Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
July 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1989 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 0, New York Yankees 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lusader cf 2 0 0 0
  Pettis ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 2 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 2 0
  Schu pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Lynn dh 3 0 2 0
  Ward ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Trammell ph 1 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Brumley ss 3 0 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 0 1 0
Polonia lf 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall lf 0 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 3 0
Balboni dh 4 0 1 0
  Tolleson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1
Geren c 3 0 1 0
Espinoza ss 2 0 1 0
Kelly cf 3 0 0 0
Schulze p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 9 1
Detroit 000 000 000070
New York 000 100 00x190
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (7-8) 8.0 9 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
1
1
1
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Schulze  W (1-0) 7.0 6 0 0 2 4
  Guetterman  SV (10) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Barfield (7,off Tanana).  SH–Espinoza (13,off Tanana).  HBP–Polonia (1,by Tanana).  IBB–Sax (1,by Tanana).  WP–Tanana (7).  HBP–Tanana (6,Polonia).  IBB–Tanana (6,Sax).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:33.  A–32,198.
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