New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1978 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 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 2 3 1
  Blair ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 2 2
Munson c 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 4 0 1 1
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
  Thomasson rf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 1 2 1
White dh 4 1 3 1
Dent ss 4 1 0 0
Beattie p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 1
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 5 1 1 0
Kemp lf 4 1 0 1
May c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 1 1 0 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 1
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
New York 000 412 0007140
Detroit 010 010 010340
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Beattie  W (5-7) 6.1 3 2 2 4 4
  Gossage   2.2 1 1 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
9
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (15-8) 4.0 9 4 4 0 0
  Glynn   1.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Morris   0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Burnside   3.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
3

  E–None.  3B–New York Piniella (5,off Billingham); Rivers (7,off Billingham), Detroit Thompson (3,off Beattie).  SF–Randolph (5,off Billingham); Nettles (8,off Glynn).  HBP–Trammell (2,by Beattie).  SB–Randolph (32,2nd base off Billingham/May); White (10,2nd base off Billingham/May).  HBP–Beattie (7,Trammell).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:54.  A–16,841.
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