERS 9TH: Bando flied out to right; Yount struck out; Wohlford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 9TH: Narron flied out to left; Dent singled to right; Randolph grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dent out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Yankees 0.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us