New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 14, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1974 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 10, Detroit Tigers 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White dh 5 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 2 1 2
Murcer rf 5 1 1 2
Piniella lf 5 3 2 1
Munson c 5 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 2 3 1
Velez 1b 1 0 0 0
  Blomberg ph 1 0 1 2
  Sudakis 1b 3 0 1 1
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Mason ss 4 0 1 0
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 12 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 0
Sutherland 2b 5 1 1 0
Kaline dh 4 1 3 3
Oglivie lf 5 0 0 1
Freehan c 5 2 2 1
Nettles rf 4 1 2 2
Sanders 1b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Cash 3b 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 1 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
New York 402 000 40010120
Detroit 021 030 0017122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   4.2 8 6 6 1 3
  Martinez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow  W (12-12) 3.2 3 1 1 1 4
  Lyle   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  LaGrow   4.1 4 2 2 1 1
  Hiller  L (17-11) 1.1 4 4 3 1 0
  Ray   2.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
3
2

  E–Sutherland (15), Oglivie (5).  PB–Freehan (5).  2B–New York Munson (15,off LaGrow), Detroit Freehan (13,off Dobson); Nettles (4,off Martinez); Kaline (26,off Tidrow).  HR–New York Maddox (3,1st inning off Lolich 1 on, 0 out); Piniella (8,1st inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out); Nettles (18,1st inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out); Murcer (8,7th inning off Hiller 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Nettles (6,2nd inning off Dobson 1 on, 1 out); Kaline (12,5th inning off Dobson 1 on, 1 out); Freehan (15,5th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Nettles (8,by LaGrow).  WP–Lyle (7).  IBB–LaGrow (7,Nettles).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:51.  A–12,662.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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