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New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers

May 28, 1976 · 7:05 PM EDT

New York Yankees logoNYY97-629
Final
5Detroit Tigers logoDET74-87

W: Ed FigueroaL: Vern RuhleS: Tippy Martinez

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Game flow

DET100%50%100%NYY
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Biggest lead NYY by 5 · DET by 1 · 1 lead change

Key plays

  • T4 +13% NYYMickey Rivers hits a home run (3).NYY 1 · DET 1
  • T4 +21% NYYThurman Munson hits a home run (5). Roy White scores.NYY 3 · DET 1
  • T4 +9% NYYChris Chambliss hits a home run (6).NYY 4 · DET 1
  • B6 +21% DETAlex Johnson hits a home run (3). Ben Oglivie scores. Rusty Staub scores.NYY 6 · DET 5
  • T7 +14% NYYChris Chambliss doubles (7) on a to left fielder Alex Johnson. Thurman Munson scores.NYY 7 · DET 5

Team stats

NYYDET
  • 11Hits5
  • 9Runs5
  • 4Home runs1
  • 4Walks2
  • 8Strikeouts4
  • 2Errors3
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  • .297Batting average.156
  • .366On-base %.206
  • .676Slugging.281
  • 4.00ERA7.00
  • 17Left on base8

1976 AL East Standings

WLPCTGB
1NYYankees9762.610—
2BAOrioles8874.54310.5
3BORed Sox8379.51215.5
4CLGuardians8178.50916.0
5DETigers7487.46024.0
6MIBrewers6695.41032.0

Game info

Venue
Tiger Stadium