A homer by Graig Nettles in the eighth inning proved to be decisive as Ron Guidry, with help from Rich Gossage, recorded his 10th straight victory in pitching the Yankees to a 5-4 triumph over the Tigers. The Yankees scored four runs off Jack Morris in the first three innings with Bobby Murcer scoring two of them and driving in another with a double.

Guidry fanned 10 before turning over the ball to Gossage in the eighth after a homer by Ron LeFlore. The Goose fanned four of the final five outs to register his 14th save in a season abbreviated by injury. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      1  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5  8  3
Tigers       0  0  0    1  1  0    1  1  0  -   4  6  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murcer cf             4   2   1   1     1   1   .258      LeFlore dh            4   2   2   1     0   0   .298
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .278      Brookens 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .262
Gamble lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .347        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .287
  Piniella lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Trammell ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Jackson rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .293      Morales lf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .216
Spencer dh            3   1   2   0     1   0   .291      Wockenfuss 1b         3   0   0   0     0   2   .267
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .250        Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Narron c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .159      Parrish c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Kemp ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .321
  Gulden c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .155      Jones rf              2   1   0   0     1   1   .287
Doyle 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .190        Greene ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .146
Dent ss               4   1   0   0     0   0   .235      Stegman cf            3   1   1   2     0   0   .333
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gibson ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .260
                                                          Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   2   .266
                                                            Peters ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                          Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   5     3   5             Totals               32   4   6   3     2  14

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 30,069
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Tigers 3
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Nettles 2, Narron
Doubles: Jackson (19), Murcer (8), LeFlore (20)
Home Runs: Nettles (18), Stegman (1), LeFlore (5)
Stolen Bases: Morales (9), Jones (7)
Caught Stealing: Spencer (2)
GIDP: Rodriguez (9)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(16-7)          7.1   5   4   3   2  10   2  28   2.86
Gossage SV(14)          1.2   1   0   0   0   4   0   6   2.53
Totals                  9     6   4   3   2  14   2  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris L(13-7)          3     6   4   4   3   1   0  18   3.56
Underwood               5     2   1   1   0   3   1  16   4.76
Lopez                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.35
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   5   1  37

Passed Balls: Narron (6)
Wild Pitches: Guidry (9), Morris (6)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead


YANKEES 1ST: Murcer walked; Chambliss made an out to third;
Gamble flied out to center; Jackson doubled to center [Murcer
scored]; Spencer was walked intentionally; Morris threw a wild
pitch [Jackson to third, Spencer to second]; Nettles made an out
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore made an out to second; Brookens struck out;
Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Narron singled to center; On a bunt Doyle made an
out to catcher [Narron stayed at first]; Brian Doyle called
for interference for running into his own bunt; Dent forced
Narron (third to second); Murcer doubled to center [Dent
scored]; Chambliss singled to right [Murcer scored]; Gamble
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first); Parrish
struck out; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Spencer
singled to right; Nettles walked [Spencer to second]; Narron
made an out to second; Doyle singled to center [Spencer scored,
Nettles to second]; Dent popped to first in foul territory; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Stegman reached on an error by Nettles; Rodriguez
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Stegman
out at second]; Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Murcer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss flied out to left;
Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore doubled to center; Narron allowed a passed
ball [LeFlore to third]; Guidry threw a wild pitch [LeFlore
scored]; Brookens struck out (catcher to first); Morales walked;
Morales stole second; Wockenfuss struck out; Parrish singled to
shortstop [Morales out at home (first to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson struck out; Spencer singled to center;
Nettles flied out to right; Spencer was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers
1.

TIGERS 5TH: Jones walked; Jones stole second [Jones to third
(error by Narron)]; Stegman grounded out (third to first) [Jones
scored (unearned)]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first);
Wagner struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Tigers 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Narron struck out; Doyle flied out to left; Dent
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: PINIELLA REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING LF); LeFlore
grounded out (second to first); Brookens grounded out (shortstop
to first); Morales singled to third [Morales to second (error by
Nettles)]; Wockenfuss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
4, Tigers 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
flied out to center; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Jones
grounded out (second to first); Stegman homered; Rodriguez
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson flied out to right; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); Nettles homered; WHITE BATTED FOR NARRON;
White grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: GULDEN REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING C ); PETERS BATTED
FOR WAGNER; Peters struck out; Debut game for Rick
Peters; LeFlore homered; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING);
SUMMERS BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Summers was called out on strikes;
Morales made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
5, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 9TH: TRAMMELL REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING SS); PETERS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LOPEZ REPLACED UNDERWOOD
(PITCHING); Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Dent made an
out to second; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: THOMPSON BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Thompson was called
out on strikes; KEMP BATTED FOR PARRISH; Kemp singled to right;
GREENE BATTED FOR JONES; Greene struck out; GIBSON BATTED FOR
STEGMAN; Gibson was called out on strikes; Debut game for
Kirk Gibson; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 4.