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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 29, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 29, 1972 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 29, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 29, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Kline |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Merle Anthony 1B: George Maloney 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Art Frantz |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Tom Haller | Catcher |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
Roy White | Left Fielder |
John Ellis | First Baseman |
Ron Swoboda | Center Fielder |
Hal Lanier | Third Baseman |
Gene Michael | Shortstop |
Steve Kline | Pitcher |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 29, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Kline
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke misplays the ball. That's an error on Clarke. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Kline
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Kline
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Kline
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a line drive into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Lolich
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ellis vs. Lolich
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Kline
Northrup hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Kline
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lanier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Kline
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Kline
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Lolich
Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michael vs. Lolich
There goes Swoboda. The throw from Haller and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Kline
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Kline
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Kline
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Kline
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Lolich
Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Kline
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Kline
Northrup hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Kline
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lolich
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Lolich
Ellis strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Kline
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Haller for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Kline
Brinkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lolich vs. Kline
Lolich bunts towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Kline
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Lolich
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kline vs. Lolich
Kline hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Kline
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Kline
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Kline
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Kline
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke misplays the ball. That's an error on Clarke. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Kline
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Clarke fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Kline
Haller hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Kline
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lolich vs. Kline
Munson fires to third and picks off Stanley. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lolich
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Lolich
Ellis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northrup. Ellis reaches second base with a double. White moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. Ellis tags and moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lanier vs. Lolich
Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ellis tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kline
Dalton Jones pinch hits for Mickey Lolich. Felipe Alou now playing first base. Rusty Torres now playing right field.
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Kline
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Kline
Rodriguez hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Strampe
Bob Strampe now pitching.
Kline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Strampe
Clarke takes first base on ball four. Kline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Munson vs. Meeler
Phil Meeler now pitching.
Munson takes first base on ball four. Kline moves to third. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alou vs. Meeler
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kline tags and scores. Clarke tags and moves to third. Munson tags and moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Meeler
White is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torres vs. Zachary
Chris Zachary now pitching.
Torres hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northrup. Torres reaches second base with a double. Clarke scores. Munson scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murcer vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching. Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Ron Swoboda.
Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lanier vs. Perranoski
Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Kline
Bobby Murcer now playing center field.
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Kline
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Kline
Wayne Comer pinch runs for Gates Brown.
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Kline
Stanley hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Murcer, who is chasing the ball. Stanley reaches third base with a triple. Comer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Freehan vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bill Freehan pinch hits for Tom Haller.
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/29/1972, game 1 -- Detroit at New York (D) Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Clarke H, 2b 3 1 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Munson T, c 3 1 0 0 Cash N, 1b 4 0 1 0 Alou F, rf-1b 3 0 1 1 Brown G, lf 4 0 1 0 White R, lf 3 1 2 0 Comer W, pr 0 1 0 0 Ellis J, 1b 3 1 1 0 Northrup J, rf 4 0 0 0 Torres R, rf 1 0 1 2 Stanley M, cf 4 0 1 1 Swoboda R, cf 2 0 1 1 Haller T, c 3 0 1 0 Murcer B, ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Freehan B, ph 1 0 0 0 Lanier H, 3b 3 0 0 1 Brinkman E, ss 3 0 2 0 Michael G, ss 2 0 0 0 Lolich M, p 1 0 0 0 Kline S, p 2 1 0 0 Jones D, ph 1 0 0 0 Lyle S, p 0 0 0 0 Strampe B, p 0 0 0 0 Meeler P, p 0 0 0 0 Zachary C, p 0 0 0 0 Perranoski R, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 6 1 26 5 6 5 Detroit 000 000 001 -- 1 New York 000 000 23x -- 5 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lolich M (L) 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 Strampe B* 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 Meeler P 0.1 0 1 1 2 0 Zachary C+ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Perranoski R 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Kline S (W) 8.2 6 1 1 1 1 Lyle S (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Clarke H 2 DP -- New York 1 LOB -- Detroit 6, New York 5 2B -- Ellis J, Torres R 3B -- Stanley M CS -- Swoboda R SH -- Lolich M SF -- Swoboda R, Lanier H, Alou F T -- 2:23 A -- 0
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