Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
July 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 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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Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 3b 4 2 2 2
Harrah ss 4 1 2 0
Mincher 1b 4 1 3 1
Billings lf 5 0 1 0
King c 4 0 2 1
Biittner rf 3 0 1 1
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Lovitto cf 2 0 1 0
  Maddox cf 1 0 0 0
Randle 2b 3 1 1 0
Broberg p 1 0 0 0
  Ford rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 13 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 2 1 0
  Taylor ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1
Northrup rf 3 0 2 2
Freehan c 3 1 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 1
  Comer pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 1 2 0
Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 2 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 6
Texas 310 001 0005131
Detroit 121 101 00x6111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   4.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Lindblad  L (3-4) 2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Shellenback   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Pina   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann   0.1 4 3 2 0 0
  Scherman   5.0 7 2 2 3 3
  Seelbach  W (5-4) 3.2 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
4
7

  E–Harrah (14), Rodriguez (8).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Texas King (4,off Scherman), Detroit Rodriguez (11,off Broberg); Northrup (6,off Broberg).  HR–Texas Nelson (2,1st inning off Timmermann 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Stanley (9,6th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Mincher (1,off Timmermann); Broberg (5,off Scherman).  SF–Cash (1,off Broberg).  CS–Harrah (5,Home by Scherman/Freehan); Comer (1,2nd base by Pina/King).  WP–Broberg (6).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:51.  A–15,915.
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