Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
May 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 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."

"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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Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Morales lf 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Kemp rf 4 1 3 2
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Wagner ss 2 0 1 0
Fidrych p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
  Beniquez cf 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0
Munson c 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 2 2 4
Jackson rf 2 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 1 2
Spencer dh 2 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6
Detroit 000 000 002290
New York 200 400 00x660
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fidrych  L (0-2) 3.1 6 6 6 1 2
  Lopez   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Hiller   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
2
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (4-2) 9.0 9 2 2 1 13
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
13

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Piniella (6,off Fidrych).  HR–Detroit Kemp (5,9th inning off Guidry 1 on, 0 out), New York Nettles 2 (7,1st inning off Fidrych 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Fidrych 1 on, 0 out); Chambliss (6,4th inning off Fidrych 1 on, 1 out).  CS–LeFlore (4,2nd base by Guidry/Munson); Jackson (2,2nd base by Fidrych/Parrish).  SB–Randolph (9,2nd base off Fidrych/Parrish).  U-HP–Phil Lospitalier, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Harold Siroka, 3B–Don Slattery.  T–1:59.  A–43,843.
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