Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 1 0
Brown lf 5 1 2 1
Cash 1b 3 1 1 1
Northrup cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Sims c 5 1 2 2
Horton rf 5 0 0 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Slayback p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 2 0 0 0
  Knox ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
McCraw rf 6 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 5 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 6 1 2 0
Foster lf 3 2 2 0
  Lowenstein lf 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 2
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Unser cf 4 0 3 1
Perry p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 8 3
Detroit 000 000 102 01481
Cleveland 200 000 010 00380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slayback   0.2 2 2 2 3 1
  Fryman   6.1 3 0 0 1 4
  Scherman  W (4-1) 4.0 3 1 1 4 2
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
8
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (18-9) 11.0 8 4 4 2 8
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
2
8

  E–Brinkman (4).  PB–Sims (1).  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (17,off Perry), Cleveland Chambliss 2 (16,off Slayback,off Scherman); Nettles (17,off Slayback).  HR–Detroit Sims (1,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 2 out); G Brown (8,9th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Cash (21,9th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cash (7,by Perry); Fosse 2 (12,by Slayback,by Scherman); Unser (2,by Scherman).  SH–Perry (9,off Fryman); Nettles (1,off Scherman).  SB–Unser (5,2nd base off Scherman/Sims).  WP–Fryman (2).  IBB–Slayback (1,Fosse); Scherman 2 (2,Fosse,Unser); Perry (10,Cash).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:19.  A–31,277.
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