April 18, 1990 · 3:33 AM EDT
W: Jack MorrisL: Dave LaPointS: Mike Henneman
2B4-5H-AB2 RTop hitterCFCecil Fielder
1B1-2H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 3 R
Jack MorrisP5.0IP2 ER · 4 K · WP2.2IP5 ER · 1 K · LLosing pitcherP1.2IP0 ER · 1 K · SBiggest lead NYY by 1 · DET by 4 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BO Red Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
2TO Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2.0 |
| 3DETigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9.0 |
4CL Guardians | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11.0 |
5BA Orioles | 76 | 85 | .472 | 11.5 |
6MI Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14.0 |
| 7NYYankees | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21.0 |
| SSSteve Sax2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LPLuis PoloniaDH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DMDon Mattingly1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MHMel HallLF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JBJesse BarfieldRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RK Roberto KellyCF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BGBob GerenC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| AEAlvaro EspinozaSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MBMike Blowers3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| SBSteve BalboniPH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RVRandy VelardeSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
3B: Barfield
RBI: Polonia, Mattingly, Kelly
SB: Sax, Polonia
LOB: 18
2B: Heath 2
HR: Fielder
RBI: Jones, Fielder 2, Ward 2, Lemon, Williams, Bergman
CS: Trammell
LOB: 18
| DPDan Petry | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| JMJack MorrisW | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 79 |
| MHMike HennemanS | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| PGPaul Gibson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| ULUrbano Lugo | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 143 |
The Tigers beat the Yankees 8-4 at Tiger Stadium.
Jack Morris got the win, Dave LaPoint took the loss and Mike Henneman earned the save. Cecil Fielder went 1-for-2 for the Tigers, while Steve Sax went 4-for-5 for the Yankees.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
