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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 8, 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 August 8, 1972 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fritz Peterson |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,463 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Larry Barnett |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Ike Brown | First Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Felipe Alou | First Baseman |
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Celerino Sanchez | Third Baseman |
| Ron Swoboda | Right Fielder |
| Gene Michael | Shortstop |
| Fritz Peterson | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 8, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Peterson
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Peterson
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Peterson
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lolich
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton 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: ---
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Peterson
Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Lolich
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Lolich
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a popup towards first. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Peterson
Lolich 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: ---
Taylor vs. Peterson
Taylor hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Peterson
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael 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, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Lolich
Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Peterson
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lolich
White hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Lolich
Murcer bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Lolich
Sanchez is hit by the pitch. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peterson vs. Lolich
Peterson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Sanchez trying to get to home. Horton throws the ball in to Freehan who tags Sanchez, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Swoboda moves to second. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Peterson
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lolich vs. Peterson
Lolich hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Peterson
Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Peterson
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez juggles the ball. That's an error on Sanchez. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Peterson
Brown takes first base on ball four. Brinkman moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lolich
White 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
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou hits a line drive towards short. Brinkman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Lolich
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Lolich
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Peterson
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Brinkman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lolich vs. Peterson
Lolich bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Brinkman moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Taylor vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Lyle
Rodriguez bunts towards first. Alou juggles the ball. That's an error on Alou. Brinkman scores. Lolich moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Lyle
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michael vs. Lolich
Michael hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lyle vs. Lolich
Lyle bunts towards first. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clarke vs. Lolich
Clarke hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez catches it and throws to second to double up Swoboda. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Lyle
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Lyle
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Lyle
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Lyle
Northrup hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lolich
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Lolich
White bunts towards the mound. Lolich juggles the ball. That's an error on Lolich. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Lolich
Alou is hit by the pitch. Munson moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Murcer vs. Lolich
Ron Blomberg pinch runs for Felipe Alou.
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sanchez vs. Lolich
Sanchez hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Munson tags and scores. White tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Swoboda vs. Lolich
Swoboda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores. Blomberg moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Michael vs. LaGrow
Lerrin LaGrow now pitching.
Michael hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Lyle
Ron Blomberg now playing first base.
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lyle
Gates Brown pinch hits for Lerrin LaGrow.
Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Lyle
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Lyle
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1972 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Taylor T, 2b 5 0 1 0 Clarke H, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 0 1 Munson T, c 4 1 1 0
Brown I, 1b 3 1 2 0 White R, lf 2 2 1 1
Freehan B, c 3 0 1 0 Alou F, 1b 3 1 1 0
Horton W, lf 4 0 1 1 Blomberg R, pr-1b 0 0 0 0
Stanley M, cf 4 0 2 0 Murcer B, cf 4 0 0 0
Northrup J, rf 4 0 0 0 Sanchez C, 3b 2 0 0 1
Brinkman E, ss 4 1 3 0 Swoboda R, rf 4 0 3 2
Lolich M, p 2 0 0 0 Michael G, ss 4 0 1 0
LaGrow L, p 0 0 0 0 Peterson F, p 2 0 1 0
Brown G, ph 1 0 0 0 Lyle S, p 1 0 0 0
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34 2 10 2 30 4 9 4
Detroit 000 100 100 -- 2
New York 000 200 02x -- 4
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich M (L) 7.2 9 4 2 1 2
LaGrow L 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson F* 6.0 9 2 2 1 1
Lyle S (W) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Sanchez C, Alou F, Lolich M
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 4
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 7
2B -- Brinkman E
HR -- White R
SH -- Lolich M, Rodriguez A, White R
SF -- Sanchez C
HBP -- by Lolich M (Sanchez C), by Lolich M (Alou F)
T -- 2:29
A -- 22463
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