With Jim Northrup and Dick McAuliffe supplying most of the lumber in a 25-hit slugging jamboree, the Tigers outlasted the Yankees, 8-6, and moved ahead of New York into second place in the East Division by a mere percentage point. Northrup, who kept intact his seven-game hitting streak, went four-for-four with two singles, a triple and homer while McAuliffe drove in four runs by hitting round-trippers on consecutive times at bat in the fourth and fifth frames to lead the Tigers' 10-hit barrage.

Thurman Munson and Graig Nettles hit homers, the 15th for each, as the Yanks smashed out 15 safeties. John Hiller, who came on to get the last four outs, was credited with his 29th save in preserving Joe Coleman's 18th victory of the season. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 6
Game Played on Sunday, August    5, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    2  1  1    0  2  0  -   6 15  0
Tigers       1  0  2    2  3  0    0  0  x  -   8 10  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .268      Northrup rf,lf        4   3   4   1     0   0   .301
M. Alou 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .294      Stanley cf            4   1   1   2     0   0   .232
White lf              4   0   1   1     1   0   .249      G. Brown dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Murcer cf             5   0   4   0     0   1   .318      Horton lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .335
Blomberg dh           4   1   1   0     0   0   .338        Sharon rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Hart ph,dh          1   0   1   0     0   0   .237      McAuliffe 2b          4   2   2   4     0   0   .275
  Swoboda pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .121      N. Cash 1b            4   1   1   0     0   3   .253
Nettles 3b            5   2   2   1     0   2   .238        Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .137
Munson c              5   1   1   2     0   2   .298      Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Callison rf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .178      Rodriguez 3b          2   0   0   1     0   2   .222
  F. Alou ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Michael ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .230      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   6  15   6     2   7             Totals               32   8  10   8     0   7

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 42,174
Left on Base: Yankees 11, Tigers 1
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 0
Doubles: Murcer 2 (16), Horton (13), N. Cash (17)
Triples: Northrup (4)
Home Runs: Munson (15), Nettles (15), Northrup (8), Stanley (13), McAuliffe 2 (12)
Sacrifice Hits: M. Alou (6), Rodriguez (9)
GIDP: G. Brown (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(6-4)           4.2   9   8   8   0   4   4  23   4.30
Buskey                  3.1   1   0   0   0   3   0  10   0.00
Totals                  8    10   8   8   0   7   4  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(18-8)         7.2  12   6   6   2   7   2  37   3.56
Hiller SV(24)           1.1   3   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.67
Totals                  9    15   6   6   2   7   2  44

Passed Balls: Sims (5)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Marty Springstead


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); M. Alou
grounded out (shortstop to first); White walked; Murcer singled
to right [White to third]; Blomberg popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup homered; Stanley grounded out (third to
first); G. Brown flied out to center; Horton doubled to center;
McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles struck out; Munson struck out; Callison
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash was called out on strikes; Sims struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (first to pitcher); Clarke
walked; M. Alou grounded out (first unassisted) [Clarke to
second]; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to left; Northrup tripled to
center; Stanley homered [Northrup scored]; G. Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); Horton flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer struck out (catcher to first); Blomberg
singled to left; Nettles struck out; Munson homered [Blomberg
scored]; Callison grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe homered; N. Cash doubled to right; Sims
flied out to right [N. Cash to third]; Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [N. Cash scored]; Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 5.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael grounded out (second to first); Clarke
singled to right; M. Alou out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Clarke to second]; White singled to right [Clarke
scored]; Murcer singled to center [White to third]; Blomberg
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup singled to right; Stanley lined to left; G.
Brown was called out on strikes; Horton singled to left
[Northrup to second]; McAuliffe homered [Northrup scored, Horton
scored]; BUSKEY REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); N. Cash struck
out; Debut game for Tom Buskey; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles homered; Munson flied out to right;
Callison struck out; Michael singled to right; Clarke flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 6TH: Sims flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 7TH: M. Alou struck out; White popped to shortstop;
Murcer doubled to right; Blomberg grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup singled to right; Stanley flied out to
center; G. Brown grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles singled to second; Munson struck out; Sims
allowed a passed ball [Nettles to second]; Callison singled to
center [Nettles scored]; Michael singled to center [Callison to
second]; Clarke popped to shortstop; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); M. Alou singled to center [Callison scored, Michael
to third]; White popped to first; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
6, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: Horton flied out to center; McAuliffe flied out to
center; N. Cash was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 6, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 9TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SHARON
REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING RF); REESE REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING
1B); Murcer doubled to left; HART BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Hart
singled to left [Murcer to third]; SWOBODA RAN FOR HART; Nettles
forced Swoboda (third to second); Munson popped to second; F.
ALOU BATTED FOR CALLISON; F. Alou forced Nettles (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 8.