Unbeaten Ron Guidry posted his 12th straight victory as the Yankees beat the Tigers, 4-2. The ace lefty gave up a leadoff homer to Ron LeFiore in the first inning but stopped Tigers until the ninth when he was relieved by Rich Gossage after walking leadoff batter Jason Thompson. Gossage wild-pitched a run home before closing out the game.

All the Yankee scoring came in the ninth. Reggie Jackson hit a one-out solo homer to tie the score and Chris Chambliss reached first on an error by second baseman Lou Whitaker. A single by Graig Nettles sent Chambliss to third and pinch-hitter Lou Piniella singled to center to plate Chambliss. An infield hit by Fred Stanley and bloop single by Roy White drove in the final two runs. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      22, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4  9  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf,cf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .252      LeFlore cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .266
Randolph 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .286
  Doyle 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Staub dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
  Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Thompson 1b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .303
  Blair 2b,ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Munson c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .274        Mankowski ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .287
  Johnson c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Stanley rf            3   0   2   0     0   1   .217
Jackson rf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .271        Corcoran ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .256
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .295      Parrish c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .209
Nettles 3b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .252        May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Thomasson cf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .206        Dillard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Piniella ph,lf      1   1   1   1     0   0   .333      Trammell ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Johnstone dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Stanley ss,2b         4   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4   9   4     1   4             Totals               32   2   6   1     3   9

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 33,971
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Tigers 6
DP: Yankees 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Guidry, Thompson, Whitaker
Home Runs: Jackson (12), LeFlore (6)
GIDP: Parrish (6), Rodriguez (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(12-0)          8     6   2   2   2   8   1  31   1.50
Gossage SV(10)          1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.33
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   9   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(2-4)           8.1   6   3   1   1   3   1  33   2.49
Hiller                  0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   2.41
Totals                  9     9   4   1*  1   4   1  38

Wild Pitches: Gossage (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


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

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore homered; Kemp popped to shortstop; Staub
flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez flied out to left; Stanley singled to
left; Parrish struck out; Trammell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Thomasson walked; Johnstone grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Thomasson to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Thomasson to third]; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); LeFlore
flied out to center; Kemp walked; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled to left; Jackson flied out to left; Chambliss flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Stanley singled to left [Thompson to second]; Parrish grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Stanley out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles struck out; Thomasson grounded out (second
to first); Johnstone popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: DOYLE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Trammell
reached on an error by Guidry [Trammell to first]; Whitaker
struck out; LeFlore flied out to center; Kemp forced Trammell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers
1.

YANKEES 6TH: Stanley flied out to left; White flied out to
center; Doyle singled to right; Munson struck out; Thurman
Munson ejected by HP umpire Jim McKean arguing that he tipped
strike three; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Staub singled
to center; Thompson flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Staub out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory;
Chambliss singled to center; Nettles singled to center
[Chambliss to second]; Thomasson forced Nettles (second to
shortstop) [Chambliss to third]; Johnstone popped to third; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley struck out; Parrish struck out; Trammell
singled to right; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); White
flied out to center; SPENCER BATTED FOR DOYLE; Spencer struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 2B); LeFlore flied
out to center; BLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); STANLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Kemp struck out; Staub flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Johnson flied out to left; Jackson homered;
Chambliss reached on an error by Whitaker [Chambliss to first];
Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to third]; HILLER REPLACED
ROZEMA (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Piniella
singled to center [Chambliss scored (unearned), Nettles to
third]; Johnstone popped to third; Stanley singled to third
[Nettles scored (unearned), Piniella to third (error by
Thompson)]; White singled to center [Piniella scored (unearned,
but earned for the pitcher), Stanley to third]; Blair struck
out; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Thompson walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski struck
out; CORCORAN BATTED FOR STANLEY; Corcoran walked [Thompson to
second]; MAY BATTED FOR PARRISH; May forced Corcoran (first to
shortstop) [Thompson to third]; DILLARD RAN FOR MAY; Gossage
threw a wild pitch [Thompson scored]; Trammell popped to second;
1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.