Milwaukee Brewers vs New York Yankees
August 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 7, New York Yankees 8

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 1 2 1
Money 3b 5 1 1 1
May rf 3 1 1 0
Hisle lf 4 1 2 3
Cooper dh 5 1 2 1
Yount ss 5 1 3 0
Oglivie 1b 4 1 2 0
Thomas cf 5 0 1 1
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 1 2
Randolph 2b 5 2 2 0
Munson c 4 3 3 1
Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 1
Jackson dh 2 0 0 1
Johnstone rf 3 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Thomasson lf,rf 2 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 1 2 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 7
Milwaukee 300 120 0017143
New York 201 000 0058100
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   7.0 7 3 3 2 2
  McClure  L (2-3) 1.1 3 5 3 3 2
  Castro   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
10
8
6
5
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   3.2 7 4 4 4 1
  Clay   4.1 5 2 2 0 1
  McCall  W (1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
4
3

  E–Molitor (17), Yount (18), Martinez (5).  DP–Milwaukee 1, New York 1.  2B–Milwaukee Oglivie (12,off Figueroa), New York Chambliss 2 (17,off Sorensen,off McClure).  3B–Milwaukee Yount (7,off McCall).  HR–Milwaukee Money (8,1st inning off Figueroa 0 on, 1 out); Hisle (26,1st inning off Figueroa 1 on, 1 out); Cooper (9,9th inning off McCall 0 on, 0 out), New York Munson (6,3rd inning off Sorensen 0 on, 1 out); Rivers (7,9th inning off McClure 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Martinez (5,off Clay).  HBP–Jackson (7,by McClure).  IBB–Nettles (4,by McClure).  HBP–McClure (3,Jackson).  IBB–McClure (2,Nettles).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:53.  A–27,172.
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