Driving in six runs with his first career grand slam and two singles, Rick Cerone paced the Yankees to a 13-5 blasting of the Tigers. Cerone singled in runs in the fifth and seventh innings and belted a bases-loaded homer to highlight a six-run eighth.

The Yankees trailed, 3-1, going into the fifth when Bucky Dent doubled and scored on a single by Bobby Brown. Willie Randolph got a bunt single and a single by Ruppert Jones plated Brown. When right fielder Dave Stegman misplayed the ball, Randolph also scored. Dave Rozema replaced Dan Schatzeder and got the first out of the inning. But Jones stole third and scored when third baseman Richie Hebner failed to handle the throw. Cerone singled home the final run of the inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 13, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Monday, May       26, 1980 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       2  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   5 10  2
Yankees      1  0  0    0  5  0    1  6  x  -  13 15  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gibson cf             5   1   1   1     0   3   .250      Randolph 2b           3   3   3   0     2   0   .311
Trammell ss           5   2   2   0     0   1   .338      Jones cf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .222
Parrish 1b,lf         3   1   1   2     0   0   .299      Werth 1b              0   0   0   0     2   0   .467
Wockenfuss lf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .246        Spencer ph,1b       3   1   1   0     0   1   .211
  Kemp ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Watson dh             3   2   2   1     2   0   .321
  Morris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Piniella lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Wagner 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Lefebvre ph,rf      3   1   1   1     0   0   .571
Hebner 3b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .274      Nettles 3b            2   1   0   0     3   0   .250
Brookens 2b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .243      Cerone c              5   1   3   6     0   0   .243
  Thompson ph,1b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .214        Oates c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stegman rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .185      Dent ss               5   1   1   0     0   0   .237
  Summers rf          2   1   1   1     0   0   .343      Brown rf,lf           4   2   2   2     0   0   .297
Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   3   .171      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Peters dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .180        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Schatzeder p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   5     2  11             Totals               35  13  15  11     9   1

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 28,170
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Yankees 7
DP: Tigers 4, Yankees 2
Errors: Hebner, Stegman
Doubles: Dent (6), Watson (7)
Triples: Peters (2)
Home Runs: Parrish (6), Gibson (6), Summers (3), Brown (2), Cerone (4)
Stolen Bases: Jones (8), Randolph (8)
GIDP: Dyer (2), Piniella (8), Jones 2 (3), Lefebvre (1)
Hit by Pitch: Parrish (1,by Gossage)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder L(2-5)       4     6   5   5   4   0   0  20   6.14
Rozema                  3     5   2   2   3   0   0  15   4.89
Tobik                   1     4   6   6   2   1   2   9   6.45
Totals                  8    15  13  13   9   1   2  44

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(4-3)        6     7   4   4   1   6   2  24   2.85
Gossage SV(4)           3     3   1   1   1   5   1  14   3.80
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2  11   3  38

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Deegan


TIGERS 1ST: Gibson was called out on strikes; Trammell singled
to center; Parrish homered [Trammell scored]; Wockenfuss struck
out; Hebner struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to center; Jones singled to center
[Randolph to third]; Werth walked [Jones to second]; Watson
walked [Randolph scored, Jones to third, Werth to second];
Piniella grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to
first) [Werth to third, Watson to second, Jones out at home];
Nettles made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Brookens was called out on strikes; Stegman singled
to center; Dyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Stegman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Cerone flied out to center; Dent grounded out
(second to first); Brown made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Peters flied out to right; Gibson homered; Trammell
flied out to left; Parrish flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph walked; Jones grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Randolph out at second]; Werth walked;
Watson forced Werth (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Wockenfuss made an out to shortstop; Hebner was
called out on strikes; Brookens singled to right; Stegman flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); Cerone flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Dyer struck out; Peters walked; Gibson lined into a
double play (pitcher to first) [Peters out at first]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent doubled to left; Brown singled to left [Dent
scored]; Randolph singled to first [Brown to second]; Jones
singled [Brown scored (RBI), Randolph scored (error by Stegman)
(no RBI), Jones to second]; ROZEMA REPLACED SCHATZEDER
(PITCHING); SPENCER BATTED FOR WERTH; On a bunt Spencer popped
to catcher in foul territory; Jones stole third [Jones scored
(error by Hebner)]; Watson doubled to left; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR
PINIELLA; Lefebvre flied out to right; Nettles was walked
intentionally; Cerone singled to center [Watson scored, Nettles
to second]; Dent flied out to left; 5 R, 6 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Yankees 6.

TIGERS 6TH: LEFEBVRE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SPENCER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Trammell singled to left; Parrish grounded out (third to first)
[Trammell to second]; Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first);
Hebner singled to left [Trammell scored]; Brookens flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 6TH: SUMMERS REPLACED STEGMAN (PLAYING RF); Brown
grounded out (second to first); Randolph walked; Jones grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Randolph out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 6.

TIGERS 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Summers
homered; Dyer struck out; Peters flied out to left; Gibson
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Spencer singled to center; Watson singled to left
[Spencer to second]; Lefebvre grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Spencer to third, Watson out at
second]; Nettles was walked intentionally; Cerone singled to
right [Spencer scored, Nettles to second]; Dent lined to third;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 7.

TIGERS 8TH: Trammell struck out; Parrish was hit by a pitch;
KEMP BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Kemp singled to right [Parrish to
second]; MORRIS RAN FOR KEMP; Hebner flied out to right [Parrish
to third]; THOMPSON BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Thompson walked [Morris
to second]; Summers popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 8TH: PARRISH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WAGNER REPLACED MORRIS (PLAYING
2B); TOBIK REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Brown homered; Randolph
singled to right; Jones flied out to left; Randolph stole
second; Spencer struck out; Watson walked; Lefebvre singled to
center [Randolph scored (RBI), Watson to third, Lefebvre to
second (on throw)]; Nettles was walked intentionally; Cerone
homered [Watson scored, Lefebvre scored, Nettles scored]; Dent
made an out to shortstop; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Yankees 13.

TIGERS 9TH: OATES REPLACED CERONE (PLAYING C ); Dyer struck out;
Peters tripled to left; Gibson struck out; Trammell lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 13.