Friday July 27, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Tying the Milwaukee club record set by Ben Oglivie, who hit three homers in a game July 8, Cecil Cooper also smashed three and capped his slugging spree with a two-out drive in the ninth inning to defeat the Yankees, 6-5. The game was marred by a brawl in the fourth inning when Reggie Jackson, after being brushed back twice by Mike Caldwell, threw his bat toward the mound after fouling out to Sal Bando. Jackson then charged the Brewers' pitcher and grabbed him by the throat, setting off a wrestling match and a general melee involving players from both clubs. Jackson was ejected.

Cooper homered in the first inning and again with a man on base in the seventh. The Yankees tied score at 5-5 in the eighth when Mickey Rivers singled and Willie Randolph homered. Cooper's third blow pinned the loss on Rich Gossage. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 6, New York Yankees 5

Game Played on Friday, July 27, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium

Yankees 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 5 11 0 Brewers 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 - 6 13 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 2 3 0 0 1 .292 Molitor 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .274 Money dh 5 2 3 1 0 0 .252 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Cooper 1b 5 3 3 4 0 0 .307 Jackson rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Thomas cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Murcer rf 2 0 2 0 0 0 .246 Wohlford cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Piniella lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Oglivie lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .264 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .253 Lezcano rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .330 White dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .169 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Spencer 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .279 Yount ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Dent ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Moore c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .349 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Castro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 11 5 1 1 Totals 37 6 13 6 2 0 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 47,928 Left on Base: Yankees 4, Brewers 7 DP: Yankees 2, Brewers 3 Doubles: Moore (12) Triples: Rivers (5), Piniella (1) Home Runs: Spencer (12), Randolph (5), Cooper 3 (17) Sacrifice Hits: Spencer (1) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (5) GIDP: Munson (14), Piniella 2 (13), Yount (12), Oglivie (6) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa 5 4 1 1 2 0 1 19 4.13 Davis 2.1 8 4 4 0 0 1 15 2.44 Gossage L(1-2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 5.19 Totals 8.2 13 6 6 2 0 3 39 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell 7 10 5 5 0 1 2 29 3.46 Castro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.38 McClure W(5-1) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.60 Totals 9 11 5 5 1 1 2 36 Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Mike Reilly YANKEES 1ST: Rivers tripled to right; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rivers scored]; Munson grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to center; Piniella forced Jackson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money flied out to center; Cooper homered; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 1. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 1. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Lezcano singled to left; Bando walked [Lezcano to second]; Yount grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 1. YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to right; Rivers singled to right; On a bunt Randolph singled to first [Rivers to second]; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randolph out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: On a bunt Moore popped to catcher in foul territory; Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money singled to shortstop; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 1. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Reggie Jackson ejected by HP umpire John Shulock after throwing his bat at pitcher Mike Caldwell and charging the mound; Jackson claimed Caldwell threw a brushback at him; Piniella tripled to right; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored]; White flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 4TH: MURCER REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Thomas walked; Oglivie grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second]; Lezcano singled to left; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 1. YANKEES 5TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent singled to left; Rivers struck out; Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer singled to right; Piniella grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to shortstop to first) [Murcer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: DAVIS REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Money singled; Cooper flied out to left; Thomas singled to left [Money to second]; Oglivie singled to right [Money scored, Thomas to second]; Lezcano forced Oglivie (second to shortstop) [Thomas to third]; Bando forced Lezcano (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Brewers 2. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); White flied out to center; Spencer homered; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Brewers 2. BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore doubled to right; Molitor flied out to left; Money singled to left [Moore scored]; Cooper homered [Money scored]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Brewers 5. YANKEES 8TH: WOHLFORD REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING CF); Rivers singled to right; Randolph homered [Rivers scored]; CASTRO REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Munson grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer singled to center; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Brewers 5. BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie singled to center; Lezcano forced Oglivie (first to shortstop); Bando singled to center [Lezcano to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Yount popped to catcher in foul territory; Moore flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Brewers 5. YANKEES 9TH: MCCLURE REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (second to first); White walked; Spencer out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [White to second]; Dent grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Brewers 5. BREWERS 9TH: Molitor grounded out (first unassisted); Money flied out to center; Cooper homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Brewers 6.

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