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Tigers 5 @ Twins 3
Metropolitan Stadium
August 26, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 26, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 26, 1972 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Bill Slayback  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Strickland  
Save—Lerrin LaGrow  
Game Winning RBI—Aurelio Rodriguez 

Game Info

DateAugust 26, 1972 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
Home Starting PitcherBert Blyleven  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance36,090 
Time of Game3 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou DiMuro
1B: Bill Deegan
2B: Larry McCoy
3B: Jim Honochick

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Second Baseman 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Jim Northrup  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Duke Sims  Catcher 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Ed Brinkman  Shortstop 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Steve Braun  Third Baseman 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
Steve Brye  Center Fielder 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Bert Blyleven  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Twins 3
Metropolitan Stadium
August 26, 1972

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         Game of 8/26/1972 -- Detroit at Minnesota (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b       5  0  1  0   Tovar C, lf-cf        4  1  2  0   
Taylor T, ph-2b       1  0  0  0   Carew R, 2b           3  0  0  0   
Rodriguez A, 3b       6  1  2  2   Braun S, 3b-lf        5  0  0  0   
Northrup J, rf        5  2  2  0   Darwin B, rf          5  1  1  2   
Cash N, 1b            4  1  2  1   Thompson D, ss        4  0  2  0   
Kaline A, ph-1b       1  0  1  0   Reese R, 1b           3  0  0  0   
Horton W, lf          5  0  1  1   Brye S, cf            3  0  0  0   
Sims D, c             4  0  1  1   Nettles J, ph         0  0  0  0   
Freehan B, ph-c       1  0  0  0   Killebrew H, ph       1  0  0  0   
Stanley M, cf         5  0  2  0   Soderholm E, 3b       1  0  0  0   
Brinkman E, ss        2  0  0  0   Borgmann G, c         4  1  1  1   
Lolich M, p           2  0  0  0   Blyleven B, p         3  0  0  0   
Brown G, ph           1  0  0  0   LaRoche D, p          0  0  0  0   
Zachary C, p          0  0  0  0   Monzon D, ph          1  0  0  0   
Hiller J, p           0  0  0  0   Strickland J, p       0  0  0  0   
Haller T, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Seelbach C, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Scherman F, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Slayback B, p         1  1  0  0                                      
Foor J, p             0  0  0  0                                      
LaGrow L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  5 12  5                        37  3  6  3

Detroit          001 000 020 02 --  5
Minnesota        000 012 000 00 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M              6.0  3  3  3  2  7
Zachary C             1.1  0  0  0  2  1
Hiller J              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Seelbach C            0.1  1  0  0  1  0
Scherman F            1.1  1  0  0  1  0
Slayback B (W)*       0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Foor J+               0.0  0  0  0  1  0
LaGrow L (S)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blyleven B            8.2 10  3  3  3  5
LaRoche D             1.1  1  0  0  0  0
Strickland J (L)      1.0  1  2  2  1  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 11th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 11th

E -- Reese R
DP -- Detroit 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Detroit 10, Minnesota 8
2B -- Tovar C, Cash N, Northrup J
3B -- Tovar C
HR -- Borgmann G, Darwin B, Rodriguez A
CS -- Carew R
T -- 3:54
A -- 36090

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