Dave Kingman hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Reggie Jackson blasted a three-run shot in the third to pace the Yankees to a 6-5 triumph over the Tigers. Jackson also doubled in the fourth and scored on Bucky Dent's sacrifice fly. Southpaw Ron Guidry received credit for his seventh straight victory. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 18, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  2  3    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  7  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   5  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      LeFlore cf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .324
Nettles 3b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .243      Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Munson c              4   1   2   0     0   1   .293      Staub dh              4   1   2   0     0   1   .276
Jackson rf            4   1   3   3     0   0   .285      Thompson 1b           4   1   0   0     0   1   .265
  Bergman pr,rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Parrish c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .318
Piniella lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .328      Stanley lf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .234
Kingman dh            4   1   1   2     0   2   .222      Oglivie rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Johnson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .296      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .225
Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Scrivener ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Dent ss               2   0   0   1     1   0   .252        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Trammell ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wockenfuss ph       1   1   1   0     0   0   .264
                                                          Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   6   7   6     4   4             Totals               36   5   8   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 12,672
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Tigers 6
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Johnson, Dent
Doubles: Munson (23), Johnson (8), Stanley 2 (9)
Triples: LeFlore (9)
Home Runs: Kingman (4), Jackson (30)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (9)
GIDP: Randolph (11), Piniella (9), Thompson (13)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(15-6)          8.2   8   5   1   2   4   0  37   2.82
Lyle SV(24)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.32
Totals                  9     8   5   1   2   4   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes L(5-6)            4.2   6   6   6   2   0   2  22   4.31
Grilli                  4.1   1   0   0   2   4   0  14   4.52
Totals                  9     7   6   6   4   4   2  36

Wild Pitches: Sykes (3)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Nettles
made an out to second; Munson doubled to left; Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes made an out to second;
Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Kingman homered [Piniella scored];
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Blair made an out to
second; Dent made an out to first; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Parrish
walked; Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Oglivie
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Nettles
walked; Munson singled to right [Nettles to second]; Jackson
homered [Nettles scored, Munson scored]; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kingman grounded out (third to first); 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to left; Scrivener grounded out
(third to first); LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Johnson doubled to center; Sykes threw a wild pitch
[Johnson to third]; Blair made an out to shortstop; Dent hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Johnson scored]; Randolph lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub struck out; Thompson struck out; Parrish
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to center; Munson flied out to
right; Jackson singled to center; GRILLI REPLACED SYKES
(PITCHING); Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley flied out to center; Oglivie walked;
Rodriguez singled to right [Oglivie to third]; Scrivener flied
out to right; LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Kingman struck out; Johnson made an out to second;
Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Staub singled
to center; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Dent walked; Randolph grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Dent out at second]; Nettles
walked; Munson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Parrish made an out to second; Stanley doubled to
left; Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Tigers 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson singled to right; BERGMAN RAN FOR JACKSON;
Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bergman out at second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: BERGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ADAMS BATTED
FOR SCRIVENER; Adams flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fuentes popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 9TH: TRAMMELL REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING SS); Johnson flied
out to center; Blair grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub singled to right; Thompson reached on an error
by Dent [Staub to second]; Parrish reached on an error by
Johnson [Staub scored (no RBI), Thompson to third, Parrish to
second]; Stanley doubled to left [Thompson scored (unearned),
Parrish scored (unearned)]; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first) [Stanley to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (second to
first) [Stanley scored (unearned)]; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR
TRAMMELL; Wockenfuss singled to left; LeFlore tripled to right
[Wockenfuss scored (unearned)]; LYLE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING);
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Tigers 5.