Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Foster rf 3 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 0 2 0
Lowenstein lf 3 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Taylor 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Northrup rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Horton lf 2 0 1 2
  Kaline rf 0 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
Fryman p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Cleveland 000 000 010180
Detroit 000 002 00x250
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (19-15) 8.0 5 2 2 3 4
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (4-2) 9.0 8 1 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Freehan (5).  2B–Cleveland Bell 2 (15,off Fryman 2); Lowenstein (7,off Fryman), Detroit Taylor (8,off Perry).  3B–Detroit Horton (4,off Perry).  SH–Duffy (9,off Fryman); Fryman (2,off Perry).  HBP–Foster (2,by Fryman); Horton (3,by Perry).  IBB–A Johnson (9,by Fryman); Cash (8,by Perry).  HBP–Perry (9,Horton); Fryman (4,Foster).  IBB–Perry (13,Cash); Fryman (3,A Johnson).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:23.  A–22,952.
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