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Lineups and Summary
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Tigers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 27, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 27, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Corbin |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 24,962 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Lou DiMuro 3B: Bill Deegan |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Left Fielder |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Steve Braun | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Darwin | Right Fielder |
| Rich Reese | First Baseman |
| Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
| Jim Nettles | Center Fielder |
| Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
| Ray Corbin | Pitcher |
| Frank Quilici | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 27, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Corbin
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Corbin
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Corbin
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Coleman
Tovar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Coleman
Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Coleman
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Corbin
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Corbin
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Corbin
Horton hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Coleman
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Coleman
Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Coleman
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Corbin
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Corbin
Brinkman bunts towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Corbin
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Coleman for the out. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McAuliffe vs. Corbin
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Coleman
Borgmann hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corbin vs. Coleman
Corbin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Coleman
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Corbin
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Corbin
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Corbin
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Corbin
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Coleman
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Coleman
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Coleman
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Corbin
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Corbin
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Corbin
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Coleman
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Coleman
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Coleman
Borgmann hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Corbin
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Corbin covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Corbin
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Corbin
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Borgmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbin vs. Coleman
Corbin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Coleman
Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Coleman
There goes Tovar. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Coleman
Carew is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Braun vs. Coleman
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Corbin
Northrup hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Corbin
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Freehan for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Corbin
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Coleman
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Coleman
Reese hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Coleman
Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Corbin
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Corbin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Corbin
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Corbin
Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coleman vs. Corbin
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Carew scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Coleman
Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbin vs. Coleman
Corbin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Coleman
Tovar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Corbin
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Corbin
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Corbin
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Corbin
Freehan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Corbin
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Coleman
Carew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Coleman
Braun strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Coleman
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 10
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Corbin
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Corbin
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Corbin
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Corbin
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 10
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Coleman
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Coleman
Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Thompson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Borgmann vs. Coleman
Borgmann hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Coleman
Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Ray Corbin.
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Top 11
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Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. LaRoche
Dave LaRoche now pitching.
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. LaRoche
Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. LaRoche
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. LaRoche
Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. LaRoche
Cash hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. LaRoche
Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Coleman
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Coleman
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Coleman
Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup throws the ball in to Brinkman who tags Braun trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/27/1972, game 2 -- Detroit at Minnesota (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Tovar C, lf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 5 1 1 1 Carew R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Northrup J, rf 4 0 0 0 Braun S, 3b 4 0 1 0
Freehan B, c 4 0 2 0 Darwin B, rf 4 0 0 0
Cash N, 1b 5 0 1 0 Reese R, 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton W, lf 5 0 0 0 Thompson D, ss 4 0 2 0
Stanley M, cf 4 0 3 0 Nettles J, cf 2 0 0 0
Brinkman E, ss 2 0 1 0 Borgmann G, c 4 0 0 0
Coleman J, p 4 0 0 0 Corbin R, p 3 0 0 0
Killebrew H, ph 1 0 0 0
LaRoche D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 1 8 1 34 0 4 0
Detroit 000 000 000 01 -- 1
Minnesota 000 000 000 00 -- 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman J (W) 11.0 4 0 0 5 7
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Corbin R 10.0 5 0 0 3 2
LaRoche D (L) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
DP -- Detroit 2, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Detroit 8, Minnesota 6
2B -- Thompson D
HR -- Rodriguez A
SB -- Tovar C
SH -- Brinkman E
T -- 2:38
A -- 24962
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