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New York Yankees 12 Detroit Tigers 8

May 22,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (23-18)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (15-20)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

33,497

Time of Game

3:03

Umpires

[HP]: Ted Hendry [1B]: Fred Spenn [2B]: Larry Barnett [3B]: Jim Evans

New York Yankees 12 Detroit Tigers 8

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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	23-18		0	0	8		2	0	2		0	0	0			12	15	1		3	6	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	15-20		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	7	1			8	11	3		5	10	19	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	30.204	L	4	2	3	0		0	0	.304		32	905
	Juan Beniquez	cf	29.009	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.242		26	654
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.320	R	4	1	1	1		1	1	.261		40	476
	Brian Doyle	2b	24.116	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		6	45
3	Graig Nettles	3b	34.275	L	4	1	2	0		2	0	.318		41	1574
4	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.004	L	2	2	1	1		3	1	.308		40	1690
5	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.147	L	5	2	3	2		0	1	.254		38	1177
6	Roy White	dh	35.146	B	4	3	1	2		1	0	.220		14	1813
7	Jay Johnstone	lf	33.183	L	5	1	1	2		0	0	.243		17	1223
8	Jerry Narron	c	23.127	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.267		7	7
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.178	R	3	0	1	2		0	0	.270		38	828
	Fred Stanley	ss	31.282	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.333		8	551
Totals

Errors: Chris Chambliss

2B: Mickey Rivers (6), Roy White (2)

3B: Chris Chambliss (1), Jerry Narron (1)

RBI: Willie Randolph (14), Reggie Jackson (28), Chris Chambliss 2 (15), Roy White 2 (5), Jay Johnstone 2 (7), Jerry Narron (2), Bucky Dent 2 (10)

SF: Bucky Dent (2)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.340	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.329		35	674
	Tim Corcoran	rf	26.064	L	2	1	2	2		0	0	.227		17	188
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	22.010	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.317		34	184
3	Steve Kemp	lf	24.288	L	4	1	1	0		1	0	.381		33	343
4	Rusty Staub	dh	35.051	L	5	2	1	1		0	0	.254		18	2311
5	Jason Thompson	1b	24.320	L	4	1	2	1		1	0	.292		32	466
6	Lance Parrish	c	22.341	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.299		33	130
7	Lynn Jones	rf-cf	26.141	R	4	1	2	2		0	0	.322		22	22
8	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	31.145	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.247		29	1586
	Phil Mankowski	3b	26.133	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.184		18	222
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.090	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.256		27	185
Totals

Errors: Steve Kemp, Jason Thompson, Alan Trammell

2B: Tim Corcoran (1), Lou Whitaker (7), Jason Thompson (5), Lynn Jones (2)

HR: Rusty Staub (2)

RBI: Tim Corcoran 2 (6), Rusty Staub (13), Jason Thompson (20), Lynn Jones 2 (7), Phil Mankowski (6)

SF: Phil Mankowski (3)

GDP: Lance Parrish (6)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luis Tiant	R	W 1-1	7.1	7	3	3	3	0	0		6.49	1.75		6	509
2	Dick Tidrow	R		1.2	4	3	3	1	0	1		7.40	1.81		15	297
Totals				0.0

WP: Dick Tidrow 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luis Tiant (0-0-0), Dick Tidrow (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mark Fidrych	R	L 0-3	2.0	5	5	5	3	2	0		10.43	2.18		4	49
2	Sheldon Burnside	L		0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0		6.33	1.69		10	12
3	Aurelio Lopez	R		3.1	6	4	4	2	2	0		3.28	1.54		10	43
4	Bruce Taylor	R		3.0	0	0	0	3	1	0		4.82	1.23		10	30
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mark Fidrych (0-0-0), Sheldon Burnside (0-0-0), Aurelio Lopez (0-0-0), Bruce Taylor (0-0-0)