After scoring four runs in the first inning, the Yankees failed to hold the lead and lost to the Tigers, 7-5. The Tigers chopped the Yankees' margin to one run before Chris Chambliss made it 5-3 with a homer in the seventh.

However, in the Tigers' half, Ron LeFlore knocked in two runs with a triple to tie the score and then counted the leading run on a single by Tom Veryzer. Rusty Staub iced the cake with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Tuesday, June      29, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      4  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 11  1
Tigers       0  0  1    1  0  1    3  1  x  -   7 12  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .327      LeFlore cf            4   1   1   2     0   2   .351
White lf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .292      Veryzer ss            4   0   2   2     0   0   .245
Munson dh             5   1   3   2     0   1   .322      Meyer lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Piniella rf           2   1   1   0     0   1   .280        Stanley ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
  Gamble ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Staub rf              3   2   1   1     1   0   .316
Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .306      Thompson 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .238
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .226      Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Healy c               4   0   1   2     0   1   .250      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   3   1     0   0   .271
Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Wockenfuss c          3   1   1   0     0   0   .298
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Garcia 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .203
  Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .229        Oglivie ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .255
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   5     2  11             Totals               33   7  12   7     1   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 21,350
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Tigers 3
DP: Yankees 3, Tigers 2
Errors: Stanley, Lemanczyk
Doubles: Healy (2), Rivers (16), Oglivie (5)
Triples: LeFlore (6)
Home Runs: Chambliss (8), Thompson (11), Staub (5)
Stolen Bases: White (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Piniella (3)
GIDP: Healy (2), Nettles (3), Johnson (9), LeFlore (4), Stanley (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               6.1   7   4   4   1   3   1  26   3.63
Lyle L(5-5)             1.2   5   3   3   0   1   1   8   2.11
Totals                  8    12   7   7   1   4   2  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford                0.2   5   4   4   0   2   0   7   5.45
Lemanczyk W(1-1)        6.1   6   1   1   2   5   1  26   5.91
Hiller SV(7)            2     0   0   0   0   4   0   6   2.85
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2  11   1  39

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to pitcher; White singled to center
[Rivers to third]; White stole second; Munson singled to right
[White scored, Rivers scored]; Piniella singled to center
[Munson to third, Piniella to second]; Chambliss struck out;
Nettles struck out; Healy doubled to right [Piniella scored,
Munson scored]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out (catcher to first); Veryzer flied
out to center; Meyer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers
struck out; White singled to center; Munson singled to right
[White to third]; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub flied out to left; Thompson made an out to
third; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles struck out;
Healy grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to right; Wockenfuss popped to
first; Garcia singled to center [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore
was called out on strikes; Veryzer singled to right [Rodriguez
scored, Garcia to third]; Meyer struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph struck out; Stanley grounded out (second
to pitcher); Rivers doubled to left; White flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub walked; Thompson singled to right [Staub to
second]; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Staub to third, Thompson out at second]; Rodriguez
singled to first [Staub scored]; Wockenfuss forced Rodriguez
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers
2.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson singled to right; Piniella reached on an
error by Lemanczyk on a sacrifice bunt [Munson to second];
Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles grounded into a double play
(second to second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Garcia reached on an error by Stanley; LeFlore
grounded into a double play (second to second to first) [Garcia
out at second]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Healy grounded out (second to first); Randolph
grounded out (third to first); Stanley walked; Rivers walked
[Stanley to second]; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Meyer lined to first; Staub lined to second;
Thompson homered; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson popped to third; GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA;
Gamble flied out to left; Chambliss homered; Nettles struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rodriguez flied
out to left; Wockenfuss singled to right; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR
GARCIA; LYLE REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Oglivie doubled to
right [Wockenfuss to third]; LeFlore tripled to right
[Wockenfuss scored, Oglivie scored]; Veryzer singled to right
[LeFlore scored]; STANLEY BATTED FOR MEYER; Stanley grounded
into a double play (second to second to first) [Veryzer out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 6.

YANKEES 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MANUEL
REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); HILLER REPLACED LEMANCZYK
(PITCHING); Healy was called out on strikes; Randolph struck
out; VELEZ BATTED FOR STANLEY; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: MASON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Staub homered;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); Johnson struck out;
Rodriguez singled to right [Rodriguez out at second (right to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 7.

YANKEES 9TH: Rivers flied out to left; White flied out to left;
Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 7.