Tigers 10, Yankees 7 Box Score, Oct 1, 1977

October 1, 1977 · 3:33 AM EDT

Detroit TigersDET · 74-88DET74-8810

Final

New York YankeesNYY · 100-62NYY100-62

W: Bruce TaylorL: Larry McCall

Top performers

JTJason Thompson1B4-4H-ABHR · 3B · 2 RBI · 3 RTop hitterTMThurman MunsonC3-3H-AB2 2B · 2 RBI · 1 R
BTBruce TaylorP4.2IP2 ER · 1 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherLMLarry McCallP5.1IP4 ER · 0 K · L

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%DET

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Biggest lead DET by 4 · NYY by 1 · 3 lead changes

Key plays

T3 +18% DETBen Oglivie singles on a to center fielder Mickey Rivers. Rusty Staub scores. Steve Kemp scores. Jason Thompson to 3rd.DET 4 · NYY 1
T6 +16% DETTito Fuentes singles on a to center fielder Dave Bergman. Aurelio Rodriguez scores.DET 6 · NYY 5
B6 +32% NYYElrod Hendricks hits a home run (1). Fred Stanley scores.DET 6 · NYY 7
T7 +16% DETBen Oglivie reaches on a fielding error by second baseman George Zeber. Jason Thompson scores. Ben Oglivie to 2nd.DET 7 · NYY 7
T7 +19% DETAurelio Rodriguez doubles (14) on a to center fielder Dave Bergman. Ben Oglivie scores.DET 8 · NYY 7

Team stats

DET

NYY

15Hits13
10Runs7
1Home runs1
4Walks2
1Strikeouts5
2Errors2

1Stolen bases1
.366Batting average.325
.435On-base %.357
.585Slugging.575
7.00ERA8.00
19Left on base18

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: Yankee Stadium I

Tigers

Batting


RLRon LeFloreCF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1
TFTito Fuentes2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0
RSRusty StaubDH	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
SKSteve KempLF	4	2	1	1	0	1	0
JTJason Thompson1B	4	3	4	2	1	1	0
BOBen OglivieRF	5	1	3	4	0	0	0
MMMilt MayC	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0
ATAlan TrammellSS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	41	10	15	9	1	4	1

2B: Staub, Oglivie, Rodriguez 2

3B: Thompson

HR: Thompson

RBI: Fuentes, Kemp, Thompson 2, Oglivie 4, Rodriguez

SB: LeFlore

CS: LeFlore

LOB: 19

Pitching


BTBruce TaylorW	4.2	3	2	1	1	1	23
EGEd Glynn	4.0	8	4	1	4	0	32
FAFernando Arroyo	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Totals	9.0	13	7	2	5	1	58

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
RWRoy WhiteLF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	3	1	3	2	0	0	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	5	1	2	2	0	0	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
LPLou PiniellaDH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BDBucky DentSS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DBDave BergmanCF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
RGRon GuidryPR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
EHElrod HendricksC	2	1	1	2	1	0	0
DADell AlstonRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
PBPaul BlairPH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
GZGeorge Zeber2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
FSFred StanleySS	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
Totals	40	7	13	7	1	2	5

2B: Rivers 2, White, Munson 2

3B: Piniella

HR: Hendricks

RBI: Munson 2, Nettles 2, Chambliss, Hendricks 2

SB: Stanley

LOB: 18

Pitching


LMLarry McCallL	5.1	10	4	1	0	0	31
MTMike Torrez	2.2	4	4	3	1	1	25
SLSparky Lyle	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	1
STStan Thomas	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals	9.0	15	8	4	1	1	60

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1977 AL East Standings

Game info

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · DET 0–1 NYY · NYY leads 1–0

Tigers beat Yankees 10-7 as Thompson goes 4-for-4

Players mentioned

Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1977 AL East Standings

Game info

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · DET 0–1 NYY · NYY leads 1–0

Tigers beat Yankees 10-7 as Thompson goes 4-for-4

Players mentioned