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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 9, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 2 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 1 1 2
Munson c 5 2 3 2
  Hendricks c 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 5 2 2 3
Piniella lf 5 1 4 0
Kingman dh 5 1 2 2
Johnson 1b 5 0 2 0
Blair cf 5 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 2 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 9 17 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 4 2 2 1
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 1
Corcoran lf 4 0 1 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
New York 202 022 0109170
Detroit 000 200 011480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  W (11-4) 7.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Lyle   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Crawford  L (7-7) 3.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Ruhle   2.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Glynn   3.2 5 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
2
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kingman (3,off Ruhle); Johnson (7,off Glynn), Detroit Corcoran (2,off Tidrow); Oglivie (22,off Lyle).  HR–New York Munson (16,1st inning off Crawford 1 on, 1 out); Kingman (3,3rd inning off Crawford 1 on, 2 out); Jackson 2 (29,5th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Glynn 0 on, 2 out); Nettles (35,6th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Staub (21,4th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out); Thompson (28,4th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Lyle 2 (10).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:30.  A–17,656.
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