Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 0, Detroit Tigers 12

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Orta ss 4 0 1 0
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 0 1 0
May lf 2 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 2 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 1 0
  Brinkman c 1 0 0 0
Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Geddes p 0 0 0 0
  Lemonds p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 2 2 0
Brown G. lf 2 2 2 0
  Stanley cf 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 2 1 2
  Haller c 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 5 2 3 4
Horton rf 2 2 1 0
  Brown I. lf 1 0 0 0
Northrup cf,rf 4 1 1 2
Brinkman ss 4 0 3 4
Timmermann p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 12 13 12
Chicago 000 000 000030
Detroit 023 016 00x12130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  L (2-2) 2.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Gossage   1.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Geddes   1.1 3 5 5 3 1
  Lemonds   2.2 2 2 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
9
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  W (1-1) 9.0 3 0 0 5 5
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Detroit Brinkman 2 (4,off Gossage,off Lemonds); Horton (3,off Geddes).  HR–Detroit Cash (3,5th inning off Geddes 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Freehan (2,by Geddes).  IBB–Horton (1,by Lemonds).  HBP–Geddes (1,Freehan).  IBB–Lemonds (1,Horton).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:28.  A–20,856.
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