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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1976-05-12 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 14575 · 56°F, night, dry · 2:19

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 7–6. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Dock Ellis earned the win and Sparky Lyle picked up the save. Graig Nettles went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dock Ellis L: Ray Bare SV: Sparky Lyle

Umpires — HP: George Maloney · 1B: Jim McKean · 2B: Nick Bremigan · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron LeFlore	5	0	1	1	0	1
Dan Meyer	2	1	0	0	1	0
Willie Horton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jason Thompson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss	2	1	0	0	2	2
Tom Veryzer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Gary Sutherland	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Stanley	2	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Freehan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Scrivener	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	3	2	2	0	1	1
Roy White	3	1	1	1	1	1
Thurman Munson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	4	1	0	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	4	1	1	1	0	1
Graig Nettles	4	1	1	2	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	1	3	1	0	0
Willie Randolph	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Mason	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Bare	0.2	4	1	0
Bill Laxton	7.1	6	1	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	6.0	5	6	3
Sparky Lyle	3.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron LeFlore: D9.BX3(945)
Dan Meyer: W
Willie Horton: 8
Rusty Staub: W.1-2
Jason Thompson: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Aurelio Rodriguez: 13

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: W
Roy White: SB2
Roy White: S8.2-H;BX2(834)
Thurman Munson: 53
Chris Chambliss: E8/F.B-3
Oscar Gamble: S8.3-H(UR)
Graig Nettles: HR/9.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Lou Piniella: S8
Willie Randolph: D7.1-3
Jim Mason: K

Top 2

John Wockenfuss: W
Tom Veryzer: D9.1-3
Gary Sutherland: 2/FL
Ron LeFlore: K
Dan Meyer: 43

Bot 2

Mickey Rivers: S6
Roy White: PO1(13)
Roy White: K
Thurman Munson: 4/P

Top 3

Willie Horton: 7
Rusty Staub: 3/L
Jason Thompson: 43

Bot 3

Chris Chambliss: 5/FL
Oscar Gamble: 43
Graig Nettles: 8

Top 4

Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
John Wockenfuss: K/C
Tom Veryzer: K

Bot 4

Lou Piniella: HR/7
Willie Randolph: 43
Jim Mason: S8
Mickey Rivers: S4.1-2
Roy White: E8/F.2XH(82);1-H(E2)(UR);B-H(E1)(UR)
Thurman Munson: 7

Top 5

Gary Sutherland: W
Ron LeFlore: 64(1)/FO
Dan Meyer: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Chris Chambliss: 8
Oscar Gamble: K
Graig Nettles: 9

Top 6

Willie Horton: 63
Rusty Staub: S8
Jason Thompson: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Lou Piniella: S8
Willie Randolph: K/C
Jim Mason: 6/P
Mickey Rivers: K/C

Top 7

Aurelio Rodriguez: S8
John Wockenfuss: W.1-2
Tom Veryzer: W.2-3;1-2
Mickey Stanley: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ron LeFlore: 63.3-H
Bill Freehan: E1.2-H(NR);B-1
Willie Horton: S9.1-3
Rusty Staub: 341.3-H(UR);1-2
Jason Thompson: 43

Bot 7

Roy White: W
Thurman Munson: 8
Chris Chambliss: 36(1)/FO
Oscar Gamble: 43

Top 8

Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
John Wockenfuss: K
Tom Veryzer: 9

Bot 8

Graig Nettles: 6/P
Lou Piniella: 8
Willie Randolph: 63

Top 9

Mickey Stanley: 13
Ron LeFlore: 13
Chuck Scrivener: K