Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
June 19, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 3 0
Northrup cf 5 1 4 1
Brown G. lf 3 0 0 0
  Kaline ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Cash 1b 2 1 1 2
Horton rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 1 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Meeler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson cf 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 2 2 0
Epstein 1b 2 3 2 4
Duncan c 2 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 3 0 0 1
Clark 2b 3 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 8 6
Detroit 000 002 0114120
Oakland 020 100 04x780
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   4.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Zachary   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Seelbach  L (3-3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Scherman   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Meeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   7.0 7 3 3 1 1
  Knowles   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Locker  W (4-0) 2.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Detroit McAuliffe (5,off Odom).  HR–Detroit Cash (13,6th inning off Odom 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Epstein 2 (11,2nd inning off Niekro 1 on, 0 out,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Cash (3,by Locker).  SH–Odom (2,off Seelbach).  SF–Hendrick (2,off Meeler).  SB–Campaneris (13,2nd base off Niekro/Freehan); Hendrick (3,2nd base off Niekro/Freehan).  WP–Meeler (1).  IBB–Locker (3,Cash).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:46.  A–29,521.
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