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May 22, 1979

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Yankees 12 15 0
Tigers 0 2 2
Bottom 6 R H E
Yankees 12 15 0
Tigers 0 2 2

Lou Whitaker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .325
OBP .500 .400
At Bats 2 117
Hits 1 38
• Singles 0 27
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 13

Luis Tiant Season Stats

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Tiger Stadium - May 22, 1979
Out
Luis Tiant
Jerry Narron
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Jay Johnstone
Juan Beniquez
Reggie Jackson
Lou Whitaker
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Whitaker hits a line drive into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Beniquez strikes out.
Top 6 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Narron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore who is chasing the ball. Narron reaches third base with a triple. White scores.
Top 6 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 6 The ball gets by Parrish for a passed ball. Chambliss scores. White moves to second.
Top 6 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Phil Mankowski now playing third base. Chambliss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore who is chasing the ball. Chambliss reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Trammell hits a line drive into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jackson strikes out. There goes Nettles. The throw from Parrish to Trammell, and Nettles is out.
Top 5 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Parrish hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Thompson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Juan Beniquez now playing center field. Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dent hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White scores. Narron moves to second.
Top 4 Narron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 4 Johnstone hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson scores.
Top 4 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 LeFlore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 3 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivers scores.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground into left field. Kemp picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kemp. Rivers moves to second.
Top 3 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnstone tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Narron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Trammell picks up the ball and throws it to Whitaker who tags the runner out. Johnstone moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Johnstone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chambliss scores. White scores.
Top 3 Sheldon Burnside now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones. White reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Chambliss moves to third.
Top 3 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph scores. Nettles scores. Jackson moves to third.
Top 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Rivers scores. Randolph moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Top 3 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 3 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first, with Fidrych covering, for the out.
Top 2 Narron hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnstone hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Whitaker reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Top 1 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivers moves to third.
Top 1 Randolph strikes out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.