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Yankees 1 @ Twins 0
Metropolitan Stadium
July 8, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees, played on July 8, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 1 to 0.

Game Summary

DateJuly 8, 1972 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 1 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 1
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 0 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 0
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Mel Stottlemyre  
Losing Pitcher—Wayne Granger  
Save—Sparky Lyle  
Game Winning RBI—Bernie Allen 

Game Info

DateJuly 8, 1972 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMel Stottlemyre  
Home Starting PitcherBert Blyleven  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance14,866 
Time of Game3 hours 3 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Kunkel
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Bill Haller
3B: Jerry Neudecker

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rusty Torres  Right Fielder 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Bobby Murcer  Center Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Ron Blomberg  First Baseman 
Bernie Allen  Second Baseman 
Celerino Sanchez  Third Baseman 
Jerry Kenney  Shortstop 
Mel Stottlemyre  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Charlie Manuel  Left Fielder 
Bobby Darwin  Center Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Bert Blyleven  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Yankees 1 @ Twins 0
Metropolitan Stadium
July 8, 1972

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         Game of 7/8/1972 -- New York at Minnesota (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Torres R, rf          4  0  1  0   Tovar C, rf           5  0  1  0   
Munson T, c           5  0  0  0   Thompson D, ss        4  0  2  0   
Murcer B, cf          5  0  0  0   Carew R, 2b           5  0  1  0   
White R, lf           3  0  2  0   Killebrew H, 1b       5  0  0  0   
Blomberg R, 1b        3  0  1  0   Manuel C, lf          4  0  2  0   
Allen B, 2b           5  1  2  1   Brye S, ph            1  0  0  0   
Clarke H, 2b          0  0  0  0   Darwin B, cf          3  0  1  0   
Sanchez C, 3b         4  0  2  0   Soderholm E, 3b       4  0  0  0   
Kenney J, ss          3  0  0  0   Mitterwald G, c       4  0  0  0   
Alou F, ph            1  0  0  0   Blyleven B, p         3  0  0  0   
Michael G, ss         1  0  0  0   Reese R, ph           1  0  1  0   
Stottlemyre M, p      5  0  1  0   Granger W, p          0  0  0  0   
Lyle S, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  1  9  1                        39  0  8  0

New York         000 000 000 01 --  1
Minnesota        000 000 000 00 --  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre M (W)*   10.0  8  0  0  2  6
Lyle S (S)            1.0  0  0  0  0  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blyleven B           10.0  7  0  0  6 10
Granger W (L)         1.0  2  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 11th

DP -- New York 2, Minnesota 3
LOB -- New York 11, Minnesota 8
2B -- White R, Stottlemyre M
HR -- Allen B
PB -- Mitterwald G
T -- 3:03
A -- 14866

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