The New York Yankees put the smackdown on the Detroit Tigers, 11 to 3, on May 15, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

DET

Tigers

13-16

3

NYY

Yankees

19-16

11

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

2

6

0

4

7

0

1

8

3

1

9

0

R

3

11

H

7

16

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

DET

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

DET

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Chris Chambliss; Jim Spencer scored.

0

3

Bottom 5th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Double by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

0

4

Yankees

Double by Lou Piniella; Reggie Jackson scored.

0

5

Bottom 6th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Single by Willie Randolph; Bucky Dent scored.

0

6

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Juan Beniquez and Willie Randolph scored.

0

8

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Thurman Munson scored.

0

9

Bottom 7th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Chris Chambliss.

0

10

Top 8th

DET

NYY

Tigers

Single by Ron LeFlore; Lance Parrish scored.

1

10

Tigers

Single by Lou Whitaker; Aurelio Rodriguez and Ron LeFlore scored.

3

10

Bottom 8th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

3

11

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Morales LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3 0 1 5 1 1 7

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Baker (L) 2.0 6 3 3 1 2 1
Sheldon Burnside 3.1 6 5 5 1 1 0
Bruce Taylor 2.2 4 3 2 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 16 11 10 2 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Juan Beniquez PR,CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 2B 5 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Thurman Munson C 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Graig Nettles 3B 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lou Piniella LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Jim Spencer DH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson PH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 8
Bucky Dent SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 16 11 2 2 4 0 0 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy John (W) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 1 5 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Soto

Juan Soto

RBI

20

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.322

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Weaver

Luke Weaver

K

29

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

2.42

Stroman

Marcus Stroman

Team Rankings

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HR

22

16th

R

100

15th

SO

192

18th

ERA

2.95

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
15 7 .682
Yankees Yankees
15 8 .652 0.5
Red Sox Red Sox
13 10 .565 2.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 10 .565 2.5
Rays Rays
12 12 .500 4.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM
Sat
4/27
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
7:10 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

15-8

0

Final

2

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-2
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
2-0
Sun
4/21
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
2-4
Sun
4/21
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
2-5
Sun
4/21
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
5-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Tue
4/23
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Tue
4/23
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM