New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1973 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 1 1 0
Alou M. 1b 4 0 1 1
White lf 4 0 1 1
Murcer cf 5 0 4 0
Blomberg dh 4 1 1 0
  Hart ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Swoboda pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 2 2 1
Munson c 5 1 1 2
Callison rf 4 1 1 1
  Alou F. ph 1 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 2 0
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf,lf 4 3 4 1
Stanley cf 4 1 1 2
Brown dh 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 0
  Sharon rf 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 2 2 4
Cash 1b 4 1 1 0
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 1
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
New York 000 211 0206150
Detroit 102 230 00x8100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (6-4) 4.2 9 8 8 0 4
  Buskey   3.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
0
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (18-8) 7.2 12 6 6 2 7
  Hiller  SV (24) 1.1 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
2
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  PB–Sims (5).  2B–New York Murcer 2 (16,off Coleman,off Hiller), Detroit Horton (13,off Dobson); N Cash (17,off Dobson).  3B–Detroit Northrup (4,off Dobson).  HR–New York Munson (15,4th inning off Coleman 1 on, 2 out); Nettles (15,6th inning off Coleman 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Northrup (8,1st inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out); Stanley (13,3rd inning off Dobson 1 on, 1 out); McAuliffe 2 (12,4th inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Dobson 2 on, 2 out).  SH–M Alou (6,off Coleman); Rodriguez (9,off Dobson).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:36.  A–42,174.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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