Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 19, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 3 0
Sims c 4 0 1 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 1
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 1 1
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 3 0 2 0
  Lowenstein lf 1 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 1
Foster rf 1 0 0 0
  Bevacqua rf 2 0 0 0
  McCraw rf 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 3 0 1 1
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0
Dunning p 2 1 1 1
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Detroit 000 000 110290
Cleveland 010 020 00x380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (20-13) 6.0 8 3 3 2 3
  LaGrow   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  W (5-3) 7.2 9 2 2 2 4
  Farmer  SV (6) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Cash (13,off Dunning); Northrup (10,off Dunning), Cleveland Chambliss (26,off Lolich); Nettles (26,off Lolich); Bell (17,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Brinkman (5,7th inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Dunning (3,5th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Fosse (5,2nd base off Lolich/Sims).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:13.
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