Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 19, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
McCraw 1b 3 1 1 0
  Chambliss pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Leon 2b 3 0 1 1
Johnson lf 3 0 0 1
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Foster rf 3 0 1 0
  Unser cf 1 0 0 0
Bell cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Duffy ss 4 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 1 1
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 2 0
Kaline rf 3 0 1 0
McAuliffe 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor 2b 0 0 0 0
Cain p 2 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Cleveland 100 010 000250
Detroit 100 000 000152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (7-2) 9.0 5 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  L (0-3) 6.0 5 2 0 4 2
  Seelbach   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
5
4

  E–Cain 2 (2).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Bell (5,off Cain), Detroit Rodriguez (2,off Perry).  SF–Leon (1,off Cain).  CS–Foster (1,2nd base by Cain/Freehan); Leon (2,3rd base by Seelbach/Freehan); Northrup (3,Home by Perry/Fosse).  WP–Seelbach (2).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:20.  A–25,124.
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