Making his first major league start, Tim Lollar allowed only two hits in six innings to gain the victory as the Yankees edged the Tigers, 2-1. Both New York runs came in the second inning on a leadoff triple by Reggie Jackson and homer by Eric Soderholm.

Jackson's hit enabled him to finish a season at .300 for the first time in his career. The crowd of 35,879 gave the Yankees an A.L. season home attendance record of 2,627,417. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Sunday, October   5, 1980 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  4  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jones cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .255      Brown cf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Trammell ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .300      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .287
  Wagner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Jackson rf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .300
Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .293        Wilborn rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Wockenfuss 1b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .274      Soderholm dh          3   1   1   2     0   0   .287
Brookens 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Brant 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Cowens rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .268      Oates c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Gulden c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Lentine dh            1   0   0   0     1   0   .251      Holt 2b               2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Peters ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Lollar p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Papi 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Schatzeder p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   4   1     5   2             Totals               26   2   4   2     0   4

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 35,879
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Yankees 0
DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Lollar
Triples: Jackson (4)
Home Runs: Soderholm (11)
Caught Stealing: Oates (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cowens (4)
GIDP: Soderholm (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder L(11-13)     8     4   2   2   0   4   1  26   4.02
Totals                  8     4   2   2   0   4   1  26

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lollar W(1-0)           6     2   1   1   4   1   0  23   3.34
Bird SV(1)              3     2   0   0   1   1   0  11   2.66
Totals                  9     4   1   1   5   2   0  34

Passed Balls: Gulden (1)
Balks: Lollar (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Rocky Roe


TIGERS 1ST: Jones flied out to right; Trammell walked; Kemp
struck out; Wockenfuss made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
made an out to shortstop; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Brookens grounded out (second to first); Cowens
popped to first in foul territory; Dyer flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson tripled to left; Soderholm homered [Jackson
scored]; Brant struck out; Oates grounded out (third to first);
Stanley grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 3RD: WILBORN REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Lentine
walked; Papi lined into a double play (right to first) [Lentine
out at first]; Jones walked; Jones was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Lollar [Jones to second]; Trammell singled
to third [Jones to third]; Kemp flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Holt flied out to left; Brown struck out; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Wockenfuss walked; Lollar balked [Wockenfuss to
second]; Brookens grounded out (second to first) [Wockenfuss to
third]; Cowens hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wockenfuss scored];
Dyer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; Wilborn made an out
to shortstop; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Lentine flied out to left; Papi made an out to
third; Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Brant flied out to left; Oates singled to center;
Oates was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Stanley made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 6TH: GULDEN REPLACED OATES (PLAYING C ); Trammell flied
out to left; Kemp grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss
singled to center; Brookens forced Wockenfuss (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Holt made an out to third; Brown struck out;
Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Yankees 2.

TIGERS 7TH: BIRD REPLACED LOLLAR (PITCHING); Cowens singled to
center; Dyer flied out to right; PETERS BATTED FOR LENTINE;
Peters forced Cowens (shortstop to second); Papi flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: PETERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Piniella
singled to left; Wilborn struck out; Soderholm grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Jones struck out; SUMMERS BATTED FOR TRAMMELL;
Summers flied out to right; Kemp walked; Gulden allowed a passed
ball [Kemp to second]; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING SS); Brant flied
out to left; Gulden grounded out (second to first); Stanley
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Yankees 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Brookens singled to left; Cowens forced Brookens
(first to shortstop) [Cowens to first]; CORCORAN BATTED FOR
DYER; Corcoran lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Cowens out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees
2.