The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers, 11 to 3, on May 15, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

DET

Tigers

13-16

3

NYY

Yankees

19-16

11

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

2

6

0

4

7

0

1

8

3

1

9

0

R

3

11

H

7

16

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

DET

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

DET

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Chris Chambliss; Jim Spencer scored.

0

3

Bottom 5th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Double by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

0

4

Yankees

Double by Lou Piniella; Reggie Jackson scored.

0

5

Bottom 6th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Single by Willie Randolph; Bucky Dent scored.

0

6

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Juan Beniquez and Willie Randolph scored.

0

8

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Thurman Munson scored.

0

9

Bottom 7th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Chris Chambliss.

0

10

Top 8th

DET

NYY

Tigers

Single by Ron LeFlore; Lance Parrish scored.

1

10

Tigers

Single by Lou Whitaker; Aurelio Rodriguez and Ron LeFlore scored.

3

10

Bottom 8th

DET

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

3

11

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Morales LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3 0 1 5 1 1 7

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Baker (L) 2.0 6 3 3 1 2 1
Sheldon Burnside 3.1 6 5 5 1 1 0
Bruce Taylor 2.2 4 3 2 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 16 11 10 2 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Juan Beniquez PR,CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 2B 5 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Thurman Munson C 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Graig Nettles 3B 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lou Piniella LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Jim Spencer DH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson PH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 8
Bucky Dent SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 16 11 2 2 4 0 0 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy John (W) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 1 5 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

19

Judge

Aaron Judge

RBI

46

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.311

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

6

Rodón

Carlos Rodón

K

79

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

1.99

Gil

Luis Gil

Team Rankings

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HR

86

1st

R

285

6th

SO

504

6th

ERA

2.75

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
40 19 .678
Orioles Orioles
36 19 .655 2.0
Red Sox Red Sox
29 29 .500 10.5
Rays Rays
28 30 .483 11.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
27 29 .482 11.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
6/1
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
10:05 PM
Sun
6/2
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:05 PM
Tue
6/4
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
6/5
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
6/6
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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SFG Giants

29-29

2

Final

6

NYY Yankees

40-19

Fri 31 May 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
Thu
5/30
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
11-8
Thu
5/30
TEX TEX
@
MIA MIA
2-8
Thu
5/30
ARI ARI
@
NYM NYM
9-10
Thu
5/30
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-4
Thu
5/30
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
3-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
6/1
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
6/1
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
6/1
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
4:10 PM
Sat
6/1
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sat
6/1
WSH WSH
@
CLE CLE
4:10 PM