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Athletics 3 @ Tigers 4
Tiger Stadium
October 11, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics, played on October 11, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateOctober 11, 1972 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 3 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherJohn Hiller  
Losing PitcherJoe Horlen  
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Game Winning RBIJim Northrup 

Game Info

DateOctober 11, 1972 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherCatfish Hunter  
Home Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance37,615 
Time of Game3 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Denkinger
1B: Nestor Chylak
2B: John Rice
3B: Red Flaherty

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Matty Alou  Right Fielder 
Dal Maxvill  Shortstop 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Center Fielder 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Mike Epstein  First Baseman 
Gene Tenace  Catcher 
Dick Green  Second Baseman 
Catfish Hunter  Pitcher 
Dick Williams  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Shortstop 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Duke Sims  Left Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Jim Northrup  Center Fielder 
Tony Taylor  Second Baseman 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Athletics 3 @ Tigers 4
Tiger Stadium
October 11, 1972

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 10/11/1972 -- Oakland at Detroit

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Alou M, rf            5  1  2  1   McAuliffe D, ss       4  2  2  1   
Maxvill D, ss         2  0  1  0   Kaline A, rf          3  1  1  0   
Hendrick G, ph        1  0  0  0   Sims D, lf            3  0  1  0   
Cullen T, ss          0  0  0  0   Stanley M, cf         1  0  1  0   
Mangual A, ph         1  0  0  0   Brown G, ph           0  1  0  0   
Kubiak T, ss          1  0  1  1   Freehan B, c          5  0  1  1   
Rudi J, lf            5  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            4  0  1  1   
Jackson R, cf         5  0  2  0   Northrup J, cf-lf     5  0  1  1   
Bando S, 3b           5  0  0  0   Taylor T, 2b          4  0  2  0   
Epstein M, 1b         3  1  1  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       2  0  0  0   
Tenace G, c-2b        4  0  0  0   Lolich M, p           3  0  0  0   
Green D, 2b           2  0  1  0   Horton W, ph          1  0  0  0   
Duncan D, ph-c        1  0  0  0   Seelbach C, p         0  0  0  0   
Hunter J, p           3  0  0  0   Hiller J, p           0  0  0  0   
Fingers R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Blue V, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Marquez G, ph         1  1  1  0                                      
Locker B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Horlen J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Hamilton D, p         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  3  9  3                        35  4 10  4

Oakland          000 000 100 2 --  3
Detroit          001 000 000 3 --  4
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hunter J              7.1  6  1  1  3  5
Fingers R             0.2  0  0  0  0  1
Blue V                1.0  1  0  0  1  2
Locker B*             0.0  2  2  2  0  0
Horlen J (L)+         0.0  0  1  1  1  0
Hamilton D            0.0  1  0  0  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M              9.0  5  1  1  2  6
Seelbach C            0.2  3  2  2  0  0
Hiller J (W)          0.1  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 10th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 10th

E -- Jackson R, Rodriguez A, Tenace G
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Oakland 8, Detroit 11
2B -- Sims D, Green D, Taylor T 2, Alou M 2
HR -- McAuliffe D, Epstein M
CS -- McAuliffe D
SH -- Kaline A
WP -- Horlen J
T -- 3:04
A -- 37615

    

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