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New York Yankees 4 Detroit Tigers 2

September 14,1978

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (88-57)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (78-67)

Game Date

September 14,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,118

Time of Game

1:57

Umpires

[HP]: Vic Voltaggio [1B]: Lou DiMuro [2B]: Larry Barnett [3B]: Jim McKean

New York Yankees 4 Detroit Tigers 2

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7th inning: 16(1)3/GDP **43 minute rain delay**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	88-57		1	2	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			4	7	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	78-67		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			2	7	0		5	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	29.319	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.274		123	855
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.070	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.277		119	421
	Jim Spencer	ph	31.046	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.232		66	1232
3	Lou Piniella	lf	35.017	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.319		114	1240
4	Reggie Jackson	rf	32.119	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.281		121	1632
5	Chris Chambliss	1b	29.262	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.282		144	1121
6	Graig Nettles	3b	34.025	L	4	2	3	3		0	0	.280		141	1515
7	Roy White	dh	34.261	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.265		87	1784
8	Bucky Dent	ss	26.293	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.255		105	772
9	Mike Heath	c	23.221	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.236		32	32
Totals

Errors: Bucky Dent

2B: Mickey Rivers (20), Graig Nettles (21)

HR: Graig Nettles 2 (25)

RBI: Lou Piniella (60), Graig Nettles 3 (85)

HBP: Willie Randolph (3)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.090	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.293		141	625
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.125	L	3	0	1	2		1	0	.292		127	138
3	Rusty Staub	dh	34.166	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.283		145	2276
4	Jason Thompson	1b	24.070	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.293		137	418
5	Steve Kemp	lf	24.038	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.274		142	293
6	Milt May	c	28.044	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.259		93	663
	John Wockenfuss	ph	29.199	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.275		64	225
7	Tim Corcoran	rf	25.179	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.262		103	158
	Mickey Stanley	ph	36.056	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.273		49	1512
8	Phil Mankowski	3b	25.248	L	2	1	0	0		1	0	.294		77	195
	Aurelio Rodriguez	ph	30.260	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.259		120	1543
9	Alan Trammell	ss	20.205	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.266		122	141
Totals

2B: Ron LeFlore (25), Lou Whitaker (10)

RBI: Lou Whitaker 2 (53)

GDP: Jason Thompson (11), Tim Corcoran (9), Phil Mankowski (7)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Figueroa	R	W 17-9	7.0	4	0	0	2	0	0		3.01	1.24		31	155
2	Rich Gossage	R		0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0		2.07	1.07		57	317
3	Sparky Lyle	L	SV 9	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0		3.17	1.29		57	678
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Figueroa (0-0-0), Rich Gossage (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Slaton	R	L 15-11	8.0	5	4	4	0	1	2		4.19	1.36		32	252
2	John Hiller	L		1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0		2.68	1.10		43	483
Totals				0.0

HB: Jim Slaton (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Slaton (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)