A home run by Roy White lifted the Yankees to a 4-2 triumph over the Tigers, the Yankees' 11th victory in their last 13 games. White's circuit clout came in the fourth inning after a single by Graig Nettles and walk to Lou Piniella. Rich Gossage relieved in the ninth with the potential tying run at the plate and got the final two outs to record his 22nd save. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 0 Yankees 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 7 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .265 Staub dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .287 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .289 Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .294 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .277 May c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Piniella dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 .308 Corcoran rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .269 White lf 3 2 2 3 0 0 .248 Mankowski 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .296 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Johnstone rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Young p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 9 2 4 2 Totals 29 4 7 3 2 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 16,891 Left on Base: Tigers 9, Yankees 3 DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 3 Doubles: Staub (28), Thompson (22), White (11) Home Runs: Mankowski (4), White (8) Stolen Bases: Dent (2), Randolph (28) Caught Stealing: Randolph (7) GIDP: LeFlore (11), Dent (6) Hit by Pitch: Corcoran (4,by Tidrow) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Young L(5-5) 8 7 4 4 2 2 1 31 2.50 Totals 8 7 4 4 2 2 1 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow W(7-9) 8.1 8 2 2 3 2 1 35 3.54 Lyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.27 Gossage SV(22) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.94 Totals 9 9 2 2 4 2 1 38 Passed Balls: May (4) Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (5) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ted Hendry TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub doubled to right; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph singled to left; Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp flied out to center; May flied out to center; Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to left; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski flied out to left; Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: White doubled to right; Johnstone singled to third [White to third]; Dent grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White scored (no RBI), Johnstone out at second]; Rivers singled to center; Randolph forced Rivers (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 1. TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub singled to center; Thompson doubled to left [Staub to third]; Kemp hit into a double play to center [Staub out at home (center to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Munson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles singled to right; Piniella walked [Nettles to second]; White homered [Nettles scored, Piniella scored]; Johnstone flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. TIGERS 5TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Corcoran flied out to right; Mankowski singled to right; Trammell forced Mankowski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Dent flied out to right; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker grounded out (third to first); Staub walked; Thompson singled to right [Staub to second]; Kemp walked [Staub to third, Thompson to second]; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss lined to first; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. TIGERS 7TH: Corcoran was hit by a pitch; Mankowski singled to right [Corcoran to third]; Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mankowski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: Piniella flied out to center; White grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnstone lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. TIGERS 8TH: THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Whitaker singled to center; Staub flied out to center; Thompson flied out to right; Kemp grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 8TH: Dent singled to left; Dent stole second; May allowed a passed ball [Dent to third]; Rivers lined to right; Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Munson was called out on strikes; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 4. TIGERS 9TH: May made an out to second; Corcoran walked; Mankowski homered [Corcoran scored]; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Trammell walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); LeFlore singled to right [Trammell to second]; Whitaker lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Trammell out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 4.

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