New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Murcer cf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Scott dh 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley 3b 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 2 0
Gulden c 2 0 0 0
  Narron c 1 0 1 0
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Slagle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 2
Whitaker 2b 3 2 2 2
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Summers dh 3 1 2 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Morales rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 3 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Robbins p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
New York 000 000 000061
Detroit 210 012 00x690
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clay  L (1-7) 2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Kaat   4.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Slagle   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robbins   2.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Billingham  W (10-6) 6.1 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
3

  E–Clay (1).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Thompson (14,off Clay); LeFlore 2 (19,off Clay,off Kaat); Morales (21,off Kaat).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (7,off Clay).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (3,1st inning off Clay 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Summers (5,2nd base by Kaat/Gulden).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:20.  A–28,943.
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