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Tigers 8 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
September 16, 1979

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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 September 16, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 16, 1979 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 4 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherAurelio Lopez  
Losing PitcherRich Gossage  
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Game Winning RBILance Parrish 

Game Info

DateSeptember 16, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Rozema  
Home Starting PitcherDave Righetti  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance40,192 
Time of Game3 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Derryl Cousins
1B: Terry Cooney
2B: Mike Reilly
3B: Dale Ford

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  DH 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Jerry Morales  Right Fielder 
John Wockenfuss  First Baseman 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Lynn Jones  Left Fielder 
Tom Brookens  Second Baseman 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Dave Stegman  Center Fielder 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Murcer  Center Fielder 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Oscar Gamble  Left Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Jim Spencer  DH 
Fred Stanley  Shortstop 
Brad Gulden  Catcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Yankee Stadium
September 16, 1979

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         Game of 9/16/1979 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, dh         4  1  0  0   Murcer B, cf          4  0  1  0   
Trammell A, ss        1  0  0  0   Randolph W, 2b        5  0  0  0   
Peters R, ph          0  1  0  0   Gamble O, lf          2  0  0  0   
Wagner M, ss          2  1  1  0   Piniella L, ph-lf     3  0  0  0   
Morales J, rf-cf      4  1  2  2   Jackson R, rf         4  1  1  0   
Wockenfuss J, 1b      2  0  0  0   Chambliss C, 1b       5  2  3  1   
Thompson J, ph-1b     4  1  2  1   Nettles G, 3b         3  0  1  1   
Parrish L, c          6  0  2  2   Spencer J, dh         2  0  0  1   
Jones L, lf           2  0  0  0   Scott G, ph           3  0  2  0   
Kemp S, ph-lf         4  1  1  0   Stanley F, ss         3  0  0  0   
Brookens T, 2b        2  0  0  0   White R, ph           1  1  1  1   
Whitaker L, ph-2b     4  0  2  1   Dent B, ss            1  0  0  0   
Rodriguez A, 3b       2  0  1  0   Gulden B, c           4  0  0  0   
Mankowski P, ph-3b    3  0  0  0   Narron J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Stegman D, cf         1  2  1  1                                      
Summers C, ph-rf      3  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  8 13  7                        41  4  9  4

Detroit          001 020 010 004 --  8
New York         020 100 001 000 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rozema D              4.1  4  3  2  2  0
Robbins B             2.0  2  0  0  2  1
Tobik D               1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Lopez A (W)           4.2  2  1  1  1  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Righetti D            5.0  3  3  3  6  3
Davis R               1.2  1  0  0  0  2
Gossage R (L)         5.1  9  5  4  3  2

E -- Jones L, Dent B, Chambliss C, Piniella L
DP -- Detroit 3, New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 11, New York 7
2B -- Nettles G, Summers C, Whitaker L
3B -- Morales J, Kemp S
HR -- Stegman D, Chambliss C, White R
SB -- LeFlore R 2, Trammell A 2, Stegman D
CS -- Rodriguez A, Trammell A, Jackson R
SH -- Mankowski P, Morales J
SF -- Nettles G
T -- 3:31
A -- 40192

    

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