Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
May 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1979 at Yankee 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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Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 3 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 2
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Kemp rf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Morales lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 2 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
  Beniquez pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Randolph 2b 5 4 4 1
Munson c 5 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 2 4
Jackson rf 4 1 2 2
Piniella lf 4 0 2 1
Spencer dh 0 1 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 2 2 3
Dent ss 3 1 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 16 11
Detroit 000 000 030371
New York 120 024 11x11160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L (1-3) 2.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Burnside   3.1 6 5 5 1 1
  Taylor   2.2 4 3 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (8-0) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5

  E–LeFlore (2).  DP–Detroit 1, New York 1.  PB–Parrish (3).  2B–New York Rivers (4,off Baker); Piniella 2 (5,off Burnside 2); Jackson (7,off Burnside).  HR–New York Chambliss 2 (5,2nd inning off Baker 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Taylor 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Nettles 2 (3,off Baker,off Taylor); Jackson (2,off Taylor).  SB–LeFlore (17,2nd base off John/Munson).  CS–LeFlore (3,2nd base by John/Munson).  U-HP–Harold Siroka, 1B–Phil Lospitalier, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Don Slattery.  T–2:15.  A–18,876.
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