Milwaukee Brewers vs New York Yankees
August 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1972 at Yankee 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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Milwaukee Brewers 6, New York Yankees 10

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Auerbach ss 4 0 1 0
Theobald 2b 4 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Felske ph 1 0 1 0
May cf 5 1 2 1
Scott 1b 5 1 2 0
Brown rf 4 1 2 2
Briggs lf 5 1 1 2
Ferraro 3b 3 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 2 1 2 0
Lonborg p 2 0 1 1
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Heise 2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 3 1 1 1
Munson c 5 1 2 0
Murcer cf 4 2 2 1
White lf 4 1 1 0
Blomberg 1b 4 2 2 0
Callison rf 3 3 3 6
  Swoboda rf 0 0 0 0
Sanchez 3b 4 0 1 1
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Peterson p 3 0 1 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 9
Milwaukee 030 000 0126141
New York 021 001 51x10130
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  L (10-7) 6.0 9 4 4 2 1
  Stephenson   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Sanders   1.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Bell   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
5
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson  W (13-11) 6.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Lyle  SV (27) 3.0 7 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1, New York 2.  2B–Milwaukee Rodriguez (11,off Peterson), New York Murcer (22,off Lonborg); Munson (12,off Lonborg).  3B–Milwaukee Briggs (1,off Peterson), New York Blomberg (1,off Lonborg); Sanchez (1,off Lonborg).  HR–New York Callison (5,7th inning off Sanders 3 on, 1 out); Murcer (19,8th inning off Bell 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Brown (1,off Lyle); Clarke (2,off Lonborg); Callison (4,off Lonborg).  IBB–Auerbach (4,by Lyle); Murcer (2,by Sanders); Blomberg (3,by Sanders).  CS–Blomberg (2,2nd base by Lonborg/Rodriguez).  WP–Stephenson (4), Sanders (1).  IBB–Sanders 2 (11,Murcer,Blomberg); Lyle (4,Auerbach).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:43.  A–12,734.
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