New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White lf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0
Munson c 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 1
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomasson cf 3 1 1 0
Johnstone dh 3 0 0 0
Stanley ss 2 1 0 0
Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 2 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 2 2
Kemp lf 4 0 1 2
May c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
New York 120 000 000–341
Detroit 301 000 00x–4101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clay   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Tidrow  L (3-5) 5.2 7 1 1 0 1
  Lyle   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  W (7-4) 9.0 4 3 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
1
4
  E–Jackson (3), May (5).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Thompson (13,off Clay); Whitaker (5,off Tidrow).  CS–Mankowski (3,2nd base by Tidrow/Munson).  WP–Slaton (7).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:01.  A–37,681.
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