Tigers 1, Yankees 9 Box Score, Sep 4, 1978 | StatPro

September 4, 1978 · 3:33 AM EDT

Detroit TigersDET · 86-76DET86-761

Final

9

New York YankeesNYY · 100-63NYY100-63

W: Ron GuidryL: Milt Wilcox

Top performers

RLRon LeFloreCF1-2H-AB2B · 1 RTop hitterCCChris Chambliss1B2-4H-AB3B · 3 RBI · 1 R
Winning pitcherRGRon GuidryP9.0IP1 ER · 8 K · W
MWMilt WilcoxP6.1IP5 ER · 8 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%DET

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Biggest lead NYY by 8

Key plays

B1 +10% NYYMickey Rivers hits a home run (11).DET 0 · NYY 1
T6 +10% DETRon LeFlore doubles (22) on a to center fielder Mickey Rivers.DET 0 · NYY 1
T6 +13% DETRusty Staub singles on a to center fielder Mickey Rivers. Ron LeFlore scores.DET 1 · NYY 1
B7 +14% NYYGraig Nettles triples (1) on a to center fielder Ron LeFlore.DET 1 · NYY 1
B7 +9% NYYLou Piniella singles on a to center fielder Ron LeFlore. Graig Nettles scores.DET 1 · NYY 2

Team stats

5Hits12
1Runs9
0Home runs1
3Walks2
8Strikeouts9

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.172Batting average.333
.273On-base %.368
.207Slugging.528
10.13ERA1.00
12Left on base8

1978 AL East Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	100	63	.613	—
2BORed Sox	99	64	.607	1.0
3MIBrewers	93	69	.574	6.5
4BAOrioles	90	71	.559	9.0
5DETigers	86	76	.531	13.5
6CLGuardians	69	90	.434	29.0
7TOBlue Jays	59	102	.366	40.0

Game info

Venue: Yankee Stadium I

Tigers

Batting


RLRon LeFloreCF	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
LWLou Whitaker2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
RSRusty StaubDH	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
JTJason Thompson1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
SKSteve KempLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
LPLance ParrishC	4	0	1	0	0	0	3
JWJohn WockenfussRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
ATAlan TrammellSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	1	5	1	0	3	8

2B: LeFlore

RBI: Staub

CS: LeFlore

LOB: 12

Pitching


DTDave Tobik	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	7
MWMilt WilcoxL	6.1	8	5	0	8	1	43
SBSheldon Burnside	0.1	3	4	2	0	0	12
Totals	8.0	12	9	2	9	1	62

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	5	1	2	1	1	0	1
WRWillie Randolph2B	4	1	0	0	0	1	1
TMThurman MunsonC	4	1	1	2	0	0	2
RJReggie JacksonRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
CCChris Chambliss1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1
LPLou PiniellaLF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0
JSJim SpencerDH	3	0	2	0	0	0	1
BDBucky DentSS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0
MHMike HeathC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJCliff JohnsonPH	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
GTGary ThomassonRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JJJay JohnstoneLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DSDennis SherrillPR	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	36	9	12	9	1	2	9

3B: Chambliss, Nettles

HR: Rivers

RBI: Rivers, Munson 2, Chambliss 3, Nettles, Piniella, Dent

LOB: 8

Pitching


RGRon GuidryW	9.0	5	1	3	8	0	58
Totals	9.0	5	1	3	8	0	58