Mantle also drilled a two-run homer in the third inning.
Steve Whitaker added a solo home run in the eighth inning that tied the game, 3-3.
Both four-baggers came off Tigers starter Denny McLain. Mantle's single, which drove in pinch-hitter Dick Howser, came off loser John Hiller (3-3).
The Tigers (50-40) managed just five hits, while the Yankees used a late-game onslaught---seven hits in the final three innings---to overcome Detroit.
In the ninth with one out, Howser singled. Horace Clarke followed with a single that sent Howser to second base. Roy White lined out to shortstop, then Mantle drove a Hiller pitch into right field, which easily plated Howser.
The Tigers scored in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk by Jim Landis. In the fourth, Yankees center fielder Joe Pepitone misplayed Ray Oyler's line drive into a two-base error, which scored Jim Price. The Tigers' third run came in the seventh inning when Price singled home Bill Freehan, who had been hit by a pitch for the second time in the game. The run gave Detroit a 3-2 lead, but the Yankees' late surge carried them to victory.
Steve Hamilton picked up the win in relief, and Dooley Womack pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
Until right-hander Womack entered the game, the Tigers faced three pitchers who were all lefties, likely done to keep the Tigers' cache of left-handed bats on the bench as much as possible.
| Game 90 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
WP- Hamilton
SV- Womack
LP- Hiller (3-3)
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