A four-run outburst in the fifth inning was enough to carry the Tigers to a 4-2 victory over the Yankees, who went down to their sixth straight defeat. Fernando Gonzalez homered for the Yankees in the second before the Tigers began their attack on Pat Dobson with a single by Bill Freehan in the fifth.

Jerry Moses bunted and when Dobson threw late to second, both runners were safe. Mickey Stanley doubled, driving in Freehan and chasing Dobson. Gary Sutherland greeted arrival of Cecil Upshaw with another double, scoring Moses and Stanley. Jim Northrup later accounted for the fourth run with a sacrifice fly on which Sutherland scored. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      2, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .232      Stanley cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .222
Blomberg dh           4   1   1   0     0   0   .323      Sutherland 2b         4   1   2   2     0   1   .256
Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .263      Kaline dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Velez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .083      Oglivie lf            1   0   1   0     2   0   .333
Piniella rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .304        Lane lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Northrup rf           3   0   1   1     0   1   .233
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Gonzalez 2b           2   1   1   1     0   0   .208      Freehan 1b            3   0   3   0     0   0   .277
  Chambliss ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Moses c               2   1   0   0     0   0   .204
  Michael 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Brinkman ss           3   1   0   0     0   1   .202
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Walker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sudakis ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .247        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     2   4             Totals               29   4   9   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 13,866
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Tigers 5
DP: Yankees 3, Tigers 0
Errors: Stanley
Doubles: Piniella (11), Stanley (10), Sutherland (11)
Home Runs: Gonzalez (1)
Stolen Bases: White (4)
Caught Stealing: Piniella (6), Sutherland (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Moses (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Northrup (2)
GIDP: Rodriguez (7), Moses (3)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(6-10)          4.1   6   3   3   1   1   0  19   3.71
Upshaw                  0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.82
Wallace                 1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.25
Lyle                    2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.66
Totals                  8     9   4   4   2   4   0  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker W(4-0)           6     5   2   2   2   2   1  25   2.61
Ray SV(2)               3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.42
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   4   1  35

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


YANKEES 1ST: White walked; Blomberg lined to left; White stole
second; Murcer walked; Velez struck out; Piniella grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
singled to left; Kaline struck out while Sutherland was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson grounded out (third to first); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Gonzalez homered; Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie walked; Northrup made an out to second;
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White struck out; Blomberg grounded out (second to
first); Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Freehan singled to left; Moses forced Freehan
(second to shortstop); Brinkman forced Moses (shortstop to
second); Stanley made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella
singled to right; Munson lined to right; Piniella was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline
lined to right; Oglivie singled to right; Northrup singled to
center [Oglivie to third]; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Gonzalez
flied out to center; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan singled to left; Moses reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Freehan to second];
Brinkman forced Freehan (third unassisted) [Moses to second];
Stanley doubled to left [Brinkman to third, Moses scored];
UPSHAW REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Sutherland doubled to right
[Stanley scored, Brinkman scored]; Kaline singled to center
[Sutherland to third]; WALLACE REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING);
Oglivie walked [Kaline to second]; Northrup hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Sutherland scored]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Blomberg
singled to left; Murcer flied out to center; Velez singled to
center [Blomberg to second]; Piniella doubled to right [Velez to
third, Blomberg scored]; Munson flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan singled to left; Moses grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Freehan out at second];
Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 7TH: LANE REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); Nettles reached
on an error by Stanley [Nettles to second]; CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR
GONZALEZ; RAY REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Chambliss struck out;
SUDAKIS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Sudakis flied out to center; White
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: MICHAEL REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 2B); MASON
REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING SS); LYLE REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING);
Stanley lined to center; Sutherland struck out; Kaline flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Blomberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
flied out to right; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Lane grounded out (pitcher to first); Northrup
struck out; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
made an out to second; Nettles singled to right; Michael lined
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 4.