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August 4, 1972

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Yankees 9 13 2
Brewers 4 13 0
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Yankees 9 13 2
Brewers 4 13 0

Rick Auerbach Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .224
OBP .250 .290
At Bats 4 339
Hits 1 76
• Singles 1 61
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 19

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 22
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County Stadium - August 4, 1972
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Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Felipe Alou
Horace Clarke
Celerino Sanchez
Hal Lanier
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Ron Swoboda
Rick Auerbach
Ellie Rodriguez
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Sanchez. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 9 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Theobald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. White reaches second base with a double. Brown throws the ball in to Reynolds who tags White trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 9 Ken Sanders now pitching. Tommie Reynolds now playing third base. Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Briggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ferraro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Brown scores.
Bottom 8 Briggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Brown reaches second base with a double. May goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Peterson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frank Linzy now pitching. Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Theobald hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Auerbach is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bob Heise pinch hits for Archie Reynolds. Heise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ferraro moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Briggs tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Ferraro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Briggs moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Briggs moves to second.
Bottom 7 Briggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Peterson moves to third. Munson moves to second.
Top 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Peterson moves to second.
Top 7 Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Briggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Peterson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Theobald moves to third.
Bottom 6 May bunts towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. Theobald moves to second.
Bottom 6 Theobald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Auerbach scores.
Bottom 6 Auerbach bunts in front of the plate. Munson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Munson. Auerbach moves to second.
Top 6 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Swoboda hits a popup towards short. Auerbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Archie Reynolds now pitching. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Syd O'Brien pinch hits for Jerry Bell. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ferraro hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Briggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. May moves to third. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. May moves to second.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Theobald hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Peterson, and towards Lanier, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Briggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ferraro hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lanier for the out.
Top 3 Swoboda strikes out. There goes Sanchez. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Murcer scores.
Top 3 There goes Murcer. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Top 3 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Briggs hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Clarke hits a popup towards short. Auerbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jerry Bell now pitching. Peterson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sanchez scores. Swoboda scores. Lanier moves to second.
Top 2 Lanier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sanchez moves to third. Swoboda moves to second.
Top 2 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Sanchez moves to second.
Top 2 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Murcer moves to second.
Top 2 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Briggs. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Theobald is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown throws the ball in to Auerbach who tags Munson trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.