Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2) Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I Tigers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 2 Yankees 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .295 Rivers cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Dillard 2b 5 1 0 0 0 0 .234 Randolph 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .265 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Munson c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Staub dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Chambliss 1b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .291 Thompson 1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .292 Nettles 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .276 Kemp lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .279 Piniella dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Stanley lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 White lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .254 Johnstone lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Stegman rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Thomasson rf 2 1 0 0 1 2 .228 Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Wockenfuss ph,rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Blair rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 May c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Dent ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Wagner ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trammell ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 9 3 2 4 Totals 36 4 9 1 4 4 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 46,896 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Yankees 9 DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 0 Errors: Dillard, May, Randolph, Thomasson Doubles: Stegman (1), Wockenfuss (4), Chambliss (23) Triples: Thompson (2) Home Runs: Rodriguez (7) Stolen Bases: Randolph (27) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris 4.2 5 4 2 3 3 0 23 4.17 Baker 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 4.12 Hiller W(7-4) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.57 Totals 9 9 4 2 4 4 0 40 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lindblad 3 6 2 2 0 2 1 15 4.22 Clay 4 2 2 1 2 2 0 17 4.67 Lyle L(9-3) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3.27 Totals 9 9 5 3 2 4 1 39 Wild Pitches: Clay (3) Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Dillard flied out to left [LeFlore to second]; Staub grounded out (first unassisted) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson singled to right [LeFlore scored]; Kemp flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 0. TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez homered; Stegman doubled to left; Debut game for Dave Stegman; May flied out to right [Stegman to third]; Wagner was called out on strikes; LeFlore flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss doubled to right; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss scored]; Piniella struck out; White flied out to center; Thomasson walked [Nettles to second]; Dent walked [Nettles to third, Thomasson to second]; Rivers reached on an error by Dillard [Nettles scored (unearned) (no RBI), Thomasson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Dent to third]; Randolph flied out to right; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 3RD: Dillard grounded out (third to first); Staub made an out to second; Thompson singled to left; Kemp singled to right [Thompson to second]; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles singled to right; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 4TH: CLAY REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Stegman lined to first; May walked; Wagner forced May (second to shortstop); LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to left; Thomasson was called out on strikes; Dent popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 5TH: Dillard reached on an error by Randolph; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dillard to second]; Thompson tripled to left [Dillard scored (unearned)]; Clay threw a wild pitch [Thompson scored]; Kemp walked; Rodriguez singled to right [Kemp to third]; CORCORAN BATTED FOR STEGMAN; Corcoran was called out on strikes; May forced Rodriguez (shortstop unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph walked; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph to second]; Randolph stole third [Randolph scored (error by May)]; Chambliss singled to right; Nettles singled to center [Chambliss to second]; BAKER REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Piniella forced Nettles (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 4. TIGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore struck out; Dillard flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Thomasson struck out; Dent singled to center; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 4. TIGERS 7TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Staub flied out to center; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: Randolph walked; Munson lined into a double play (right to first) [Randolph out at first]; Chambliss singled to left; HILLER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 4. TIGERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR CORCORAN; Wockenfuss doubled to right; May made an out to first; Wagner reached on an error by Thomasson [Wockenfuss scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wagner out at second (center to shortstop)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 4. YANKEES 8TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Johnstone singled to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Johnson made an out to first; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 4. TIGERS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING RF); LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Dillard grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 4. YANKEES 9TH: WHITAKER REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY REPLACED KEMP (PLAYING LF); TRAMMELL REPLACED WAGNER (PLAYING SS); Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph singled to left; Munson flied out to center; Chambliss forced Randolph (pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 4.

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