The ball was flying out of Tiger Stadium in Detroit where the New York Yankees came from behind to win a 10-8 slugfest. There were 9 homeruns hit between the 2 teams and 28 total hits. Mickey Tettleton had 2 homers and 5 RBI while Rob Deer hit 2 with 2 RBI to lead the Tiger's hitting attack. But it was the Yankee's Mel Hall with his 2 homeruns and 3 RBI that won the game for New York. His 2nd homer came in the 8th inning and drove in the final 2 runs of the contest.
BOXSCORE: 1991 New York Yankees At 1991 Detroit Tigers 4/10/1991
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
S.Sax 2B 5 1 3 1 .556 T.Phillips 2B 5 0 1 0 .200
D.Mattingly 1B 5 0 3 2 .375 L.Moseby LF 3 1 0 0 .000
R.Kelly CF 5 0 0 0 .111 B-P.Incaviglia PH 1 0 0 0 .000
K.Maas DH 5 2 2 1 .250 C-J.Shelby LF 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Hall LF 5 3 3 3 .600 A.Trammell SS 4 2 2 1 .444
M.Nokes C 4 1 1 1 .250 C.Fielder DH 4 1 2 0 .500
A-B.Geren C 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Tettleton C 5 2 3 5 .333
J.Barfield RF 4 2 3 2 .500 R.Deer RF 3 2 2 2 .500
T.Lovullo 3B 4 1 1 0 .250 D.Bergman 1B 4 0 1 0 .250
R.Velarde SS 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Fryman 3B 4 0 0 0 .250
M.Cuyler CF 4 0 1 0 .250
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Totals 42 10 16 10 Totals 37 8 12 8
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nokes In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Moseby In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Incaviglia In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 0 - 10 16 0
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 - 8 12 0
Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Sanderson 4 2/3 6 7 7 4 5 3 104 13.50
E.Plunk 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 4 1 28 19.29
J.Habyan WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00
L.Guetterman SAVE(1st) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.00
Totals 9 12 8 8 4 10 4
Tigers (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Terrell 5 1/3 10 6 6 0 2 3 101 10.13
D.Petry HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00
J.Gleaton L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 10 ----
P.Gibson 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 30 4.50
Totals 9 16 10 10 0 4 5
ATTENDANCE- 17,990 DATE- Wednesday, April 10th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 5 Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- D.Mattingly-2(2nd), J.Barfield(1st), T.Phillips(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Maas(1st), M.Hall-2(2nd), M.Nokes(1st), J.Barfield(2nd),
M.Tettleton-2(2nd), R.Deer-2(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- S.Sax(1st), L.Moseby(1st), M.Cuyler(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- S.Sax
WALKS- A.Trammell, C.Fielder, R.Deer-2
HIT BY PITCH- L.Moseby
STRIKE OUTS- R.Kelly-2, K.Maas, J.Barfield, T.Phillips-2, L.Moseby-2, C.Fielder,
M.Tettleton, D.Bergman, T.Fryman-2, M.Cuyler
GIDP- M.Tettleton
2-out RBI- M.Hall, D.Mattingly-2, A.Trammell, M.Tettleton-3, R.Deer, S.Sax
RLISP 2-out- K.Maas, R.Kelly-2, A.Trammell-2, C.Fielder
Mel Hall launched 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the New York Yankees beat the
Detroit Tigers by a score of 10 to 8.
The Detroit fans didn't appreciate the big day Hall had. He smashed a
solo-shot out of the park in the 4th inning, lashed a single in the 6th
inning and smashed a two-run homer in the 8th inning. The game was a wild
affair with the lead changing hands 5 times.
The winning pitcher was John Habyan(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Lee
Guetterman recorded his 1st save. The loss was charged to Jerry Gleaton(0-1)
in relief. He was unable to retire a batter and surrendered 3 hits and no
walks.
Catcher Mickey Tettleton ripped 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI but his offense was
not enough to carry Detroit to victory.
