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Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
June 20, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 20, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 20, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 20, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Catfish Hunter |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 6,617 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Evans 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
Joe Rudi | Left Fielder |
Reggie Jackson | Center Fielder |
Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
Mike Epstein | First Baseman |
Dave Duncan | Catcher |
George Hendrick | Right Fielder |
Tim Cullen | Second Baseman |
Catfish Hunter | Pitcher |
Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
June 20, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hunter
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Hunter
Kaline strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hunter
Northrup hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Coleman
Campaneris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Coleman
Rudi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Coleman
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hunter
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Hunter
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Hunter
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hunter
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Coleman
Bando hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Coleman
Epstein is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Coleman
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hunter
Brinkman is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Hunter
Coleman bunts towards first. Epstein scoops it up and throws to first, with Cullen covering, for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Hunter
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Hunter
Kaline hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brinkman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Northrup vs. Hunter
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Coleman
Hendrick hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullen vs. Coleman
Cullen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Coleman
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Coleman
Campaneris hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hunter
Freehan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hunter
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hunter
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hunter
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Hunter
Brinkman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Coleman
Rudi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Coleman
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Coleman
Bando hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Epstein vs. Coleman
Epstein hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Hunter
Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hunter
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Hunter
Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hunter
Northrup hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Coleman
Duncan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Coleman
Hendrick strikes out. There goes Duncan. The throw from Freehan to second, and Duncan is out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullen vs. Coleman
Cullen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hunter
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Hunter
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Hunter
Horton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Epstein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hunter
There's a wild pitch. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Hunter
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hunter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Coleman
Hunter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Coleman
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Coleman
Rudi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Coleman
Jackson 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
Top 7
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hunter
Brinkman bunts towards the mound. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Hunter
Coleman bunts towards first. Epstein scoops it up and throws to first, with Cullen covering, for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Hunter
McAuliffe hits a popup towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Hunter
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Coleman
Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Coleman
Epstein hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Coleman
Blue Moon Odom pinch runs for Mike Epstein.
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Coleman
Hendrick 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, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hunter
Mike Hegan now playing first base.
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hunter
Freehan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hunter
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Coleman
Angel Mangual pinch hits for Tim Cullen.
Mangual takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Coleman
Marty Martinez pinch runs for Angel Mangual.
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cash. Martinez moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campaneris vs. Coleman
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martinez scores. Hunter moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rudi vs. Coleman
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to third for the out. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Coleman
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jackson vs. Coleman
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bando vs. Coleman
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hunter
Marty Martinez now playing second base. Ollie Brown now playing right field. George Hendrick now playing center field.
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hunter
Mickey Stanley pinch runs for Willie Horton.
Rodriguez bunts towards first. Hegan scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brinkman vs. Hunter
Brinkman strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Hunter
Gates Brown pinch hits for Joe Coleman.
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Seelbach
Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Jim Northrup now playing left field.
Hegan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Seelbach
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Seelbach
Hendrick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hunter
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Hunter
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hunter
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Seelbach
Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Seelbach
Hunter 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, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Seelbach
Campaneris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 11
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hunter
Freehan hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hunter
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hunter
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Seelbach
Rudi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/20/1972 -- Detroit at Oakland (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI McAuliffe D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Campaneris B, ss 5 0 1 1 Kaline A, rf 5 1 2 1 Rudi J, lf 5 1 3 1 Northrup J, cf-lf 5 0 0 0 Jackson R, cf 4 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 1 0 Brown O, rf 0 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 5 1 1 1 Bando S, 3b 4 0 0 0 Horton W, lf 2 0 0 0 Epstein M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Stanley M, pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Odom J, pr 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hegan M, 1b 1 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 3 0 1 0 Duncan D, c 3 0 0 0 Coleman J, p 1 0 0 0 Hendrick G, rf-cf 4 1 1 1 Brown G, ph 1 0 0 0 Cullen T, 2b 2 0 0 0 Seelbach C, p 0 0 0 0 Mangual A, ph 0 0 0 0 Martinez M, pr-2b 1 1 0 0 Hunter J, p 4 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 2 5 2 36 3 6 3 Detroit 000 110 000 00 -- 2 Oakland 001 000 010 01 -- 3 0 outs when winning run was scored. Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Coleman J 8.0 5 2 1 2 7 Seelbach C (L) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Hunter J (W) 11.0 5 2 2 3 9 E -- Cash N DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Detroit 7, Oakland 5 HR -- Hendrick G, Cash N, Kaline A, Rudi J SB -- Rudi J, Campaneris B CS -- Duncan D SH -- Coleman J 2, Rodriguez A HBP -- by Hunter J (Brinkman E) WP -- Hunter J T -- 2:44 A -- 6617
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