Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
October 8, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 0, Oakland Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Sims c 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 1 0
Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Fryman p 1 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 2 3 0
  Maxvill pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 1
Rudi lf 3 1 2 1
Jackson cf 4 0 1 2
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 1 1 1 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Detroit 000 000 000031
Oakland 100 040 00x580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (0-1) 4.1 7 4 4 1 5
  Zachary   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Scherman   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  LaGrow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hiller   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
2

  E–McAuliffe (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Rudi (1,off Fryman); Jackson (1,off Scherman).  SH–Odom (1,off Fryman).  HBP–Campaneris (1,by LaGrow).  CS–Northrup (1,2nd base by Odom/Tenace); Alou (1,2nd base by Fryman/Sims).  SB–Campaneris 2 (2,2nd base off Fryman/Sims,3rd base off Fryman/Sims).  WP–Zachary 2 (2).  HBP–LaGrow (1,Campaneris).  U–Nestor Chylak, John Rice, Art Frantz, Larry Barnett, Red Flaherty, Don Denkinger.  T–2:37.  A–31,068.
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