Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
August 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Detroit Tigers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nettles cf 6 0 1 1
Carew 2b 7 1 2 1
Braun 3b 4 1 2 0
  Brye pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Killebrew 1b 5 0 1 0
  Monzon pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Soderholm 3b 1 0 0 0
Reese lf,1b 6 1 3 2
Thompson ss 6 1 1 1
Darwin rf 5 0 0 0
Borgmann c 4 1 1 1
Corbin p 3 0 2 1
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 1 1 0 0
Totals 52 7 13 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 2 0
  Taylor ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 7 0 2 0
Horton lf 3 1 0 0
Cash 1b 6 1 1 0
Freehan c 5 1 1 0
Northrup rf 5 1 2 0
Stanley cf 6 1 2 4
Brinkman ss 6 0 1 0
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Knox ph 1 0 0 0
  Foor p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 51 6 13 5
Minnesota 000 400 001 000 27131
Detroit 000 003 200 000 16131
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Corbin   6.1 9 5 5 4 6
  Granger   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Strickland   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  LaRoche  W (2-4) 6.0 3 1 1 0 5
Totals
13.0
13
6
6
5
12
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   3.2 5 4 4 0 3
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hiller   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Foor   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Seelbach   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  LaGrow  L (0-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Timmermann   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
13
7
7
4
8

  E–Reese (4), Cash (8).  DP–Minnesota 1, Detroit 1.  HR–Detroit Stanley (13,6th inning off Corbin 2 on, 0 out); G Brown (9,13th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Borgmann (2,off Coleman).  HBP–Darwin (6,by Coleman).  HBP–Coleman (9,Darwin).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Hank Morgenweck.  T–4:18.  A–21,423.
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