Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1972 at Cleveland 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Brown lf 4 1 2 1
  Kaline rf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Sims rf 4 0 2 1
  Lane pr 0 1 0 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Haller c 2 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Fryman p 4 0 2 2
Totals 32 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Foster rf 3 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 2 0
Tidrow p 2 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit 100 000 003481
Cleveland 000 001 000160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (8-2) 9.0 6 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  L (13-15) 8.2 8 4 4 4 2
  Hilgendorf   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
2

  E–Sims (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Detroit Northrup (11,off Tidrow); Sims (3,off Tidrow), Cleveland Duffy 2 (15,off Fryman 2).  SH–Cash (4,off Tidrow); Tidrow (13,off Fryman).  IBB–Haller (4,by Tidrow); Brinkman (8,by Tidrow).  SB–Northrup (4,2nd base off Tidrow/Fosse); Rodriguez (2,2nd base off Tidrow/Fosse).  IBB–Tidrow 2 (13,Haller,Brinkman).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:18.  A–3,198.
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