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New York Yankees 3 Detroit Tigers 4

May 23,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (23-19)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (16-20)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

21,671

Time of Game

2:30

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 3 Detroit Tigers 4

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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	23-19		1	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0			3	11	0		3	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	16-20		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	2	1			4	8	1		5	10	18	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	30.205	L	5	1	3	0		0	0	.317		33	906
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.321	R	5	0	3	0		0	0	.272		41	477
3	Thurman Munson	c	31.350	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.319		40	1366
4	Graig Nettles	3b	34.276	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.310		42	1575
5	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.005	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.299		41	1691
6	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.148	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.248		39	1178
7	Roy White	dh	35.147	B	3	1	1	2		1	0	.226		15	1814
8	Jay Johnstone	lf	33.184	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.225		18	1224
	Lou Piniella	ph	35.268	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.292		29	1285
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.179	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.269		39	829
Totals

2B: Thurman Munson (8)

HR: Roy White (1)

RBI: Thurman Munson (20), Roy White 2 (7)

GDP: Willie Randolph (9), Graig Nettles (6)

SB: Willie Randolph (11)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.341	R	3	0	0	0		2	2	.322		36	675
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	22.011	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.317		35	185
3	Steve Kemp	lf	24.289	L	2	1	2	2		1	0	.392		34	344
4	Rusty Staub	dh	35.052	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.254		19	2312
5	Jason Thompson	1b	24.321	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.300		33	467
6	Lance Parrish	c	22.342	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.298		34	131
7	Lynn Jones	rf	26.142	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.302		23	23
8	Phil Mankowski	3b	26.134	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.171		19	223
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.091	R	1	1	0	0		1	0	.253		28	186
	John Wockenfuss	ph	30.085	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.241		15	247
	Mark Wagner	ss	25.080	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.351		20	120
Totals

Errors: Lynn Jones

2B: Jason Thompson (6)

RBI: Steve Kemp 2 (29), Rusty Staub (14), Jason Thompson (21)

SH: Lou Whitaker (6)

SF: Steve Kemp (1)

HBP: Steve Kemp (2)

GDP: Rusty Staub (7), Lynn Jones (2)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Beattie	R		7.2	7	3	3	4	4	0		3.30	1.37		5	30
2	Ken Clay	R	L 0-1	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0		5.57	1.52		10	59
3	Jim Kaat	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.82	1.82		5	680
Totals				0.0

HB: Jim Kaat (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Beattie (0-0-0), Ken Clay (0-0-0), Jim Kaat (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Morris	R		7.0	9	3	3	2	1	1		4.87	1.48		3	38
2	John Hiller	L	W 3-2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		3.81	1.54		15	506
Totals				0.0

WP: Jack Morris (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Morris (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)