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Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees

August 3, 1976 · 7:05 PM EDT

Detroit Tigers logoDET74-873
Final
4New York Yankees logoNYY97-62

W: Grant JacksonL: Mark Fidrych

Top performers

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%DET
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Biggest lead DET by 2 · NYY by 1 · 1 lead change

Key plays

  • T1 +15% DETWillie Horton reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Graig Nettles. Ron LeFlore scores. Rusty Staub to 3rd. Willie Horton to 2nd. Missed catch error by second baseman Sandy Alomar.DET 1 · NYY 0
  • B3 +20% NYYRoy White hits a home run (9). Fred Stanley scores.DET 2 · NYY 2
  • T4 +11% DETWillie Horton singles. Tom Veryzer scores. Rusty Staub to 2nd.DET 3 · NYY 2
  • B7 +37% NYYOscar Gamble hits a home run (11). Graig Nettles scores.DET 3 · NYY 4
  • T8 +10% NYYAlex Johnson out, third baseman Graig Nettles to first baseman Chris Chambliss.DET 3 · NYY 4

Team stats

DETNYY
  • 7Hits8
  • 3Runs4
  • 0Home runs2
  • 9Walks1
  • 4Strikeouts4
  • 0Errors3
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  • 3Stolen bases0
  • .206Batting average.250
  • .386On-base %.273
  • .206Slugging.438
  • 4.50ERA1.00
  • 28Left 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
Yankee Stadium I