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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1991-04-08 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 47382 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph R to L · 3:15

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 6–4. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Paul Gibson earned the win and Mike Henneman picked up the save. Alan Trammell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10
DET	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		6	8

W: Paul Gibson L: Greg Cadaret SV: Mike Henneman

Umpires — HP: Bill Deegan · 1B: Mark Arata · 2B: Randy Harvey · 3B: Jim Knauss · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steve Sax	5	0	1	0	0	0
Don Mattingly	5	2	2	0	0	0
Roberto Kelly	4	0	1	0	1	2
Kevin Maas	2	1	1	2	2	0
Hensley Meulens	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jesse Barfield	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Leyritz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Blowers	2	1	1	1	0	0
Alvaro Espinoza	3	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Nokes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Torey Lovullo	1	0	0	0	1	1
Randy Velarde	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Phillips	3	1	0	0	2	2
Lloyd Moseby	4	2	1	0	1	1
Alan Trammell	4	1	2	4	0	0
Cecil Fielder	3	0	1	2	1	0
Lou Whitaker	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rob Deer	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mickey Tettleton	3	0	1	0	1	1
Travis Fryman	3	1	1	0	1	1
Milt Cuyler	3	1	1	0	1	1
Tony Bernazard	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Leary	6.0	5	3	9
Greg Cadaret	0.1	1	1	0
Eric Plunk	1.1	2	3	1
Steve Farr	0.1	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Tanana	5.0	8	2	2
Dan Petry	1.0	0	1	0
Paul Gibson	2.0	1	1	1
Mike Henneman	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Steve Sax: 9/F9M
Don Mattingly: S/L8RM
Roberto Kelly: 8/L8RXD
Kevin Maas: SB2
Kevin Maas: W
Hensley Meulens: S/L89M.2-H;1-2
Jesse Barfield: K

Bot 1

Tony Phillips: K
Lloyd Moseby: D/L78XD
Alan Trammell: HR/L78XD.2-H;B-H
Cecil Fielder: 8/F8LXD
Lou Whitaker: W
Rob Deer: 7/F7D

Top 2

Jim Leyritz: 8/F78D
Mike Blowers: 9/L89S
Alvaro Espinoza: 43/G4

Bot 2

Mickey Tettleton: S/G56D
Travis Fryman: K
Milt Cuyler: 46(1)/FO/G4MS.B-2(E6/TH)
Tony Phillips: 7/F78M

Top 3

Steve Sax: 43/G4
Don Mattingly: S9/G34D
Roberto Kelly: K
Kevin Maas: HR/F9D.1-H;B-H
Hensley Meulens: S8/L8LM
Jesse Barfield: S7/L7M.1-2
Jim Leyritz: 53/G56

Bot 3

Lloyd Moseby: K
Alan Trammell: 53/G5L
Cecil Fielder: 9/F89D

Top 4

Mike Blowers: HR/L7D.B-H
Alvaro Espinoza: S9/G3DF
Steve Sax: CS2(24)
Steve Sax: 53/G56
Don Mattingly: 7/F78D

Bot 4

Tony Bernazard: K
Rob Deer: K
Mickey Tettleton: K

Top 5

Roberto Kelly: W
Kevin Maas: CS2(136)
Kevin Maas: 9/P89M
Hensley Meulens: 6/P6S

Bot 5

Travis Fryman: S8/P8LM
Milt Cuyler: K
Tony Phillips: K
Lloyd Moseby: W.1-2
Alan Trammell: D7/L7LD.2-H;1-H
Cecil Fielder: IW
Tony Bernazard: 8/F78M

Top 6

Jesse Barfield: 63/G6M
Matt Nokes: E4/TH/G4M.B-2
Torey Lovullo: IW
Alvaro Espinoza: FC/G56.2-3;1-2;B-1
Steve Sax: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 6

Rob Deer: K
Mickey Tettleton: 3/G3L
Travis Fryman: 53/G56S

Top 7

Don Mattingly: 31/G3
Roberto Kelly: S8/G4MD
Kevin Maas: W.1-2
Hensley Meulens: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 7

Milt Cuyler: S7/G56D
Tony Phillips: W.1-2
Lloyd Moseby: 2/P2RF
Alan Trammell: SB3
Alan Trammell: 2/P2LF
Cecil Fielder: D7/L7LD.3-H;1-H
Tony Bernazard: S9/G34D.2XH(92);B-2

Top 8

Jesse Barfield: 63/G56
Randy Velarde: 9/F9D
Torey Lovullo: K

Bot 8

Rob Deer: K
Mickey Tettleton: W
Travis Fryman: CS2(24)
Travis Fryman: W
Milt Cuyler: SB2
Milt Cuyler: W
Tony Phillips: W.2-3;1-2
Lloyd Moseby: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Top 9

Mel Hall: 3/P9LSF
Steve Sax: S4/G4M
Don Mattingly: 9/P3D
Roberto Kelly: K

Notes & reviews

Debut for umpires Jim Knauss, Randy Harvey and Mark Arata, who worked because the staff umpires were not working due to contract negotiations which stalled during spring training; the contract was settled but the assigned umpires could not get to Detroit in time to work the game; former AL umpire Bill deegan worked at HP

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