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May 23, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 3 11 0
Tigers 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 3 11 0
Tigers 3 8 1

Lou Whitaker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .320
OBP .667 .397
At Bats 2 122
Hits 1 39
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 16
RBI’s 0 13

Jim Kaat Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Tiger Stadium - May 23, 1979
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Out
Jim Kaat
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Juan Beniquez
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Lou Whitaker
Ron LeFlore
Mark Wagner
Jerry Morales
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Jim Kaat now pitching. Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to home to get Morales. Wagner moves to third. LeFlore moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 LeFlore takes first base on ball four. Morales moves to third. Wagner moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jerry Morales pinch runs for Phil Mankowski. Wagner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mankowski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Juan Beniquez now playing left field. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to second.
Top 9 Juan Beniquez pinch runs for Lou Piniella. Dent hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Jay Johnstone. Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mark Wagner now playing shortstop. White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Clay now pitching. Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tim Corcoran pinch runs for Rusty Staub. Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kemp scores. Corcoran moves to third.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 8 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 8 John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Alan Trammell. Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Hiller now pitching. Nettles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mankowski for the out.
Bottom 7 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Parrish hits a line drive into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Thompson reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Dent moves to third.
Top 7 Dent hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trammell tags and scores. LeFlore tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Whitaker bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitaker for the out. Trammell moves to third. LeFlore moves to second.
Bottom 6 LeFlore takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Trammell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mankowski for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Parrish hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Randolph. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Randolph steals third.
Top 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to second.
Top 5 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards second. Randolph scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kemp takes first base on ball four. Whitaker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Beattie, and towards Dent, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph moves to third.
Top 3 Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mankowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Beattie covering, for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. White moves to second.
Top 2 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 LeFlore strikes out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivers scores. Randolph moves to second.
Top 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers moves to third.
Top 1 The ball gets by Parrish for a passed ball. Rivers moves to second.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.