New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 1 2 1
Polonia lf 5 1 1 1
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Balboni dh 3 1 1 2
  Hall ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 5 0 2 2
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Slaught c 4 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 4 1 2 0
Kelly cf 4 2 2 1
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 0 0
Jones lf 5 2 2 0
Lemon rf 5 1 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 2 2
Moreland 1b 5 0 2 0
Ward dh 2 0 0 0
  Lynn ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Heath c 4 0 2 0
Schu 3b 2 0 1 0
  Whitaker ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Brumley 2b,3b 5 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 12 4
New York 200 032 0007114
Detroit 002 031 0006122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   4.1 8 5 4 2 1
  Plunk  W (2-1) 2.0 2 1 0 1 2
  Cadaret   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mohorcic   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Righetti  SV (14) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   4.2 7 5 3 2 3
  Nunez  L (0-1) 4.1 4 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
4
9

  E–Brookens 2 (6), Espinoza (10), Kelly (4), Schu (2), Brumley (5).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–New York Espinoza (7,off Nunez), Detroit Jones (3,off LaPoint); Lemon (10,off LaPoint); Heath (5,off LaPoint); Lynn (5,off Plunk).  HR–New York Balboni (10,1st inning off Tanana 1 on, 2 out); Kelly (4,5th inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Balboni (3,by Tanana); Mattingly (8,by Nunez).  SB–Sax (21,2nd base off Nunez/Heath); Trammell (4,2nd base off LaPoint/Slaught).  WP–Plunk (5).  IBB–Tanana (5,Balboni); Nunez (1,Mattingly).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:27.  A–22,455.
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