The Detroit Tigers were decisively beaten by the New York Yankees, 12 to 8, on May 22, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

NYY

Yankees

23-18

12

DET

Tigers

15-20

8

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

8

0

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

7

9

0

1

R

12

8

H

15

11

E

1

3

Top 3rd

NYY

DET

Yankees

Reggie Jackson walked; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

0

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Willie Randolph and Graig Nettles scored.

3

0

Yankees

Double by Roy White; Reggie Jackson scored.

4

0

Yankees

Single by Jay Johnstone; Chris Chambliss and Roy White scored.

6

0

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent; Jay Johnstone scored.

7

0

Yankees

Single by Willie Randolph; Mickey Rivers scored.

8

0

Top 4th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Roy White grounded out; Reggie Jackson scored.

9

0

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Roy White scored.

10

0

Top 6th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Passed ball; Chris Chambliss scored.

11

0

Yankees

Triple by Jerry Narron; Roy White scored.

12

0

Bottom 8th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Rusty Staub ground ball; Error by Chris Chambliss; Tim Corcoran scored.

12

1

Tigers

Single by Jason Thompson; Steve Kemp scored.

12

2

Tigers

Single by Lynn Jones; Rusty Staub and Jason Thompson scored.

12

4

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Phil Mankowski; Lance Parrish scored.

12

5

Tigers

Double by Tim Corcoran; Lynn Jones and Alan Trammell scored.

12

7

Bottom 9th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Home run by Rusty Staub.

12

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Juan Beniquez CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Brian Doyle 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
Reggie Jackson RF 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Roy White DH 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jay Johnstone LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Narron C 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Stanley SS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals 39 12 15 11 0 8 5 0 2 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luis Tiant (W) 7.1 7 5 3 3 0 0
Dick Tidrow 1.2 4 3 3 1 0 1
Totals 9.0 11 8 4 4 0 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tim Corcoran RF 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lou Whitaker 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Kemp LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jason Thompson 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Lance Parrish C 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Lynn Jones RF,CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Mankowski 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 8 11 7 1 4 0 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mark Fidrych (L) 2.0 5 5 5 3 2 0
Sheldon Burnside 0.2 4 3 2 0 0 0
Aurelio Lopez 3.1 6 4 4 2 2 0
Bruce Taylor 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Totals 9.0 15 12 11 8 5 0

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TEAM W L PCT GB
White Sox White Sox
0 0
Guardians Guardians
0 0
Tigers Tigers
0 0
Twins Twins
0 0
Royals Royals
0 0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
4:10 PM
Sat
3/30
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Sun
3/31
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
DET DET
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/2
DET DET
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

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Padres

1-1

Dodgers

1-1

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Padres

1-1

Dodgers

1-1

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
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11
Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM