New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1976 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 9, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 2 2
White lf 4 2 2 1
Munson c 4 2 2 3
Chambliss 1b 5 2 3 2
May dh 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 0 0
Mason ss 2 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 0 0
Oglivie rf 2 1 0 0
  Stanley ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 1 0 0
Johnson lf 4 2 2 3
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 1
Scrivener ss 2 0 0 0
  Veryzer ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Kimm c 3 0 1 0
Manuel 2b 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 4
New York 000 420 2109112
Detroit 010 004 000553
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (5-3) 5.1 4 5 4 2 2
  Martinez  SV (2) 3.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
5
4
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (3-1) 3.0 3 4 4 2 3
  Crawford   3.1 5 4 2 1 3
  Hiller   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Grilli   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
7
4
8

  E–Randolph (8), Mason (5), Scrivener 2 (2), Manuel (5).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 2.  2B–New York Rivers (7,off Crawford); Chambliss (7,off Crawford), Detroit Johnson (3,off Figueroa).  HR–New York Rivers (3,4th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out); Munson (5,4th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 0 out); Chambliss (6,4th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out); White (3,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Johnson (3,6th inning off Figueroa 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Mason (2,off Crawford).  CS–Munson (3,2nd base by Crawford/Kimm).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:07.  A–19,909.
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