New York Yankees vs Milwaukee Brewers
May 31, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1972 at County Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 0 0
Munson c 5 0 2 0
Alou rf,1b 4 1 1 0
White lf 3 2 2 1
Ellis 1b 4 1 1 2
  Torres ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Swoboda cf 3 1 1 0
Lanier 3b 4 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 3 2
Stottlemyre p 3 0 1 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Theobald 2b 5 0 1 0
May cf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Briggs lf,1b 4 2 3 0
Conigliaro rf 3 0 2 0
Ferraro 3b 2 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph,ss 2 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0
  Ratliff ph,c 2 0 0 0
  Felske ph,c 1 0 0 0
Heise ss 3 1 1 1
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph,lf 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 4 10 3
New York 401 000 0005111
Milwaukee 000 000 3104101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (5-5) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3
  Lyle  SV (10) 2.1 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
5
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Brett  L (2-5) 3.0 6 5 3 2 1
  Colborn   2.0 4 0 0 1 1
  Linzy   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sanders   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
3
4
3

  E–Ellis (2), Brett (2).  DP–New York 1, Milwaukee 1.  2B–New York Swoboda (3,off Brett).  HR–New York White (3,3rd inning off Brett 0 on, 0 out).  SH–May (2,off Stottlemyre).  WP–Lyle (1).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:29.  A–6,211.
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