Yankees 12, Tigers 11 Box Score, Jun 22, 1977

June 22, 1977 · 7:05 PM EDT

New York YankeesNYY · 100-62NYY100-6212

Final

Detroit TigersDET · 74-88DET74-88

W: Sparky LyleL: Steve FoucaultS: Ken Clay

Top performers

TMThurman MunsonC3-4H-AB3B · 2B · 2 RBI · 3 RTop hitterJWJohn WockenfussC2-2H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 R
SLSparky LyleP2.1IP2 ER · 2 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherSFSteve FoucaultP0.0IP2 ER · 0 K · L
KCKen ClayP0.1IP0 ER · 0 K · SSave

Game flow

DET100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 5 · DET by 3 · 2 lead changes

Key plays

B6 +30% DETPhil Mankowski hits a home run (2). John Wockenfuss scores.NYY 7 · DET 7
B7 +19% DETMickey Stanley singles on a to right fielder Reggie Jackson. Steve Kemp scores.NYY 7 · DET 8
T8 +33% NYYGraig Nettles hits a home run (14). Paul Blair scores. Bucky Dent scores.NYY 10 · DET 10
T8 +36% NYYReggie Jackson doubles (21) on a to left fielder Steve Kemp. Thurman Munson scores. Chris Chambliss scores.NYY 12 · DET 10
B9 +30% NYYPhil Mankowski pops out to shortstop Bucky Dent.NYY 12 · DET 11

Team stats

NYY

DET

13Hits17
12Runs11
2Home runs4
5Walks2
4Strikeouts5
2Errors1

1Stolen bases0
.325Batting average.395
.400On-base %.422
.600Slugging.791
10.00ERA10.00
14Left on base15

1977 AL East Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	100	62	.617	—
2BAOrioles	97	64	.602	2.5
3BORed Sox	97	64	.602	2.5
4DETigers	74	88	.457	26.0
5CLGuardians	71	90	.441	28.5
6MIBrewers	67	95	.414	33.0
7TOBlue Jays	54	107	.335	45.5

Game info

Venue: Tiger Stadium

Yankees

Batting


WRWillie Randolph2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	5	2	1	3	1	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	4	3	3	2	0	1	1
CJCliff Johnson1B	3	1	1	2	1	1	1
RJReggie JacksonRF	5	1	2	3	0	0	0
LPLou PiniellaDH	5	1	1	1	0	0	0
JWJimmy WynnLF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
PBPaul BlairCF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
BDBucky DentSS	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
CCChris Chambliss1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	40	12	13	11	2	5	4

2B: Munson, Jackson 2

3B: Munson

HR: Nettles, Johnson

RBI: Nettles 3, Munson 2, Johnson 2, Jackson 3, Piniella

SB: Blair

LOB: 14

Pitching


DTDick Tidrow	1.0	3	2	0	1	1	8
KCKen ClayS	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4
KHKen Holtzman	5.1	9	6	1	2	2	32
SLSparky LyleW	2.1	5	2	1	2	1	17
Totals	9.0	17	10	2	5	4	61

Tigers

Batting


RLRon LeFloreCF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
TFTito Fuentes2B	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
RSRusty StaubDH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
SKSteve KempLF	5	2	2	2	1	0	1
JTJason Thompson1B	5	2	2	1	1	0	1
MSMickey StanleyRF	5	2	4	1	0	0	0
MMMilt MayC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
TVTom VeryzerSS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
JWJohn WockenfussC	2	2	2	3	1	1	0
TCTim CorcoranPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOBen OgliviePH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
CSChuck ScrivenerSS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
PMPhil Mankowski3B	3	1	2	2	1	0	0
Totals	43	11	17	10	4	2	5

2B: Staub, Kemp, Wockenfuss

3B: LeFlore

HR: Kemp, Thompson, Wockenfuss, Mankowski

RBI: Fuentes, Kemp 2, Thompson, Stanley, Wockenfuss 3, Mankowski 2

LOB: 15

Pitching


BSBob Sykes	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	5
DRDave Roberts	3.2	5	3	2	1	0	26
JHJohn Hiller	1.1	3	3	0	1	1	9
SFSteve FoucaultL	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	2
SGSteve Grilli	2.2	2	2	3	2	1	26
Totals	9.0	13	10	5	4	2	68

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1977 AL East Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 3–1 DET · NYY leads 3–1

Yankees edge Tigers 12-11 as Munson goes 3-for-4

Players mentioned

New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1977 AL East Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 3–1 DET · NYY leads 3–1

Yankees edge Tigers 12-11 as Munson goes 3-for-4

Players mentioned