Unbeaten Ron Guidry posted his 12th straight victory as the Yankees beat the Tigers, 4-2. The ace lefty gave up a leadoff homer to Ron LeFiore in the first inning but stopped Tigers until the ninth when he was relieved by Rich Gossage after walking leadoff batter Jason Thompson. Gossage wild-pitched a run home before closing out the game.

All the Yankee scoring came in the ninth. Reggie Jackson hit a one-out solo homer to tie the score and Chris Chambliss reached first on an error by second baseman Lou Whitaker. A single by Graig Nettles sent Chambliss to third and pinch-hitter Lou Piniella singled to center to plate Chambliss. An infield hit by Fred Stanley and bloop single by Roy White drove in the final two runs. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Thursday, June 22, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4 9 1 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 2 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White lf,cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .252 LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266 Randolph 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Doyle 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Staub dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Spencer ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Thompson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .303 Blair 2b,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Munson c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Johnson c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Stanley rf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .217 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271 Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .295 Parrish c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .209 Nettles 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .252 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Thomasson cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .206 Dillard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Piniella ph,lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Trammell ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Johnstone dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Stanley ss,2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 9 4 1 4 Totals 32 2 6 1 3 9 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 33,971 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Tigers 6 DP: Yankees 2, Tigers 0 Errors: Guidry, Thompson, Whitaker Home Runs: Jackson (12), LeFlore (6) GIDP: Parrish (6), Rodriguez (4) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(12-0) 8 6 2 2 2 8 1 31 1.50 Gossage SV(10) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.33 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 9 1 35 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rozema L(2-4) 8.1 6 3 1 1 3 1 33 2.49 Hiller 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.41 Totals 9 9 4 1* 1 4 1 38 Wild Pitches: Gossage (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney YANKEES 1ST: White grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore homered; Kemp popped to shortstop; Staub flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez flied out to left; Stanley singled to left; Parrish struck out; Trammell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 3RD: Thomasson walked; Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first) [Thomasson to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thomasson to third]; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); LeFlore flied out to center; Kemp walked; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson singled to left; Jackson flied out to left; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to center; Rodriguez struck out; Stanley singled to left [Thompson to second]; Parrish grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 5TH: Nettles struck out; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Johnstone popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: DOYLE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Trammell reached on an error by Guidry [Trammell to first]; Whitaker struck out; LeFlore flied out to center; Kemp forced Trammell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 6TH: Stanley flied out to left; White flied out to center; Doyle singled to right; Munson struck out; Thurman Munson ejected by HP umpire Jim McKean arguing that he tipped strike three; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Staub singled to center; Thompson flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 7TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Chambliss singled to center; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to second]; Thomasson forced Nettles (second to shortstop) [Chambliss to third]; Johnstone popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Stanley struck out; Parrish struck out; Trammell singled to right; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 8TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to center; SPENCER BATTED FOR DOYLE; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 2B); LeFlore flied out to center; BLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); STANLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Kemp struck out; Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1. YANKEES 9TH: Johnson flied out to left; Jackson homered; Chambliss reached on an error by Whitaker [Chambliss to first]; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to third]; HILLER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Piniella singled to center [Chambliss scored (unearned), Nettles to third]; Johnstone popped to third; Stanley singled to third [Nettles scored (unearned), Piniella to third (error by Thompson)]; White singled to center [Piniella scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Stanley to third]; Blair struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Thompson walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski struck out; CORCORAN BATTED FOR STANLEY; Corcoran walked [Thompson to second]; MAY BATTED FOR PARRISH; May forced Corcoran (first to shortstop) [Thompson to third]; DILLARD RAN FOR MAY; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Thompson scored]; Trammell popped to second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Tigers 2.

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