The Detroit Tigers handily defeated the New York Yankees, 7 to 4, on September 12, 1978.

1978 Detroit Tigers

Final

NYY

Yankees

86-57

4

DET

Tigers

78-65

7

1

0

3

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

3

1

9

0

R

4

7

H

8

10

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

NYY

DET

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp; Ron LeFlore and Rusty Staub scored.

0

3

Bottom 3rd

NYY

DET

Tigers

Home run by Ron LeFlore.

0

4

Tigers

Home run by Rusty Staub.

0

5

Bottom 5th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Single by Jason Thompson; Lou Whitaker scored.

0

6

Top 6th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Thurman Munson grounded out; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

6

Top 8th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Home run by Reggie Jackson; Bucky Dent and Thurman Munson scored.

4

6

Bottom 8th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Single by Lou Whitaker; Alan Trammell scored.

4

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Randolph 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thurman Munson C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Heath C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roy White DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 4 8 3 1 3 3 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Tidrow (L) 2.1 4 5 5 1 2 3
Paul Lindblad 4.2 4 1 1 4 3 0
Ron Davis 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Sparky Lyle 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 7 7 6 5 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 6
Lou Whitaker 2B 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Jason Thompson 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Kemp LF 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Milt May C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Corcoran RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Phil Mankowski 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez PH,3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Alan Trammell SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Totals 34 7 10 7 3 6 5 0 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kip Young (W) 7.2 8 4 4 2 1 1
John Hiller (S) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 3 3 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

15

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

21

27th

R

107

22nd

SO

230

17th

ERA

3.22

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/1
STL STL
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
5/3
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM