Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
October 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. 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)
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Oakland Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 2 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson cf 0 1 0 0
  Hendrick cf 3 1 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 1 1
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 1 0
  Blue p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Sims lf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 1
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
  Niekro pr 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 2 0
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Fryman p 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 1 0
  Knox pr 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Oakland 010 100 000240
Detroit 100 000 000152
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (2-0) 5.0 2 1 0 2 3
  Blue  SV (1) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (0-2) 8.0 4 2 1 1 3
  Hiller   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
2
3

  E–McAuliffe (4), Sims (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Tenace (1).  2B–Oakland Odom (1,off Fryman).  SH–Bando (2,off Fryman); Alou (1,off Fryman).  HBP–Epstein (1,by Fryman); Alou (1,by Fryman).  SB–Jackson 2 (2,2nd base off Fryman/Freehan,Home off Fryman/Freehan); Epstein (1,2nd base off Fryman/Freehan); Northrup (1,3rd base off Odom/Tenace).  WP–Odom (1).  BK–Fryman (1).  HBP–Fryman 2 (2,Epstein,Alou).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:48.  A–50,276.
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