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Yankees 9 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
May 21, 1980

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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 May 21, 1980 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 9 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 21, 1980 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherRudy May  
Losing PitcherAurelio Lopez  
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Game Winning RBIGraig Nettles 

Game Info

DateMay 21, 1980 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Underwood  
Home Starting PitcherDan Schatzeder  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance32,478 
Time of Game3 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Mike Reilly
2B: Jerry Neudecker
3B: Bill Deegan

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Brown  Right Fielder 
Ruppert Jones  Center Fielder 
Bob Watson  First Baseman 
Eric Soderholm  DH 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Fred Stanley  Second Baseman 
Dick Howser  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Steve Kemp  DH 
Lance Parrish  Right Fielder 
Richie Hebner  First Baseman 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Dave Stegman  Left Fielder 
Kirk Gibson  Center Fielder 
Duffy Dyer  Catcher 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

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Yankees 9 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
May 21, 1980

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/21/1980 -- New York at Detroit (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Brown B, rf           6  1  1  1   Whitaker L, 2b        5  0  1  0   
Jones R, cf           5  2  2  3   Trammell A, ss        5  1  2  0   
Watson B, 1b          6  0  2  0   Kemp S, dh            5  1  2  3   
Soderholm E, dh       2  2  2  1   Parrish L, rf         4  0  1  0   
Spencer J, ph         3  0  0  0   Hebner R, 1b          1  0  0  0   
Piniella L, lf        2  1  1  3   Thompson J, 1b        4  0  1  0   
Murcer B, ph-lf       2  0  0  0   Brookens T, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Nettles G, 3b         5  1  1  1   Peters R, ph          1  0  0  0   
Dent B, ss            5  0  1  0   Stegman D, lf         3  1  0  0   
Cerone R, c           4  1  2  0   Gibson K, cf          4  0  0  0   
Stanley F, 2b         4  1  1  0   Dyer D, c             3  2  1  2   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  9 13  9                        39  5  8  5

New York         010 300 100 04 --  9
Detroit          000 002 030 00 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Underwood T           7.2  5  4  4  2  7
May R (W)             2.2  2  1  1  1  1
Gossage R             0.2  1  0  0  0  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schatzeder D          4.0  3  4  4  1  4
Tobik D               3.0  4  1  1  1  2
Lopez A (L)           3.2  6  4  4  1  2
Rozema D              0.1  0  0  0  0  0

DP -- New York 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 7, Detroit 4
HR -- Soderholm E, Piniella L, Dyer D, Brown B, Kemp S, Nettles G, Jones R
SB -- Jones R
CS -- Cerone R
SH -- Cerone R
HBP -- by Lopez A (Stanley F)
T -- 3:12
A -- 32478

    

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