Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Tigers       1  1  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  2
Yankees      0  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .295      Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Dillard 2b            5   1   0   0     0   0   .234      Randolph 2b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .265
  Whitaker 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Munson c              5   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Staub dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Chambliss 1b          5   1   3   0     0   0   .291
Thompson 1b           4   1   3   2     0   0   .292      Nettles 3b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .276
Kemp lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .279      Piniella dh           4   0   0   0     0   2   .310
  Stanley lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      White lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .254        Johnstone lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .211
Stegman rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Thomasson rf          2   1   0   0     1   2   .228
  Corcoran ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .271        Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Wockenfuss ph,rf    1   1   1   0     0   0   .277        Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
May c                 3   0   0   0     1   0   .266      Dent ss               3   0   1   0     1   0   .254
Wagner ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Lindblad p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Trammell ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Baker p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5   9   3     2   4             Totals               36   4   9   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 46,896
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Yankees 9
DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Dillard, May, Randolph, Thomasson
Doubles: Stegman (1), Wockenfuss (4), Chambliss (23)
Triples: Thompson (2)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (7)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (27)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris                  4.2   5   4   2   3   3   0  23   4.17
Baker                   2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.12
Hiller W(7-4)           2.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.57
Totals                  9     9   4   2   4   4   0  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lindblad                3     6   2   2   0   2   1  15   4.22
Clay                    4     2   2   1   2   2   0  17   4.67
Lyle L(9-3)             2     1   1   0   0   0   0   7   3.27
Totals                  9     9   5   3   2   4   1  39

Wild Pitches: Clay (3)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Dillard flied out to left
[LeFlore to second]; Staub grounded out (first unassisted)
[LeFlore to third]; Thompson singled to right [LeFlore scored];
Kemp flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Yankees 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez homered; Stegman doubled to left; Debut
game for Dave Stegman; May flied out to right [Stegman to
third]; Wagner was called out on strikes; LeFlore flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss doubled to right; Nettles singled to
center [Chambliss scored]; Piniella struck out; White flied out
to center; Thomasson walked [Nettles to second]; Dent walked
[Nettles to third, Thomasson to second]; Rivers reached on an
error by Dillard [Nettles scored (unearned) (no RBI), Thomasson
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Dent to third]; Randolph flied out
to right; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Dillard grounded out (third to first); Staub made an
out to second; Thompson singled to left; Kemp singled to right
[Thompson to second]; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); Nettles singled to right;
Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 4TH: CLAY REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Stegman lined to
first; May walked; Wagner forced May (second to shortstop);
LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to left; Thomasson was called out
on strikes; Dent popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Dillard reached on an error by Randolph; Staub
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dillard to second]; Thompson
tripled to left [Dillard scored (unearned)]; Clay threw a wild
pitch [Thompson scored]; Kemp walked; Rodriguez singled to right
[Kemp to third]; CORCORAN BATTED FOR STEGMAN; Corcoran was
called out on strikes; May forced Rodriguez (shortstop
unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers
grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph walked; Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to second]; Randolph
stole third [Randolph scored (error by May)]; Chambliss singled
to right; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to second]; BAKER
REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Piniella forced Nettles (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
struck out; Dillard flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Thomasson
struck out; Dent singled to center; Rivers grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 4.

TIGERS 7TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Staub flied
out to center; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Kemp
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph walked; Munson lined into a double play
(right to first) [Randolph out at first]; Chambliss singled to
left; HILLER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Nettles popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Yankees 4.

TIGERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded
out (second to first); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR CORCORAN;
Wockenfuss doubled to right; May made an out to first; Wagner
reached on an error by Thomasson [Wockenfuss scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Wagner out at second (center to shortstop)]; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Johnstone singled to right;
JOHNSON BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Johnson made an out to first; Dent
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 4.

TIGERS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING RF); LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); Dillard grounded out (third to
first); Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: WHITAKER REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY
REPLACED KEMP (PLAYING LF); TRAMMELL REPLACED WAGNER (PLAYING
SS); Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph singled
to left; Munson flied out to center; Chambliss forced Randolph
(pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees
4.