New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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 1, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 1 2 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Murcer cf 4 0 1 0
Hart dh 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0
Velez rf 3 0 1 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan 1b 2 0 1 0
  Alou ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Cash R. 3b 3 0 1 1
  Sharon rf 0 0 0 0
Northrup rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Brown dh 4 0 1 1
Cash N. 1b 3 0 2 0
  Taylor pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Sims c 4 1 1 0
Stanley cf 2 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
New York 100 000 000152
Detroit 110 000 00x291
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (13-14) 8.0 9 2 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
2
1
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (13-13) 8.2 5 1 1 2 4
  Hiller  SV (31) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4

  E–Michael (22), Hegan (4), Sims (7).  DP–Detroit 1.  HR–New York White (16,1st inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out).  SH–R Cash (1,off Stottlemyre).  SB–Murcer (6,2nd base off Lolich/Sims); Taylor (9,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Munson).  WP–Lolich 2 (10).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:18.  A–17,908.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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