Mickey Rivers homered, Roy White tripled and Thurman Munson doubled on Fernando Arroyo's first three pitches of the game to start the Yankees off to a 7-5 victory over the Tigers. Arroyo struck out Reggie Jackson, who was the Yankees' fourth batter, but Chris Chambliss then tripled to kayo the Tigers' starter, who lasted only 12 pitches.

John Hiller relieved and yielded a single by Willie Randolph, driving in the Yankees' fourth run. Randolph and Rivers hit RBI singles in the third and Graig Nettles sent another run across the plate with a double in the fourth. The Tigers chased Ed Figueroa in the ninth, but Sparky Lyle came in and picked up his 17th save. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Wednesday, August    17, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      4  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 15  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  3  -   5 12  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   2     0   0   .321      LeFlore cf            5   2   4   0     0   0   .316
White lf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .290      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .306
Munson c              5   1   3   1     0   0   .298      Staub dh              4   1   2   2     0   0   .267
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     1   3   .283      Kemp lf               5   0   2   1     0   1   .259
  Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Thompson 1b           5   0   0   1     0   3   .265
Chambliss 1b          4   2   2   1     1   2   .304      Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     1   2   .251
Nettles 3b            5   1   3   1     0   0   .242      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
May dh                3   1   1   0     2   0   .247      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .196
Randolph 2b           5   0   2   2     0   1   .284      Veryzer ss            3   1   1   0     0   1   .200
Dent ss               5   0   1   0     0   1   .261        Corcoran ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .240
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle 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               41   7  15   7     4   9             Totals               38   5  12   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 26,718
Left on Base: Yankees 11, Tigers 10
DP: Yankees 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Randolph, Veryzer 2
Doubles: Munson (18), Nettles (16), LeFlore (18), Veryzer (12), Kemp (23)
Triples: White (2), Chambliss 2 (6)
Home Runs: Rivers (7)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (7), Fuentes (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(12-8)        8.1  12   5   5   2   7   0  40   3.55
Lyle SV(17)             0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.96
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   8   0  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo L(6-13)          0.1   4   4   4   0   1   1   5   3.97
Hiller                  3.2   8   3   2   3   5   0  21   3.88
Grilli                  5     3   0   0   1   3   0  19   3.48
Totals                  9    15   7   6   4   9   1  45

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Jim McKean


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers homered; White tripled to left; Munson
doubled to right [White scored]; Jackson struck out; Chambliss
tripled to right [Munson scored]; HILLER REPLACED ARROYO
(PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); May walked;
Randolph singled to center [Chambliss scored, May to second];
Dent popped to shortstop; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to right; Fuentes struck out
[Fuentes out at first (catcher to first), LeFlore to third];
Staub hit a sacrifice fly to right [LeFlore scored]; Kemp struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Rivers grounded out (third to first); White popped
to third; Munson singled to center; Jackson walked [Munson to
second]; Chambliss struck out [Chambliss out at first (catcher
to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Oglivie was called out on
strikes; May singled to right; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Nettles singled to center; May singled to right
[Nettles to third]; Randolph singled to shortstop [Nettles
scored, May to third (error by Veryzer)]; Dent struck out;
Rivers singled to right [May scored (unearned), Randolph to
third]; Rivers was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
White struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer struck out; LeFlore singled to right;
Fuentes flied out to center; Staub popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson flied out to left; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Chambliss tripled to right; Nettles doubled to center
[Chambliss scored]; May walked; Randolph struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp flied out to left; Thompson struck out; Oglivie
walked; May popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: GRILLI REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Dent grounded
out (third to first); Rivers popped to third; White was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Veryzer doubled to
left; LeFlore singled to center [Veryzer to third]; Fuentes hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Veryzer scored]; Staub singled to
right [LeFlore to third]; Kemp singled to pitcher [LeFlore
stayed at third, Staub to second]; Thompson flied out to left; 1
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to center; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to right [Munson
to third]; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; May
popped to third in foul territory; Rodriguez singled to pitcher;
Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7,
Tigers 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph flied out to right; Dent singled to
shortstop [Dent to second (error by Veryzer)]; Rivers popped to
first in foul territory; White popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
singled to left; Staub lined to first; Kemp reached on an error
by Randolph [Fuentes to second, Kemp to first]; Thompson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Jackson
lined to second; Chambliss walked; Nettles grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Oglivie flied
out to right; May lined to second; Rodriguez grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

YANKEES 9TH: May lined to second; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran walked;
LeFlore singled to second [Corcoran to second]; Fuentes flied
out to right [Corcoran to third]; Staub singled to left
[Corcoran scored, LeFlore to third]; Kemp doubled to right
[LeFlore scored, Staub to third]; LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA
(PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Staub
scored, Kemp to third]; Oglivie struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 7, Tigers 5.