Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
October 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1980 at Yankee 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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Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 1 2 4
Brookens 3b 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 0 0
  Stegman lf 0 0 0 0
Summers dh 5 1 1 0
Corcoran 1b 4 1 2 0
Wockenfuss c 4 1 2 1
Lentine rf 4 2 2 1
Papi 2b 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 3 1 0 0
Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Nettles 3b 5 1 2 0
  Doyle 3b 0 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 1 2 0
  Brant ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Jackson dh 3 1 1 1
Werth lf 4 1 2 1
Robinson c 3 0 0 0
  Gulden c 2 1 1 2
Wilborn cf 5 1 2 1
Stanley ss 3 0 1 0
Holt 2b 4 0 1 1
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Detroit 001 110 0407101
New York 101 000 0226122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tobik  W (1-0) 5.0 5 2 2 4 3
  Underwood   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Lopez   2.0 6 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
7
10
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (2-4) 8.0 10 7 6 3 5
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
3
6

  E–Papi (5), Stanley 2 (7).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Summers (19,off Griffin); Corcoran (7,off Griffin), New York Nettles (14,off Underwood).  3B–Detroit Jones (2,off Griffin), New York Jackson (3,off Tobik).  HR–New York Gulden (1,9th inning off Lopez 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Corcoran (2,by Griffin); Jackson (15,by Tobik).  SB–Spencer (1,2nd base off Tobik/Wockenfuss).  WP–Lopez (6), Griffin (3).  IBB–Tobik (4,Jackson); Griffin (2,Corcoran).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:51.  A–55,410.
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