In addition to stopping Ron LeFlore's 30-game hitting streak, the Yankees smashed three homers in one inning and defeated the Tigers, 9-5. In the fourth inning, after Vern Ruhle had retired the first nine batters, the Yankees took aim at the Tigers' hurler with circuit clouts by Mickey Rivers, Thurman Munson and Chris Chambliss, all within a span of eight pitches. Roy White added the fourth Yankee homer off Steve Grilli in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 9, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    4  2  0    2  1  0  -   9 11  2
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  5  3


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   2   2     0   0   .292      LeFlore cf            4   1   0   0     0   1   .381
White lf              4   2   2   1     1   2   .284      Oglivie rf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .194
Munson c              4   2   2   3     1   0   .315        Stanley ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Chambliss 1b          5   2   3   2     0   1   .305      Staub dh              4   1   0   0     0   0   .302
C. May dh             4   0   1   1     1   3   .212      Johnson lf            4   2   2   3     0   1   .297
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .193      Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Gamble rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .230      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .245
Randolph 2b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .310      Scrivener ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Veryzer ph,ss       2   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Dempsey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Kimm c                3   0   1   0     0   2   .321
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Manuel 2b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .160
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sutherland ph,2b    1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Martinez p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  11   9     4   8             Totals               32   5   5   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 19,909
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Tigers 2
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Randolph, Mason, Scrivener 2, Manuel
Doubles: Rivers (7), Chambliss (7), Johnson (3)
Home Runs: Rivers (3), Munson (5), Chambliss (6), White (3), Johnson (3)
Caught Stealing: Munson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Mason (2)
GIDP: Gamble (2), Nettles (2), Scrivener (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(5-3)         5.1   4   5   4   2   2   1  22   3.27
Martinez SV(2)          3.2   1   0   0   0   2   0  12   1.13
Totals                  9     5   5   4   2   4   1  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(3-1)            3     3   4   4   2   3   3  14   4.25
Crawford                3.1   5   4   2   1   3   0  17   4.42
Hiller                  1.2   2   1   1   1   1   1   8   3.41
Grilli                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.00
Totals                  9    11   9   7   4   8   4  42

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); White struck
out; Munson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss struck out; C. May struck out; Nettles
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

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

YANKEES 3RD: Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kimm singled to center; On a bunt Manuel forced Kimm
(shortstop unassisted) [Manuel to second (error by Mason)];
LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Oglivie grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Rivers homered; White walked; Munson homered [White
scored]; Chambliss homered; C. May walked; CRAWFORD REPLACED
RUHLE (PITCHING); Nettles flied out to right; Gamble grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [C. May out
at second]; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
struck out; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph reached on an error by Scrivener; Mason
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Randolph to second];
Rivers doubled to right [Randolph scored (unearned)]; White
singled to center [Rivers to third]; Munson singled to center
[Rivers scored, White to second]; Chambliss grounded out
(shortstop to first) [White to third, Munson to second]; C. May
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Scrivener flied out to
left; Kimm struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers
1.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles was called out on strikes; Gamble singled
to left; Randolph reached on an error by Manuel [Gamble to
second]; Mason flied out to center; Rivers forced Randolph
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers
1.

TIGERS 6TH: Manuel walked; LeFlore forced Manuel (shortstop to
second); Oglivie walked [LeFlore to second]; Staub reached on an
error by Randolph [LeFlore scored (no RBI), Oglivie to third];
Johnson homered [Oglivie scored, Staub scored (unearned)];
MARTINEZ REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Thompson flied out to
left; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (3 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 5.

YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Munson walked; Munson was caught
stealing second but was safe at second (error by Scrivener;
assist by Kimm); Chambliss doubled to left [Munson scored
(unearned)]; HILLER REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); C. May singled
to center [Chambliss scored]; Nettles walked [C. May to second];
Gamble struck out; Randolph forced Nettles (second to
shortstop); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 8, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: VERYZER BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; Veryzer grounded out
(third to first); Kimm was called out on strikes; SUTHERLAND
BATTED FOR MANUEL; Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Tigers 5.

YANKEES 8TH: VERYZER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SUTHERLAND
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); DEMPSEY BATTED FOR MASON; Dempsey
flied out to left; Rivers flied out to left; White homered;
Munson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); LeFlore was
called out on strikes; STANLEY BATTED FOR OGLIVIE; Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Tigers 5.

YANKEES 9TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GRILLI
REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Chambliss singled to center; C. May
was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Thompson
popped to shortstop; Rodriguez singled to center; Veryzer forced
Rodriguez (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9,
Tigers 5.