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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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."

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Detroit Tigers 1, New York Yankees 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Lynn lf 3 0 1 0
Nokes dh 3 0 0 0
  Schu ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 0 0 0 0
Lusader rf 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Strange 3b 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 0 0 0
  Tolleson 2b 0 0 0 0
Polonia dh 4 0 1 1
Mattingly 1b 4 0 2 1
Hall lf 4 2 4 3
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Kelly cf 4 0 0 0
Blowers 3b 3 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 4 2 2 0
Dorsett c 3 1 2 0
Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Detroit 000 000 010140
New York 011 120 00x5111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (6-14) 8.0 11 5 5 3 7
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Plunk  W (8-6) 8.0 3 1 0 4 10
  Righetti   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
5
11

  E–Espinoza (21).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–New York Espinoza 2 (21,off Morris 2).  HR–New York Hall 2 (17,2nd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Plunk (10).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:35.  A–21,448.
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