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."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b,3b 5 0 2 0
Kaline rf 3 1 1 1
  Gamble pr 0 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 1 0
  Staton pr,1b 0 1 0 0
  Blessitt ph 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 1 1 3
Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Stanley cf 2 0 0 0
  Northrup ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 1 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
Hiller p 1 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Foor p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Strampe p 0 0 0 0
  Jata ph 1 0 1 0
  Lane pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 4 1 0 0
Duffy ss 4 0 2 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 2
Foster rf 2 1 0 0
  McCraw rf 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 2
Bevacqua lf 1 0 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 1 1 0 0
Moses c 3 0 2 0
  Leon 2b 1 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Fosse ph,c 0 1 0 0
Butler p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb p 2 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 1 0 1
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Detroit 000 000 031470
Cleveland 000 200 40x670
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hiller  L (0-2) 4.0 2 2 2 2 2
  LaGrow   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Niekro   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Foor   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Timmermann   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Strampe   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   2.1 1 0 0 5 1
  Lamb  W (5-5) 4.2 2 0 0 0 4
  Farmer   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Kilkenny  SV (1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
7
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Taylor (10,off Lamb).  3B–Cleveland Leon (1,off Strampe).  HR–Detroit Horton (11,8th inning off Farmer 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Nettles (17,4th inning off Hiller 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Fosse (15,by Strampe).  CS–Taylor (1,2nd base by Butler/Moses).  IBB–Strampe (1,Fosse).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:09.  A–5,453.
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