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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 2, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 2, 1976 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doyle Alexander |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,245 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ron Luciano 1B: Al Clark 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Bill Haller |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Center Fielder |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Rusty Staub | Right Fielder |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
| Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| John Wockenfuss | Catcher |
| Pedro Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | DH |
| Lou Piniella | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 2, 1976
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Alexander
LeFlore strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Alexander
Veryzer hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Alexander
Staub strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Roberts
Rivers hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Roberts
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Roberts
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Alexander
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Alexander
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Alexander
Oglivie hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Roberts
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Roberts
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Roberts
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Alexander
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wockenfuss vs. Alexander
Wockenfuss hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Alexander
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Roberts
Alomar hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Alomar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Roberts
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rivers vs. Roberts
Rivers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alomar scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Roberts
White strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Alexander
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Alexander
Veryzer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Alexander
Staub hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Roberts
Munson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Roberts
Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Roberts
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Roberts
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Alexander
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Alexander
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Alexander
Oglivie hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Roberts
Alomar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Roberts
There goes Alomar. The throw from Wockenfuss and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stanley vs. Roberts
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to home to get Alomar. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Roberts
Rivers hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Alexander
Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wockenfuss vs. Alexander
Wockenfuss hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Alexander
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Roberts
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Roberts
Munson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Roberts
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Alexander
LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Alexander
Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Alexander
Staub hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Alexander
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Roberts
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Roberts
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Alexander
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Alexander
Oglivie hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Alexander
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Roberts
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Roberts
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Roberts
Rivers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Roberts
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Alexander
Alex Johnson pinch hits for John Wockenfuss.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Alexander
Dan Meyer pinch hits for Pedro Garcia.
Meyer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Alexander
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards second. Alomar scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1976 -- Detroit at New York (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
LeFlore R, cf 4 0 0 0 Rivers M, cf 4 0 2 1
Veryzer T, ss 3 0 0 0 White R, lf 4 0 0 0
Staub R, rf 3 0 1 0 Munson T, dh 3 0 0 0
Horton W, dh 3 0 0 0 Piniella L, rf 3 0 1 0
Thompson J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 3 0 0 0
Oglivie B, lf 3 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Healy F, c 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss J, c 2 0 0 0 Alomar S, 2b 3 1 2 0
Johnson A, ph 1 0 1 0 Stanley F, ss 2 0 0 0
Garcia P, 2b 2 0 0 0
Meyer D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 0 2 0 28 1 5 1
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 001 000 00x -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts D (L) 8.0 5 1 1 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander D (W) 9.0 2 0 0 0 5
E -- Wockenfuss J
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 1, New York 4
2B -- Alomar S
SB -- Alomar S
T -- 1:46
A -- 22245
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