Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Mangual rf 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 1 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 2 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0
Green 2b 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 3 1 2 4
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Horlen p 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 1 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Cullen ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 5 7 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 1 2 2
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 0 0
Kaline 1b 3 1 2 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 4
Horton rf 4 1 1 0
Stanley cf 3 1 1 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 2 1
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Oakland 000 000 104571
Detroit 070 000 00x7101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (14-11) 1.1 4 5 5 2 1
  Horlen   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Locker   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Hamilton   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Waslewski   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (13-11) 8.2 7 5 4 2 7
  Seelbach  SV (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
2
7

  E–Bando (12), Taylor (7).  2B–Oakland Kubiak (6,off Coleman); Cullen (8,off Coleman), Detroit Freehan (16,off Hamilton).  HR–Detroit Freehan (8,2nd inning off Horlen 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Coleman (13,off Hamilton).  IBB–Stanley (7,by Hamilton).  IBB–Hamilton (2,Stanley).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:28.  A–26,618.
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