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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1984-09-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 39198 · 2:30

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 4–1. Jack Morris earned the win and Guillermo Hernandez picked up the save. Marty Castillo went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jack Morris L: Ray Fontenot SV: Guillermo Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Mike Reilly · 1B: Don Denkinger · 2B: Rich Garcia · 3B: Al Clark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Randolph	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Meacham	2	0	0	0	2	0
Don Mattingly	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Winfield	4	0	0	1	0	2
Oscar Gamble	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Griffey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Butch Wynegar	2	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Pagliarulo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Omar Moreno	2	0	1	0	0	1
Toby Harrah	2	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Mata	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Baylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Earl	4	1	1	0	0	2
Alan Trammell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kirk Gibson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Lance Parrish	4	0	1	1	0	1
Larry Herndon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Barbaro Garbey	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chet Lemon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nelson Simmons	3	1	2	0	0	1
Marty Castillo	3	1	2	2	0	1
Ruppert Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Bergman	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Fontenot	7.0	9	1	5
Jay Howell	1.0	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Morris	6.0	2	4	4
Bill Scherrer	1.0	0	0	1
Willie Hernandez	2.0	0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie Randolph: 9
Bob Meacham: W
Don Mattingly: WP.1-2
Don Mattingly: 9
Dave Winfield: WP.2-3
Dave Winfield: 3/G

Bot 1

Scott Earl: S
Alan Trammell: WP.1-2
Alan Trammell: W
Kirk Gibson: K
Lance Parrish: S.2-H;1-3
Larry Herndon: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Oscar Gamble: 8
Ken Griffey: 43
Butch Wynegar: W
Mike Pagliarulo: 8

Bot 2

Barbaro Garbey: D
Chet Lemon: 8
Nelson Simmons: CS3(25)
Nelson Simmons: D
Marty Castillo: S.2-H
Scott Earl: K

Top 3

Omar Moreno: S
Willie Randolph: 8
Bob Meacham: 8
Don Mattingly: 8

Bot 3

Alan Trammell: 53
Kirk Gibson: 43
Lance Parrish: 13

Top 4

Dave Winfield: K
Oscar Gamble: S
Ken Griffey: 4
Butch Wynegar: W.1-2
Mike Pagliarulo: 43

Bot 4

Larry Herndon: 4
Barbaro Garbey: 43
Chet Lemon: S.BX2(764)

Top 5

Omar Moreno: K
Willie Randolph: W
Bob Meacham: 6
Don Mattingly: 43

Bot 5

Nelson Simmons: S
Marty Castillo: BK.1-2
Marty Castillo: K
Scott Earl: 53
Alan Trammell: HP
Kirk Gibson: S.2-3;1-2
Lance Parrish: 5/F

Top 6

Dave Winfield: K
Oscar Gamble: K
Ken Griffey: 9

Bot 6

Larry Herndon: 53
Barbaro Garbey: 63
Chet Lemon: 8

Top 7

Butch Wynegar: K
Toby Harrah: 7
Victor Mata: 7

Bot 7

Nelson Simmons: K
Marty Castillo: HR
Scott Earl: K
Alan Trammell: 63

Top 8

Willie Randolph: W
Bob Meacham: OA.1-2(E2/TH)
Bob Meacham: W
Don Mattingly: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Dave Winfield: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Don Baylor: 7

Bot 8

Kirk Gibson: HR
Lance Parrish: K
Ruppert Jones: 31
Dave Bergman: W
Chet Lemon: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Ken Griffey: K
Butch Wynegar: 6
Toby Harrah: 7

Notes & reviews

100th victory of season for Tigers; Sparky Anderson becomes first manager to accomplish feat with two different teams
wild throw back to pitcher by catcher Lance Parrish

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