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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 28, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 28, 1972 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 28, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 28, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Les Cain |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rich Hinton |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 13,433 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Frantz 1B: Merle Anthony 2B: George Maloney 3B: Larry Napp |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Paul Jata | Right Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | First Baseman |
| Ike Brown | Left Fielder |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Tom Haller | Catcher |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Les Cain | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Ron Swoboda | Center Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| John Ellis | First Baseman |
| Rich McKinney | Third Baseman |
| Gene Michael | Shortstop |
| Rich Hinton | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 28, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Hinton
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Hinton
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jata vs. Hinton
Jata strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Cain
Clarke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Meeler
Phil Meeler now pitching.
Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Munson vs. Meeler
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan fields the ball and throws to Meeler covering. Safe. Clarke moves to third. Swoboda moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Meeler
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out. Clarke scores. Swoboda moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alou vs. Meeler
The ball gets by Haller for a passed ball. Swoboda scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Meeler
Alou takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ellis vs. Meeler
Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKinney vs. Meeler
McKinney strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hinton
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Hinton
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Hinton
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney juggles the ball. That's an error on McKinney. Freehan scores. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Haller vs. Hinton
Haller bunts towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Haller for the out. Brown moves to third. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brinkman vs. Hinton
Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores. Stanley tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meeler vs. Hinton
Meeler strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Meeler
Michael hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Meeler
Hinton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Meeler
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Meeler
Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. Jata settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Hinton
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hinton
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jata vs. Hinton
Jata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hinton
There's a wild pitch. Jata moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Hinton
Freehan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jata scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Hinton
Brown hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Hinton
Stanley hits a line drive towards third. McKinney reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Meeler
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Meeler
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Meeler
There goes White. The throw from Haller and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Meeler
Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Alou reaches second base with a double. White scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ellis vs. Seelbach
Chuck Seelbach now pitching.
Ellis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKinney vs. Seelbach
McKinney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Michael vs. Seelbach
Michael hits a popup, foul, towards first. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Hinton
Haller hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hinton
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seelbach vs. Hinton
Seelbach hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Hinton
Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Beene
Fred Beene now pitching.
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beene vs. Seelbach
Beene strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Seelbach
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clarke for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Seelbach
Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Seelbach
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jata vs. Beene
Jata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Beene
Norm Cash pinch hits for Bill Freehan.
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Beene
Jim Northrup pinch hits for Ike Brown.
Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jata moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Beene
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke misplays the ball. That's an error on Clarke. Jata scores. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Haller vs. Beene
Haller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke catches it and throws to second with Michael covering, to double up Northrup. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Seelbach
Norm Cash now playing first base. Jim Northrup now playing left field.
White hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Seelbach
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Jata settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Seelbach
Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Seelbach
McKinney strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Beene
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seelbach vs. Beene
Seelbach bunts towards the mound. Beene fields it and throws to first for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Beene
Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Beene
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Seelbach
Johnny Callison pinch hits for Gene Michael.
Callison hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Seelbach
Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Fred Beene.
Blomberg is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Seelbach
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clarke for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jata vs. Roland
Jim Roland now pitching. Jerry Kenney now playing shortstop.
Jata hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Jata reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Roland
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Roland
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Roland
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jata scores. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Haller vs. Roland
Haller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brinkman vs. Roland
Brinkman hits a line drive towards short. Kenney reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Seelbach
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Seelbach
Munson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Seelbach
White hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seelbach vs. Roland
Seelbach hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Roland
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Roland
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Seelbach
Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Seelbach
Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Seelbach
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jata vs. Roland
Jata takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Roland
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Roland
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Roland
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kenney vs. Seelbach
Kenney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Seelbach
Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Jim Roland.
Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kenney moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clarke vs. Seelbach
Clarke bunts towards the mound. Seelbach fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Swoboda vs. Seelbach
Swoboda strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Munson vs. Seelbach
There's a wild pitch. Kenney scores. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Seelbach
Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/28/1972 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Taylor T, 2b 5 0 2 0 Clarke H, 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 5 0 0 0 Swoboda R, cf 5 1 2 0
Jata P, rf 4 3 2 0 Munson T, c 5 0 1 0
Freehan B, 1b 2 1 2 1 White R, lf 3 1 0 1
Cash N, ph-1b 3 0 0 0 Alou F, rf 3 0 1 1
Brown I, lf 2 1 2 0 Ellis J, 1b 3 0 2 0
Northrup J, ph-lf 2 0 1 0 McKinney R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Stanley M, cf 5 0 1 3 Michael G, ss 2 0 0 0
Haller T, c 3 0 0 0 Callison J, ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman E, ss 3 0 2 1 Kenney J, ss 0 1 0 0
Cain L, p 0 0 0 0 Hinton R, p 1 0 0 0
Meeler P, p 1 0 0 0 Beene F, p 1 0 0 0
Seelbach C, p 2 0 0 0 Blomberg R, ph 1 0 0 0
Roland J, p 0 0 0 0
Murcer B, ph 1 0 1 0
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37 5 12 5 34 4 8 2
Detroit 021 010 100 -- 5
New York 201 000 001 -- 4
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Cain L* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Meeler P 2.1 4 2 2 3 2
Seelbach C (W) 6.2 4 1 1 1 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton R 3.2 7 3 2 0 4
Beene F (L) 2.1 3 1 1 0 2
Roland J 3.0 2 1 1 2 3
* Pitched to 1 batter in 1st
E -- McKinney R, Clarke H
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 10, New York 8
2B -- Alou F, Jata P
SB -- White R
SH -- Haller T, Seelbach C
SF -- Brinkman E
WP -- Hinton R, Seelbach C
PB -- Haller T
T -- 2:53
A -- 13433
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