New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1979 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."

"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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New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0
Munson c 1 0 0 0
  Narron c 2 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 2 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Spencer dh 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 8 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 3 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0
Parrish c 4 1 2 1
Jones rf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 13 2
New York 010 000 000180
Detroit 000 100 11x3131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  L (4-3) 8.0 13 3 3 1 5
Totals
8.0
13
3
3
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (4-3) 9.0 8 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
3

  E–Thompson (2).  DP–New York 3, Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Staub (7,off Guidry); Whitaker (6,off Guidry); LeFlore (5,off Guidry).  HR–Detroit Parrish (4,8th inning off Guidry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dent (8,off Billingham); Whitaker (5,off Guidry).  SB–Randolph (10,2nd base off Billingham/Parrish).  CS–Rivers (4,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish); Jackson (3,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish).  WP–Guidry (2).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:03.  A–26,153.
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