Rangers @ Yankees
June 17, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 7 1
Yankees 3 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 7 1
Yankees 3 10 0

Joe Lovitto Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .183
OBP .250 .325
At Bats 4 104
Hits 1 19
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 1 10

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 12
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Yankee Stadium - June 17, 1972
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Out
Sparky Lyle
John Ellis
Felipe Alou
Horace Clarke
Hal Lanier
Gene Michael
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Rusty Torres
Joe Lovitto

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 2 7 1 9
New York Yankees 3 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Mel Stottlemyre
Losing Pitcher Jim Panther
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI John Ellis
Attendance 10,462
Time of Game 2 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lanier fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Nelson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Horace Clarke now playing second base. Hal Lanier now playing third base. Ted Kubiak pinch hits for Bill Gogolewski. Kubiak hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lanier strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lenny Randle now playing second base. Frank Howard now playing first base. Dick Billings now playing left field. Ken Suarez now catching. Allen hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harrah is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ken Suarez pinch hits for Larry Biittner. Suarez is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Dick Billings pinch hits for Hal King. Billings strikes out.
Top 8 Frank Howard pinch hits for Dalton Jones. Sparky Lyle now pitching. Howard is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Ford reaches second base with a double. Mincher moves to third.
Top 8 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Grieve pinch hits for Jim Panther. Grieve is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stottlemyre strikes out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 King hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lanier strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Allen moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Allen is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Panther fires over to first and Mincher drops the ball. That's an error on Mincher. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ford strikes out.
Top 5 Mincher takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lovitto strikes out.
Top 5 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Torres hits a line drive towards short. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Michael hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stottlemyre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Panther is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 King hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats King for the out.
Bottom 3 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Allen is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 3 White hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ford strikes out.
Top 3 Mincher takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lovitto hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Torres. Lovitto reaches second base with a double. Panther goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Nelson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bernie Allen now playing third base. Panther takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Torres hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stottlemyre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jim Panther now pitching. Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Panther, and towards Harrah, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paul fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sanchez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White scores. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to third.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer scores. White moves to second.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Murcer reaches second base with a double. There goes Torres trying to get to home. Harrah throws to King who tags Torres for the out.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paul fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out. Nelson scores.
Top 1 Mincher takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nelson moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Nelson. The throw from Ellis and he is safe. Nelson steals second.
Top 1 Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.