The Tigers knocked out Catfish Hunter in the fourth inning and beat the Yankees, 8-3, to hand the millionaire righthander his third straight defeat. The victory was the Tigers' second over Hunter, who again was the target of a homer by Willie Horton. When the Tigers beat Hunter, 5-3, in his first start for the Yankees April 11, Horton smashed a two-run homer. Horton's circuit clout this time was a three-run blow in the first inning, following singles by Ron LeFlore and Gary Sutherland.

Hunter then retired the next nine batters before being chased in the fourth when Nate Colbert doubled, Bill Freehan drove in a run with a single and Dan Meyer doubled. After Mike Wallace relieved, Leon Roberts batted for Art James and doubled to score Colbert and Freehan. Aurelio Rodriguez accounted for the Tigers' last two runs with a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     19, 1975 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3 11  1
Tigers       3  0  0    3  0  2    0  0  x  -   8 11  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 1b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .455      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .231
Maddox cf             4   0   2   2     1   0   .333      Sutherland 2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Horton dh             4   1   2   3     0   0   .214
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .194      Colbert 1b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .154
Munson c              4   0   3   0     0   0   .438      Freehan c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .182
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Meyer lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .250
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .242      James rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .105
Alomar 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .107        Roberts ph,rf       3   0   1   2     0   0   .429
Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   2   .154      Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .227
  Dempsey ph          1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   2     0   0   .412
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .556
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  11   3     2   5             Totals               35   8  11   8     0   5

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  8,396
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Tigers 3
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Mason, LeFlore
Doubles: Maddox (2), Colbert (1), Meyer (1), Roberts (2)
Home Runs: Horton (2), Rodriguez (1)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore 2 (2)
GIDP: Piniella (2), Johnson (2), Freehan (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(0-3)           3     6   6   6   0   2   1  15   7.32
Wallace                 3     5   2   2   0   1   1  14   6.00
Tidrow                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8    11   8   8   0   5   2  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(2-0)           9    11   3   2   2   5   0  38   2.40
Totals                  9    11   3   2   2   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


YANKEES 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied
out to left; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second; Sutherland
singled [LeFlore to third]; Horton homered [LeFlore scored,
Sutherland scored]; Colbert made an out to first; Freehan struck
out; Meyer flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Tigers 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled; Piniella grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Munson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: James grounded out (second to first); Veryzer struck
out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Nettles walked; Alomar singled [Nettles to third];
Mason struck out; White singled [Nettles scored, Alomar to
second]; Maddox singled [Alomar to third, White to second];
Johnson forced Alomar (pitcher to catcher) [White to third,
Maddox to second]; Bonds flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore flied out to center; Sutherland grounded out
(third to first); Horton made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled; Piniella struck out; Nettles popped
to first in foul territory; Alomar singled [Munson to third];
Mason was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Colbert doubled; Freehan singled [Colbert scored];
Meyer doubled [Freehan to third]; WALLACE REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); ROBERTS BATTED FOR JAMES; Roberts doubled [Freehan
scored, Meyer scored]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first);
Rodriguez made an out to first; LeFlore flied out to right; 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 6.

YANKEES 5TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); White flied
out to center; Maddox walked; Johnson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland reached on an error by Mason; Horton
singled [Sutherland to second]; Colbert struck out; Freehan
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Horton
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Bonds struck out; Munson flied out to center;
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Meyer singled; Roberts flied out to center [Meyer to
second]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
homered [Meyer scored]; LeFlore singled to pitcher; LeFlore
stole second; Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Alomar
struck out; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR MASON; Dempsey singled; White
singled to center [Dempsey to third, White to second (error by
LeFlore)]; Maddox doubled [Dempsey scored, White scored
(unearned)]; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); TIDROW
REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Horton made an out to third;
Colbert struck out; Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Tigers 8.

YANKEES 8TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Munson
singled; Piniella forced Munson (shortstop to second); Nettles
singled [Piniella to second]; Alomar forced Piniella (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: Meyer flied out to center; Roberts flied out to
center; Veryzer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Tigers 8.

YANKEES 9TH: WILLIAMS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Williams grounded out
(second to first); White grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Tigers 8.