In a battle of home runs, the Yankees outslugged the Tigers to gain an 11-inning, 9-5 victory. Graig Nettles cracked a solo homer to break a 5-5 tie in the top of the 11th and Ruppert Jones belted a three-run shot later in that same frame.

The Tigers' Steve Kemp had tied the game in the seventh with a three-run round-tripper. Duffy Dyer hit a two-run homer for the Tigers in the sixth and Lou Piniella hit a three-run homer for the Yankees in the fourth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 21, 1980 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Yankees 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 9 13 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brown rf 6 1 1 1 0 3 .288 Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Jones cf 5 2 2 3 1 0 .220 Trammell ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .369 Watson 1b 6 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Kemp dh 5 1 2 3 0 0 .292 Soderholm dh 2 2 2 1 0 0 .294 Parrish rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .281 Spencer ph,dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .213 Hebner 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Piniella lf 2 1 1 3 0 0 .197 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Murcer ph,lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .192 Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233 Nettles 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Peters ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Dent ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .232 Stegman lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .193 Cerone c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .221 Gibson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Stanley 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Dyer c 3 2 1 2 1 1 .179 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tobik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 44 9 13 9 3 8 Totals 39 5 8 5 3 9 Time of Game: 3:12 Attendance: 32,478 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Tigers 4 DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 1 Home Runs: Soderholm (4), Piniella (1), Brown (1), Nettles (5), Jones (4), Dyer (1), Kemp (4) Stolen Bases: Jones (6) Caught Stealing: Cerone (2) Sacrifice Hits: Cerone (1) GIDP: Kemp (5) Hit by Pitch: Stanley (1,by Lopez) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 7.2 5 4 4 2 7 1 29 2.50 May W(2-1) 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 10 3.48 Gossage 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.41 Totals 11 8 5 5 3 9 2 42 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schatzeder 4 3 4 4 1 4 2 16 5.68 Tobik 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 13 4.22 Lopez L(3-3) 3.2 6 4 4 1 2 2 19 5.76 Rozema 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.70 Totals 11 13 9 9 3 8 5 49 Hit by Pitch: Lopez (1) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Deegan YANKEES 1ST: Brown was called out on strikes; Jones flied out to right; Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker struck out; Trammell flied out to center; Kemp lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0. YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm homered; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Dent struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Parrish flied out to center; Hebner was called out on strikes; Richie Hebner ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia; Brookens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 0. YANKEES 3RD: THOMPSON REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING 1B); Cerone popped to first in foul territory; Stanley flied out to center; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Stegman grounded out (third to first); Gibson struck out; Dyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 0. YANKEES 4TH: Jones walked; Jones stole second; Watson lined to third; Soderholm singled to third [Jones to third]; Piniella homered [Jones scored, Soderholm scored]; Nettles flied out to center; Dent flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell singled to shortstop; Kemp grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Trammell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 0. YANKEES 5TH: TOBIK REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Cerone singled to shortstop; Stanley singled to shortstop [Cerone to second]; Brown struck out while Cerone was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Stanley to second]; Jones singled to right [Stanley to third]; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Parrish struck out; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Brookens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 0. YANKEES 6TH: SPENCER BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Spencer struck out; MURCER BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Murcer walked; Nettles forced Murcer (second to shortstop); Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: MURCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Stegman walked; Gibson was called out on strikes; Dyer homered [Stegman scored]; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Trammell flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 2. YANKEES 7TH: Cerone made an out to shortstop; Stanley flied out to right; Brown homered; Jones flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Kemp singled to left; Parrish singled to center [Kemp to second]; Thompson made an out to shortstop; Brookens grounded out (first unassisted) [Kemp to third, Parrish to second]; Stegman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 2. YANKEES 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Watson singled to second; Spencer popped to third in foul territory; Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Nettles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: Gibson popped to catcher in foul territory; Dyer walked; Whitaker flied out to center; Trammell singled to third [Dyer to second]; MAY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Kemp homered [Dyer scored, Trammell scored]; Parrish walked; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 5. YANKEES 9TH: Dent singled to center; Cerone out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Dent to second]; Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher) [Dent to third]; On a bunt Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: Brookens flied out to left; Stegman grounded out (pitcher to first); Gibson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 5. YANKEES 10TH: Jones lined to second; Watson popped to first in foul territory; Spencer walked; Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 10TH: Dyer struck out; Whitaker singled to right; Whitaker was picked off first (pitcher to first); Trammell made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 5. YANKEES 11TH: Nettles homered; Dent struck out; Cerone singled to left; Stanley was hit by a pitch [Cerone to second]; Brown flied out to left; Jones homered [Cerone scored, Stanley scored]; Watson singled to center; ROZEMA REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Spencer flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Tigers 5. TIGERS 11TH: Kemp flied out to center; GOSSAGE REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Parrish struck out; Thompson singled to right; PETERS BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Peters flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Tigers 5.

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