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. Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 6Game Played on Sunday, August 5, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumYankees 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. |
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