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Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees

October 2, 1977 · 3:33 AM EDT

Detroit Tigers logoDET74-887
Final
8New York Yankees logoNYY100-62

W: Stan ThomasL: Steve Foucault

Top performers

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%DET
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Biggest lead DET by 2 · NYY by 2 · 3 lead changes

Key plays

  • T2 +17% DETBen Oglivie hits a home run (21). Jason Thompson scores.DET 2 · NYY 0
  • T5 +13% DETRusty Staub singles on a to right fielder Dell Alston. Lou Whitaker scores.DET 3 · NYY 2
  • B6 +28% NYYMickey Klutts hits a home run (1). Gene Locklear scores.DET 3 · NYY 4
  • T7 +13% DETSteve Kemp singles on a to left fielder Gene Locklear. Tim Corcoran scores. Rusty Staub to 2nd.DET 5 · NYY 5
  • B8 +39% NYYElrod Hendricks doubles (1) on a to right fielder Ben Oglivie. Graig Nettles scores. Roy White scores. Chris Chambliss to 3rd.DET 7 · NYY 7

Team stats

DETNYY
  • 9Hits13
  • 7Runs8
  • 1Home runs1
  • 7Walks4
  • 6Strikeouts8
  • 0Errors1
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  • .273Batting average.371
  • .400On-base %.450
  • .394Slugging.571
  • 9.00ERA6.00
  • 17Left on base15

1977 AL East Standings

WLPCTGB
1NYYankees10062.617—
2BAOrioles9764.6022.5
3BORed Sox9764.6022.5
4DETigers7488.45726.0
5CLGuardians7190.44128.5
6MIBrewers6795.41433.0
7TOBlue Jays54107.33545.5

Game info

Venue
Yankee Stadium I