New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 1 0 0
Munson c 4 1 2 0
Jackson rf 4 1 3 3
  Bergman pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 1 0 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 2
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 1
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 2 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 0 0
Stanley lf 4 1 2 2
Oglivie rf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Scrivener ss 2 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 1 1 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 4
New York 023 100 000672
Detroit 000 000 005580
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (15-6) 8.2 8 5 1 2 4
  Lyle  SV (24) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
1
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (5-6) 4.2 6 6 6 2 0
  Grilli   4.1 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
4
4

  E–Johnson (1), Dent (17).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 2.  2B–New York Munson (23,off Sykes); Johnson (8,off Sykes), Detroit Stanley 2 (9,off Guidry 2).  3B–Detroit LeFlore (9,off Guidry).  HR–New York Kingman (4,2nd inning off Sykes 1 on, 0 out); Jackson (30,3rd inning off Sykes 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Dent (9,off Sykes).  WP–Sykes (3).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:11.  A–12,672.
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