Shattering one of baseball's theories to smithereens, Rusty Staub smashed a three-run homer in the eighth inning to power the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the Yankees. With one away in the eighth, Ron LeFlore singled and stole second, but was out at third on a grounder by Mickey Stanley, who reached second on the play.

With Rudy May on the mound, the Yankees passed Willie Horton intentionally, electing to let their southpaw pitch to Staub, who bats lefthanded, but the Tigers' slugger proved that move was a mistake with a long homer on a 2-and-2 pitch. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       13, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  6  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .366      Rivers cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Stanley lf            4   1   0   0     0   1   .313        Coggins cf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Horton dh             2   1   1   0     2   0   .338      White lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .316
Staub rf              4   1   1   3     0   0   .338      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .316      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .356
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .221        Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Sutherland 2b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .213      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Kimm c                3   0   1   0     1   1   .250      Piniella dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .272
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mason ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .235
                                                          R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   6   3     6   4             Totals               31   2   7   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 14,920
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Yankees 3
DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Kimm, Nettles
Doubles: Horton (3), Mason (2)
Home Runs: Staub (3), Chambliss (4)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (11), Rivers (14)
Caught Stealing: Veryzer (2), White (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (3), Thompson (3), Chambliss (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle W(3-0)            7.2   7   2   2   1   2   1  28   3.03
Hiller SV(3)            1.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   4   3.10
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   5   1  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May L(2-1)           8.1   5   3   3   6   3   1  34   4.50
Tidrow                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.84
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   4   1  37

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
struck out; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White singled to
center; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled to
center; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss flied out to center; Gamble flied out to
center; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Kimm walked; LeFlore
walked [Kimm to second]; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Randolph
flied out to center; Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton walked; Staub flied out to right; Thompson
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Horton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 4TH: Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole second;
White walked; Munson flied out to center; Chambliss grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [White out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
walked; Veryzer was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Sutherland walked; Kimm reached on an error by
Nettles [Sutherland to second]; LeFlore grounded out (catcher
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Kimm
dropped a foul fly hit by Nettles for an error; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); Piniella singled to center; Randolph
singled to center [Piniella out at third (center to third)]; 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
doubled to right; Staub flied out to center [Horton to third];
Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); Rivers
grounded out (third to first); Mickey Rivers injured his left
ankle on the play; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 7TH: COGGINS REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (shortstop
to first); Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson flied out to right; Chambliss homered;
Gamble flied out to right; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Kimm struck out; LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore
stole second; Stanley reached on a fielder's choice [LeFlore out
at third (pitcher to third), Stanley to second]; Horton was
walked intentionally; Staub homered [Stanley scored, Horton
scored]; Thompson flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Piniella flied out to right; Randolph struck out;
Mason doubled to right; Coggins singled to center [Mason
scored]; HILLER REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); White forced Coggins
(third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez singled to center; Veryzer out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rodriguez to second]; TIDROW
REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Sutherland grounded out (third to
first); Kimm singled to pitcher [Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson struck out; Chambliss struck out [Chambliss
out at first (catcher to first)]; VELEZ BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Velez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 2.