Tigers @ Yankees
July 1, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 13 1
Yankees 4 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 13 1
Yankees 4 11 0

Cliff Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .192
OBP .000 .323
At Bats 0 104
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 12

John Hiller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 8
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Yankee Stadium - July 1, 1978
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Strikeout
John Hiller
Milt May
Jason Thompson
Lou Whitaker
Aurelio Rodriguez
Alan Trammell
Steve Kemp
Ron LeFlore
Tim Corcoran
Cliff Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 13 1 13
New York Yankees 4 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Jack Billingham
Losing Pitcher Andy Messersmith
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Steve Kemp
Attendance 37,260
Time of Game 2 hours 57 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Johnstone hits a line drive towards first. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Garcia hits a popup in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. LeFlore reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Brian Doyle now playing second base. Damaso Garcia now playing shortstop. Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Hiller now pitching. Jim Spencer pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomasson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Stanley fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Cliff Johnson now catching. Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomasson tags and scores. Stanley tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Garcia takes first base on ball four. Thomasson moves to third. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 7 Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomasson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thomasson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trammell scores.
Top 7 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rodriguez scores. Trammell moves to third.
Top 7 LeFlore takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to second.
Top 7 Trammell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 6 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garcia moves to third.
Bottom 5 Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats LeFlore for the out.
Top 5 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Aurelio Rodriguez now playing third base. Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aurelio Rodriguez pinch hits for Phil Mankowski. Rodriguez strikes out. Munson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Rodriguez out.
Top 4 Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Johnstone is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 There goes Garcia. The throw from May and he is safe. Garcia steals second.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Staub reaches second base with a double. LeFlore scores. Whitaker moves to third.
Top 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Corcoran scores. Mankowski scores. LeFlore moves to third.
Top 3 LeFlore is hit by the pitch. Corcoran moves to third. Mankowski moves to second.
Top 3 Trammell strikes out.
Top 3 Mankowski takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Corcoran moves to second.
Top 3 Corcoran takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 May strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ken Clay now pitching. Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Staub reaches second base with a double. Trammell scores. There goes Whitaker trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 2 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mankowski scores. Trammell moves to third.
Top 2 LeFlore strikes out.
Top 2 Trammell takes first base on ball four. Mankowski moves to second.
Top 2 Mankowski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. May settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on May.
Bottom 1 There goes Johnstone. The throw from May and he is out, Whitaker applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Corcoran hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 May takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to second.
Top 1 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staub scores. Thompson moves to third.
Top 1 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to second.
Top 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Whitaker strikes out.
Top 1 There goes LeFlore. The throw from Munson and he is safe. LeFlore steals second.
Top 1 LeFlore takes first base on ball four.