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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 14, 1978
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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 September 14, 1978 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 14, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 14, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Figueroa |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Slaton |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 17,118 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 57 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Vic Voltaggio 1B: Lou DiMuro 2B: Larry Barnett 3B: Jim McKean |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Roy White | DH |
Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ron LeFlore | Center Fielder |
Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Rusty Staub | DH |
Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
Milt May | Catcher |
Tim Corcoran | Right Fielder |
Phil Mankowski | Third Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 14, 1978
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Slaton
Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Corcoran. Rivers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Slaton
Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piniella vs. Slaton
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivers scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Slaton
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Figueroa
LeFlore hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Figueroa
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Figueroa
Staub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Figueroa
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kemp vs. Figueroa
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Slaton
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Slaton
Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Slaton
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 -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Slaton
Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Slaton
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Figueroa
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corcoran vs. Figueroa
Corcoran hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mankowski vs. Figueroa
Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Slaton
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Slaton
Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Slaton
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Figueroa
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Figueroa
LeFlore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Figueroa
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Staub vs. Figueroa
Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Slaton
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Slaton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Slaton
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Slaton
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Figueroa
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Figueroa
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Figueroa
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Figueroa covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Slaton
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mankowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Slaton
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Slaton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Slaton
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corcoran vs. Figueroa
Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mankowski vs. Figueroa
Mankowski hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Figueroa
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Figueroa covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Slaton
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Slaton
Randolph is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Slaton
Piniella hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Slaton
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Figueroa
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Figueroa
Whitaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Figueroa
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields the ball and throws to second. Dent drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Dent. Staub moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Figueroa
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Slaton
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Slaton
Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Slaton
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 -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Slaton
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Figueroa
Kemp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Figueroa
May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corcoran vs. Figueroa
Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Slaton
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Slaton
Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Slaton
Paul Blair pinch runs for Mickey Rivers. Jim Spencer pinch hits for Willie Randolph.
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Slaton
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mankowski vs. Gossage
Paul Blair now playing center field. Fred Stanley now playing second base. Rich Gossage now pitching.
Mankowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Gossage
Trammell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Gossage
LeFlore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mankowski moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitaker vs. Gossage
Whitaker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Whitaker reaches second base with a double. Mankowski scores. LeFlore goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staub vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
Staub takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Lyle
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Hiller
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Hiller
Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Corcoran. Nettles reaches second base with a double. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Hiller
White is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dent vs. Hiller
Dent hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heath vs. Hiller
Heath hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Lyle
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wockenfuss vs. Lyle
John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Milt May.
Wockenfuss strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Lyle
Mickey Stanley pinch hits for Tim Corcoran.
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Lyle
Aurelio Rodriguez pinch hits for Phil Mankowski.
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/14/1978 -- New York at Detroit (N) New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Rivers M, cf 4 1 2 0 LeFlore R, cf 4 1 2 0 Blair P, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Whitaker L, 2b 3 0 1 2 Randolph W, 2b 2 0 0 0 Staub R, dh 3 0 1 0 Spencer J, ph 1 0 0 0 Thompson J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Stanley F, 2b 0 0 0 0 Kemp S, lf 4 0 1 0 Piniella L, lf 4 0 0 1 May M, c 3 0 1 0 Jackson R, rf 4 0 1 0 Wockenfuss J, ph 1 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 1 0 Corcoran T, rf 3 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 2 3 3 Stanley M, ph 1 0 1 0 White R, dh 3 0 0 0 Mankowski P, 3b 2 1 0 0 Dent B, ss 4 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, ph 1 0 0 0 Heath M, c 4 0 0 0 Trammell A, ss 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 7 4 31 2 7 2 New York 120 000 100 -- 4 Detroit 000 000 020 -- 2 New York IP H R ER BB SO Figueroa E (W) 7.0 4 0 0 2 0 Gossage R 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 Lyle S (S) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Slaton J (L) 8.0 5 4 4 0 1 Hiller J 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 E -- Dent B DP -- New York 3 LOB -- New York 5, Detroit 6 2B -- Rivers M, LeFlore R, Whitaker L, Nettles G HR -- Nettles G 2 HBP -- by Slaton J (Randolph W) T -- 1:57 A -- 17118
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