New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1989 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."

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New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 0 1 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 0 0
Kelly cf 4 0 1 1
Hall dh 3 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 1 1 0
Geren c 4 1 1 2
Espinoza ss 4 0 1 0
Tolleson 3b 2 0 0 0
Polonia lf 3 1 0 0
Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Lemon dh 3 1 1 2
Ward lf 3 1 2 1
Schu 3b 4 1 1 1
Heath c 4 1 1 0
Williams rf 4 1 1 2
Bergman 1b 4 1 1 1
Brumley 2b 3 0 1 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
New York 000 001 002351
Detroit 300 301 00x791
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cary  L (2-2) 3.1 6 6 6 0 3
  Plunk   3.2 2 1 1 3 3
  Gossage   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (3-2) 8.0 4 1 0 2 4
  Hernandez   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
3
5

  E–Barfield (8), Brumley (10).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–New York Sax (19,off Robinson), Detroit Heath (12,off Cary).  HR–New York Geren (6,9th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Lemon (6,1st inning off Cary 1 on, 1 out); Schu (6,1st inning off Cary 0 on, 2 out); Ward (9,4th inning off Cary 0 on, 0 out); K Williams (5,4th inning off Cary 1 on, 1 out); Bergman (6,6th inning off Plunk 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Plunk (7).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:43.  A–30,432.
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