Playing before a Ball Day crowd of 62,107, their largest turnout of the season, the Yankees beat the Tigers in a doubleheader, 3-2 and 2-1, to extend their winning streak to eight games. The Tigers, on the other hand, suffered their sixth and seventh consecutive losses. The Tigers opened the lidlifter with two runs in the first inning, but the Yankees caught up with two RBIs by Bobby Murcer and scored the deciding run in the seventh on singles by Johnny Callison and Gene Michael around a sacrifice by Jerry Moses.

Rich Reese homered in the first inning for the Tigers' lone tally in the nightcap. Horace Clarke was safe on an error in the third and counted the tying run on singles by Roy White and Thurman Munson. Graig Nettles then won the game with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      24, 1973 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  2
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  x  -   3  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .260      Allen 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .200
G. Brown dh           3   1   1   0     1   1   .231        Clarke 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .347      White lf              3   1   0   0     1   3   .224
N. Cash 1b            3   0   2   0     1   1   .252      M. Alou 1b,rf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Murcer cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .288
Sims c                3   0   1   2     1   2   .267      Blomberg dh           4   0   2   1     0   1   .410
  Taylor pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Callison rf           3   1   2   0     0   0   .156
  Freehan ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .279        F. Alou 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Moses c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Michael ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .244
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kline p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     4   5             Totals               28   3   9   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:25
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Yankees 5
DP: Tigers 2, Yankees 3
Errors: Horton, Sims, M. Alou
Doubles: Stanley (7), Murcer (10)
Stolen Bases: White (5)
Sacrifice Hits: M. Alou (3), Moses (1)
GIDP: Horton (7), Kaline (4), Brinkman (9), M. Alou (4), Murcer (6)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(10-7)         8     9   3   3   2   5   0  32   3.43
Totals                  8     9   3   3   2   5   0  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline                   4     5   2   2   3   2   0  20   3.84
Beene W(3-0)            4     1   0   0   1   3   0  13   1.63
Lyle SV(19)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.13
Totals                  9     6   2   2   4   5   0  35

Passed Balls: Sims (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to left; G. Brown singled to right
[Stanley to third, G. Brown to second (on throw)]; Horton
grounded out (third to first); N. Cash was walked intentionally;
Kaline popped to shortstop; Sims singled to right [Stanley
scored, G. Brown scored, N. Cash to third, Sims to second (on
throw)]; McAuliffe flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Allen walked; White was called out on strikes; M.
Alou grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Allen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees
0.

TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
popped to second; Stanley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer singled to right [Murcer out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Blomberg popped to third; Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: G. Brown lined to right; Horton struck out; N. Cash
singled to right; Kaline forced N. Cash (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Callison singled to left; Moses forced Callison
(shortstop to second); Michael lined to shortstop; Sims allowed
a passed ball [Moses to second]; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sims struck out; McAuliffe walked; Brinkman forced
McAuliffe (second to shortstop); Rodriguez flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White struck out; M. Alou grounded out (pitcher to
first); Murcer doubled to left; Blomberg singled to right
[Murcer scored]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled; G. Brown walked; BEENE REPLACED
KLINE (PITCHING); Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Stanley to third, G. Brown out at second];
N. Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Callison grounded out (first unassisted); Moses
singled to left [Moses to second (error by Horton)]; Willie
Horton held the ball and Jerry Moses ran to 2B; Michael
grounded out (first unassisted) [Moses to third]; Allen grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees
1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline popped to catcher in foul territory; Sims
struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: White walked; White stole second; M. Alou out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [White to third]; Murcer
grounded out (third to first) [White scored]; Blomberg singled
to second; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley reached on an error by
M. Alou; G. Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Callison singled to left; Moses out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Callison to second]; Michael singled
to right [Callison scored, Michael to second (error by Sims)];
Allen grounded out (first to pitcher) [Michael to third]; White
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 8TH: CLARKE REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 2B); M. ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); F. ALOU REPLACED CALLISON (PLAYING 1B);
Horton flied out to center; N. Cash singled to right; Kaline
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [N.
Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: M. Alou singled to right; Murcer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [M. Alou out at
second]; Blomberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Sims walked; TAYLOR RAN FOR SIMS; LYLE REPLACED
BEENE (PITCHING); FREEHAN BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Freehan lined to
left; Brinkman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Yankees 3.