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Yankees 8 @ Tigers 10
Briggs Stadium
August 8, 1954

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on August 8, 1954 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 10 to 8.

Game Summary

DateAugust 8, 1954 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 10 H: 18 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 10
Hits: 18
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherSteve Gromek  
Losing PitcherJohnny Sain  
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Game Winning RBIJim Delsing 

Game Info

DateAugust 8, 1954 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
Home Starting PitcherBilly Hoeft  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance24,431 
Time of Game3 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Eddie Hurley
3B: Frank Umont

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Irv Noren  Left Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Willie Miranda  Shortstop 
Whitey Ford  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Hoot Evers  Left Fielder 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Billy Hoeft  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

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Yankees 8 @ Tigers 10
Briggs Stadium
August 8, 1954

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/8/1954 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Bauer H, rf           4  2  3  0   Kuenn H, ss           4  2  2  0   
Sain J, p             2  0  1  0   Tuttle B, cf          4  2  3  0   
Noren I, lf-rf        4  0  2  3   Evers H, lf           5  1  2  1   
Mantle M, cf          6  2  2  2   Boone R, 3b           4  2  3  4   
Berra Y, c            5  0  2  1   Dropo W, 1b           3  0  2  2   
McDougald G, 2b       2  1  1  2   Belardi W, ph-1b      2  0  0  0   
Skowron B, 1b         3  0  1  0   Kaline A, rf          5  0  2  0   
Collins J, ph-1b      1  0  0  0   Wilson R, c           4  2  1  0   
Carey A, 3b           4  0  0  0   Bolling F, 2b         4  0  1  0   
Miranda W, ss         0  0  0  0   Delsing J, ph         1  1  1  2   
Cerv B, ph            1  0  0  0   Hoeft B, p            3  0  1  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         1  0  0  0   Aber A, p             0  0  0  0   
Robinson E, ph        0  0  0  0   Gromek S, p           1  0  0  0   
Coleman J, pr-ss      1  1  0  0                                      
Ford W, p             1  0  0  0                                      
Slaughter E, ph       0  1  0  0                                      
Stuart M, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Byrd H, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Woodling G, ph-lf     3  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  8 13  8                        40 10 18  9

New York         000 230 210 0 --  8
Detroit          202 130 000 2 -- 10
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W                4.0  7  5  5  2  4
Stuart M*             0.0  2  2  2  0  0
Byrd H                2.0  4  1  1  0  1
Sain J (L)            3.1  5  2  2  0  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hoeft B+              6.0  8  7  7  4  3
Aber A                0.2  1  0  0  1  1
Gromek S (W)          3.1  4  1  1  2  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Noren I, Collins J
DP -- New York 2, Detroit 2
LOB -- New York 10, Detroit 6
2B -- Dropo W, Hoeft B, Evers H, Wilson R, Tuttle B, Bauer H, Noren I
HR -- McDougald G, Mantle M, Boone R, Delsing J
CS -- Bolling F
SH -- Noren I, Tuttle B, McDougald G
SF -- Boone R, Noren I
T -- 3:20
A -- 24431

    

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