Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
October 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1980 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 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 5 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 1 0
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 3 1
Cowens rf 3 0 0 1
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
Lentine dh 2 0 1 0
  Summers ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Murcer dh 4 0 0 0
Gamble lf 3 2 2 1
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1
  Lefebvre rf 0 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 1
  Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown cf 3 0 1 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Detroit 010 000 010271
New York 000 201 00x351
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (16-15) 8.0 5 3 3 2 4
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (17-10) 7.1 6 2 2 2 7
  Gossage  SV (32) 1.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
10

  E–Brookens (29), Brown (9).  2B–Detroit Wockenfuss (13,off Guidry); Lentine (8,off Guidry); Kemp (23,off Guidry).  3B–Detroit Brookens (9,off Gossage).  HR–New York Gamble (14,4th inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (40,4th inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Cowens (3,off Guidry); Watson (6,off Morris).  CS–Peters (7,2nd base by Guidry/Cerone).  SB–Brown (27,2nd base off Morris/Dyer).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:30.  A–24,316.
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