New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1977 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 7, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 2 2
White lf 5 1 1 0
Munson c 5 1 3 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
  Blair rf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 2 2 1
Nettles 3b 5 1 3 1
May dh 3 1 1 0
Randolph 2b 5 0 2 2
Dent ss 5 0 1 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 4 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 1 2 2
Kemp lf 5 0 2 1
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 1
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0
  Corcoran ph 0 1 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
New York 402 100 0007151
Detroit 100 010 0035122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (12-8) 8.1 12 5 5 2 7
  Lyle  SV (17) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (6-13) 0.1 4 4 4 0 1
  Hiller   3.2 8 3 2 3 5
  Grilli   5.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
4
9

  E–Randolph (13), Veryzer 2 (14).  2B–New York Munson (18,off Arroyo); Nettles (16,off Hiller), Detroit LeFlore (18,off Figueroa); Veryzer (12,off Figueroa); Kemp (23,off Figueroa).  3B–New York White (2,off Arroyo); Chambliss 2 (6,off Arroyo,off Hiller).  HR–New York Rivers (7,1st inning off Arroyo 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Staub (7,off Figueroa); Fuentes (5,off Figueroa).  CS–Rivers (14,2nd base by Hiller/May).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:42.  A–26,718.
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