Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
October 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 1 1
Sims c 5 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley lf 1 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 0
Lolich p 4 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 6 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 0 0
Alou rf 5 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 1 1
Jackson cf 5 0 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 2 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 2 0
  Hegan pr 0 1 0 0
Tenace c 5 1 0 0
Green 2b 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0
  Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 1 1
Hunter p 3 0 1 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 11 2
Detroit 010 000 000 01262
Oakland 001 000 000 023111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (0-1) 10.0 10 3 2 3 3
  Seelbach   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.1
11
3
2
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   8.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Blue   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Fingers  W (1-0) 3.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
6
2
2
2
4

  E–McAuliffe (1), Kaline (1), Kubiak (1).  DP–Detroit 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Detroit Brinkman 2 (2,off Hunter,off Fingers); Sims (1,off Hunter).  HR–Detroit Cash (1,2nd inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Kaline (1,11th inning off Fingers 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bando (1,off Lolich).  SF–Rudi (1,off Lolich).  U–Red Flaherty, Nestor Chylak, John Rice, Don Denkinger, Art Frantz, Larry Barnett.  T–3:00.  A–29,566.
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