Sparky Lyle walked Al Kaline with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, forcing in the run that gave the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Yankees. Lyle took over as the Yankees' third pitcher of the game with two men on base and two out and should have gotten out of the jam, but Jim Mason fumbled a grounder by Jim Northrup, filling the sacks, before Kaline drew his pass. Lou Piniella drove in two runs to help the Yankees take an early 5-2 lead before Willie Horton swung into action for the Tigers. Horton homered with a man on base in the fifth inning and then tied the score with a run-producing single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       15, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Tigers       0  0  2    0  2  0    1  1  0  -   6 14  1
Yankees      0  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   2   2   0     0   1   .238      White lf              3   2   1   0     2   0   .248
Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   1     1   0   .278      Piniella rf           5   1   3   2     0   1   .340
Northrup rf           4   1   2   1     1   0   .228      Murcer cf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .271
Kaline dh             4   1   1   1     1   1   .271      Blomberg dh           2   0   1   1     1   0   .348
Horton lf             5   1   3   3     0   0   .298        Sudakis ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .217
N. Cash 1b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   2   .237
Moses c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .204      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .273
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Dempsey c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .294
  Lamont c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mason ss              3   1   1   0     1   1   .211
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   2   0     0   0   .214        Hart ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Brinkman ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .234      Gonzalez 2b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .170
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   6  14   6     3   4             Totals               34   5   9   4     8   7

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  7,360
Left on Base: Tigers 11, Yankees 12
DP: Tigers 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Moses, Mason
Doubles: Brinkman (2), Murcer (2), Piniella (6)
Home Runs: Horton (8)
Stolen Bases: Murcer 2 (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Blomberg (3)
GIDP: Stanley (8)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(6-1)          7.1   8   5   5   8   5   0  38   3.89
Hiller SV(5)            1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.10
Totals                  9     9   5   5   8   7   0  44

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow                  6.1  12   5   5   1   3   1  31   4.78
Upshaw L(0-2)           1.1   2   1   0   1   1   0   7   1.93
Lyle                    1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   1.99
Totals                  9    14   6   5   3   4   1  44

Wild Pitches: Coleman (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled; Sutherland singled [Stanley to
second]; Northrup lined to left; Kaline struck out; Horton
forced Sutherland (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White grounded out (second to first); Piniella
struck out; Murcer doubled to left; Blomberg singled to second
[Murcer to third]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash flied out to left; Moses popped to catcher
in foul territory; Rodriguez lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Dempsey
lined to right; Mason was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman doubled; Stanley singled to first [Brinkman
to third]; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Brinkman scored, Stanley to second]; Northrup singled [Stanley
scored]; Kaline flied out to center; Horton singled [Northrup to
second]; N. Cash flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Gonzalez walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch
[Gonzalez to second]; White walked; Piniella doubled [Gonzalez
scored, White scored (error by Moses), Piniella to third];
Murcer singled to right [Piniella scored]; Blomberg flied out to
left; Murcer stole second; Nettles struck out; Chambliss was
walked intentionally; Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first); 3
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Moses grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
singled to left; Brinkman singled [Rodriguez to third]; Stanley
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Brinkman out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Mason singled to center; Gonzalez out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Mason to second]; White
walked; Piniella singled to left [Mason scored, White to third];
Murcer was walked intentionally [Piniella to second]; Tigers
Manager Ralph Houk ejected by HP umpire Jim Odom; Blomberg
hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored, Piniella to third];
Murcer stole second; Nettles walked; Chambliss struck out; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland grounded out (third to first); Northrup
singled to third; Kaline forced Northrup (third to second);
Horton homered [Kaline scored]; N. Cash singled to right; Moses
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Mason walked; Gonzalez
flied out to center; White made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez lined to second; Brinkman grounded out
(third to first); Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
flied out to left; Blomberg walked; Nettles grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland flied out to center; Northrup walked;
Kaline singled to center [Northrup to second]; UPSHAW REPLACED
TIDROW (PITCHING); Horton singled to right [Northrup scored,
Kaline to second]; N. Cash struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
MOSES; G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: LAMONT REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey flied out to center;
Mason flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Yankees 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman forced
Rodriguez (pitcher to shortstop); Stanley forced Brinkman
(pitcher to second); Sutherland walked [Stanley to second]; LYLE
REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); Northrup reached on an error by
Mason [Stanley to third, Sutherland to second]; Kaline walked
[Stanley scored (unearned), Sutherland to third, Northrup to
second]; Yankees Manager Bill Virdon ejected by HP umpire Jim
Odom; Horton flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Tigers 6, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Gonzalez flied out to right; White singled to
first; Piniella singled [White to second]; HILLER REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Murcer flied out to center; SUDAKIS BATTED
FOR BLOMBERG; Sudakis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
6, Yankees 5.

TIGERS 9TH: SUDAKIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); N. Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamont grounded out (first to
pitcher); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss flied out to
center; Dempsey singled to right; HART BATTED FOR MASON; Hart
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Yankees 5.