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Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 1

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Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 1

Day

Game Played on Monday, May 14, 1979 (N) at Yankee Stadium I

DET A    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  0
NY  A    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
LeFlore cf                    3   2   1   0       1   0       1   0
  Jones cf                    1   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Whitaker 2b                   2   0   1   0       1   0       2   4
Staub dh                      3   0   0   1       0   0       0   0
Kemp rf                       3   1   1   1       1   0       1   0
  Corcoran rf                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Thompson 1b                   4   0   1   0       0   0       8   0
Parrish c                     4   0   1   1       0   1       7   0
Morales lf                    4   0   2   0       0   0       5   0
Rodriguez 3b                  4   0   1   0       0   0       0   3
Trammell ss                   4   0   0   0       0   1       1   2
Wilcox p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   3
Totals                       32   3   8   3       3   3      27  12
BATTING - 
2B: Whitaker (3,off Figueroa); Rodriguez (4,off Figueroa); LeFlore (4,off Figueroa);
Morales (9,off Figueroa); Thompson (4,off Figueroa).
SH: Whitaker (4,off Figueroa).
SF: Staub (1,off Figueroa).
Team LOB: 7.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Randolph 2b                   4   0   1   1       0   0       4   6
Munson c                      4   0   2   0       0   1       4   0
Nettles 3b                    4   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Jackson rf                    3   0   0   0       1   1       3   0
Piniella lf                   4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Spencer dh                    2   0   0   0       1   1       0   0
  Stanley pr,dh               0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Johnstone ph,dh             1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Chambliss 1b                  3   0   0   0       0   0       9   1
Beniquez cf                   3   1   1   0       0   0       3   0
Dent ss                       2   0   0   0       0   2       1   4
Figueroa p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
  Clay p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   1   4   1       2   6      27  13
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Figueroa-Dent-Chambliss.
BATTING - 
2B: Munson (7,off Wilcox); Beniquez (3,off Wilcox).
SH: Dent (7,off Wilcox).
IBB: Jackson (1,by Wilcox).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Wilcox W(3-2)                 9     4   1   1   2   6   0  33
IBB: Wilcox (4,Jackson).
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Figueroa L(3-4)               8     8   3   3   3   2   0  34
Clay                          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     8   3   3   3   3   0  37

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Harold Siroka, 2B - Phil Lospitalier, 3B - Don Slattery
Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 15650
Starting Lineups:

   Detroit Tigers                New York Yankees         
1. LeFlore             cf        Randolph            2b
2. Whitaker            2b        Munson              c
3. Staub               dh        Nettles             3b
4. Kemp                rf        Jackson             rf
5. Thompson            1b        Piniella            lf
6. Parrish             c         Spencer             dh
7. Morales             lf        Chambliss           1b
8. Rodriguez           3b        Beniquez            cf
9. Trammell            ss        Dent                ss
   Wilcox              p         Figueroa            p

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
doubled to right; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Whitaker
to third]; Kemp walked; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson
doubled to right; Nettles struck out; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish was called out on strikes; Morales lined to
second; Rodriguez doubled to left; Trammell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella lined to left; Spencer popped to catcher
in foul territory; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore doubled to center; Whitaker lined to center
[LeFlore to third]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to right [LeFlore
scored]; Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Beniquez doubled to left; Dent out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Beniquez to third]; Randolph singled to
left [Beniquez scored]; Munson singled to third [Randolph to
second]; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to
third, Munson to second]; Jackson was walked intentionally;
Piniella forced Jackson (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Parrish
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales singled to third;
Rodriguez lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Spencer struck out; Chambliss flied out to left;
Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
flied out to center; Whitaker walked; Staub flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent struck out; Randolph grounded out (pitcher to
first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied
out to center; Parrish popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles lined to right; Jackson flied out to left;
Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Yankees 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Morales doubled to left; Rodriguez reached on a
fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Morales out at
third (pitcher to shortstop), Rodriguez out at first (shortstop
to first)]; Trammell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Spencer walked; STANLEY RAN FOR SPENCER; Chambliss
forced Stanley (second to shortstop); Beniquez forced Chambliss
(third to second); Dent struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LeFlore walked;
Whitaker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [LeFlore to
second]; Staub grounded out (second to pitcher) [LeFlore to
third]; Kemp singled to center [LeFlore scored]; Thompson
doubled to right [Kemp to third]; Parrish singled to third [Kemp
scored, Thompson to third]; Morales made an out to second; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: JONES REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING CF); Randolph
grounded out (second to first); Munson struck out; Nettles flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 9TH: CLAY REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied
out to right; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: CORCORAN REPLACED KEMP (PLAYING RF); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Piniella flied out to center;
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR STANLEY; Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Tigers           3   8   0    7
 Yankees          1   4   0    5
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