New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 1, Oakland Athletics 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 1 1 0
Torres rf 4 0 2 0
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 1 1
Alou 1b 3 0 0 0
Munson c 3 0 0 0
McKinney 3b 3 0 0 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Peterson p 2 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Mangual cf 2 0 1 0
Duncan c 3 1 2 2
Epstein 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Brown 2b 3 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 1 0
Totals 27 3 7 3
New York 100 000 000140
Oakland 000 200 10x370
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson  L (0-4) 7.0 7 3 3 2 0
  Hinton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (3-1) 9.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
1

  E–None.  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Clarke (2,off Holtzman); Torres (2,off Holtzman), Oakland Rudi (4,off Peterson); Jackson (2,off Peterson).  HR–Oakland Duncan (3,7th inning off Peterson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Holtzman (2,off Peterson).  HBP–Epstein (2,by Peterson).  IBB–Bando (2,by Peterson).  CS–Murcer (1,2nd base by Holtzman/Duncan).  HBP–Peterson (2,Epstein).  IBB–Peterson (2,Bando).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–1:47.  A–6,398.
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