Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
October 2, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1977 at Yankee 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

Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Corcoran cf 5 1 4 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Staub dh 5 1 1 2
Kemp lf 4 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 2 1 0 0
Oglivie rf 3 1 1 3
Parrish c 5 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 4 1 2 0
Trammell ss 2 1 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Nettles dh 5 1 3 0
White cf 3 1 0 1
Chambliss 1b 4 1 0 0
Johnson c 0 0 0 0
  McCall pr 0 1 0 0
  Hendricks c 3 0 1 2
Alston rf 4 1 1 1
Locklear lf 5 1 3 2
  Bergman lf 0 0 0 0
Klutts ss 3 1 1 2
Zeber 2b 4 1 2 0
Stanley 3b 4 0 2 0
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Detroit 020 010 310790
New York 002 003 03x8131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   5.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Crawford   1.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Foucault  L (7-7) 1.1 2 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
4
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clay   4.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Tidrow   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Thomas  W (3-6) 4.0 4 4 4 4 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
7
6

  E–Locklear (1).  2B–Detroit Corcoran (3,off Clay), New York Nettles 2 (23,off Ruhle,off Foucault); Alston (4,off Ruhle); Hendricks (1,off Foucault).  HR–Detroit Oglivie (21,2nd inning off Clay 1 on, 0 out), New York Klutts (1,6th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Whitaker (1,off Clay); Trammell (1,off Thomas); Alston (1,off Foucault).  SF–Oglivie (3,off Thomas); White (4,off Crawford).  HBP–Johnson (6,by Ruhle).  CS–Mankowski (2,2nd base by Clay/Johnson).  HBP–Ruhle (3,Johnson).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:35.  A–18,778.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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