Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1978 at Yankee 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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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0
Dillard 2b 5 1 0 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Staub dh 5 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 3 2
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
  Stanley lf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1
Stegman rf 2 0 1 0
  Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,rf 1 1 1 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 1 1 0
Munson c 5 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 5 1 3 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 3 1
Piniella dh 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
  Johnstone lf 1 0 1 0
Thomasson rf 2 1 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Blair rf 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 1
Detroit 110 020 010592
New York 030 010 000492
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   4.2 5 4 2 3 3
  Baker   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Hiller  W (7-4) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lindblad   3.0 6 2 2 0 2
  Clay   4.0 2 2 1 2 2
  Lyle  L (9-3) 2.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
4

  E–Dillard (8), May (10), Randolph (14), Thomasson (7).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Stegman (1,off Lindblad); Wockenfuss (4,off Lyle), New York Chambliss (23,off Morris).  3B–Detroit Thompson (2,off Clay).  HR–Detroit Rodriguez (7,2nd inning off Lindblad 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Randolph (27,3rd base off Morris/May).  WP–Clay (3).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:31.  A–46,896.
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