New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 12 0 Yankees 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 6 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .264 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Wagner ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Johnstone rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .191 Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Blair rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Trammell ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Nettles 3b 3 1 1 3 1 1 .241 Staub dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .295 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Thompson 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .302 Jackson dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .278 Thomasson lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .229 Stanley rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .233 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Wockenfuss lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Heath c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .308 May c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Stanley ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276 Whitaker pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dillard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kemp ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrish c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 12 3 4 6 Totals 30 5 6 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 51,327 Left on Base: Tigers 10, Yankees 2 DP: Tigers 0, Yankees 1 Doubles: Thompson (15), Stanley (3), Staub (17) Home Runs: Nettles (14), Thomasson (7) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (27) Caught Stealing: Jackson (9), Thomasson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Staub (6) GIDP: Dillard (4) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton L(8-5) 8.2 6 5 5 3 3 2 33 4.81 Totals 8.2 6 5 5 3 3 2 33 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rajsich 4.2 7 2 2 3 4 0 22 3.86 Lyle 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 13 3.34 Gossage W(4-7) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.09 Totals 9 12 3 3 4 6 0 40 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Debut game for Dave Rajsich; Wagner grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub singled to center; Thompson doubled to left [Staub to third]; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Johnstone flied out to left; Nettles walked; Chambliss popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. TIGERS 2ND: Stanley doubled to right; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stanley to third]; May walked; Dillard grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Thomasson flied out to left; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore struck out; Wagner struck out; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Heath singled to right; Stanley forced Heath (first to shortstop); Rivers popped to first in foul territory; Johnstone singled to right [Stanley to third]; Nettles homered [Stanley scored, Johnstone scored]; Chambliss flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 3. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to left; Rodriguez walked [Thompson to second]; Stanley singled to center [Thompson scored, Rodriguez out at third (center to third)]; Wockenfuss forced Stanley (shortstop to second); May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson walked; Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Thomasson flied out to center; Garcia lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 5TH: Dillard singled to shortstop; LeFlore forced Dillard (shortstop to second); LeFlore stole second; Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub doubled to right [LeFlore scored]; Thompson walked; LYLE REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to left [Staub out at home (left to catcher), Thompson to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: Heath struck out; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley flied out to right; Wockenfuss grounded out (first to pitcher); May popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Johnstone popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles popped to first; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 7TH: Dillard grounded out (third to first); LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Wagner singled to center; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Thomasson walked; Thomasson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 8TH: Thompson flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to right; Stanley struck out; Wockenfuss forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: Heath lined to second; Stanley singled to center; Rivers forced Stanley (second to shortstop); Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); May singled to center; WHITAKER RAN FOR MAY; GOSSAGE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); KEMP BATTED FOR DILLARD; Kemp singled to left [Whitaker to second]; LeFlore walked [Whitaker to third, Kemp to second]; MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR WAGNER; Mankowski struck out; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to left [Whitaker scored]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 9TH: WHITAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PARRISH REPLACED KEMP (PLAYING C ); TRAMMELL REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING SS); Nettles struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to left; Thomasson homered [Jackson scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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