New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1974 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf,2b 5 1 1 0
Piniella lf 5 1 1 0
Murcer rf,cf 5 1 1 1
Sudakis dh 3 1 1 0
  Williams pr,dh,rf 0 1 0 1
Velez 1b 2 1 2 1
Munson c 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 1 0 1 1
  Blomberg ph 0 0 0 1
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Michael ss,2b 0 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 1 2 1
Sutherland 2b 2 0 0 1
Oglivie lf 3 1 0 0
  Sharon lf 1 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 1 2 1
Brown dh 4 0 1 1
  Kaline ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Freehan 1b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
  Horton ph 0 0 0 0
  Knox pr 0 0 0 0
  Lamont c 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 1 0
Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
New York 000 010 113692
Detroit 003 000 010480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  W (6-8) 8.0 7 4 3 5 2
  Lyle   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman   6.0 3 2 2 5 4
  Ray   1.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Hiller  L (11-6) 1.1 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
8
6

  E–Gonzalez 2 (4).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Brinkman (6,off Tidrow); Stanley (12,off Lyle).  3B–Detroit Stanley (2,off Tidrow); Rodriguez (3,off Tidrow).  HR–Detroit Northrup (8,8th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Blomberg (5,off Ray); Williams (1,off Hiller); Sutherland (2,off Tidrow).  IBB–Northrup (2,by Tidrow); Horton (3,by Tidrow).  IBB–Tidrow 2 (7,Northrup,Horton).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:45.  A–15,058.
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