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Twins 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
June 2, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 2, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Twins with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 2, 1972 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Fred Scherman  
Losing Pitcher—Dave LaRoche  
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Game Winning RBI—Gates Brown 

Game Info

DateJune 2, 1972 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Kaat  
Home Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance25,094 
Time of Game3 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Merle Anthony
1B: George Maloney
2B: (none)
3B: Art Frantz

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bobby Darwin  Center Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Rick Renick  Left Fielder 
Phil Roof  Catcher 
Jim Kaat  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tony Taylor  Second Baseman 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Paul Jata  First Baseman 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Ike Brown  Left Fielder 
Ed Brinkman  Shortstop 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Twins 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
June 2, 1972

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         Game of 6/2/1972 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, rf           5  1  1  0   Taylor T, 2b          5  1  3  1   
Thompson D, ss        3  1  1  3   Rodriguez A, 3b       4  0  3  1   
Carew R, 2b           4  0  0  0   Kaline A, rf          2  0  1  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       3  0  0  0   Northrup J, rf        3  0  0  0   
Granger W, p          0  0  0  0   Freehan B, c          4  0  0  0   
Braun S, ph           1  0  0  0   Haller T, c           1  0  0  0   
LaRoche D, p          0  0  0  0   Jata P, 1b            3  1  2  0   
Darwin B, cf          5  1  1  0   Cash N, ph-1b         2  0  0  0   
Soderholm E, 3b       4  0  1  0   Stanley M, cf         4  1  0  0   
Renick R, lf-1b       3  0  0  0   Brown I, lf           3  1  2  2   
Roof P, c             3  0  0  0   Brown G, ph-lf        2  0  1  1   
Reese R, ph           0  0  0  0   Brinkman E, ss        4  1  1  0   
Mitterwald G, ph-c    2  0  1  1   Lolich M, p           3  0  1  0   
Kaat J, p             0  0  0  0   Seelbach C, p         0  0  0  0   
Corbin R, p           1  0  0  0   Scherman F, p         1  0  0  0   
Dempsey R, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Norton T, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Brye S, ph-lf         2  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  4  6  4                        41  5 14  5

Minnesota        000 001 021 00 --  4
Detroit          040 000 000 01 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaat J                1.2  6  4  4  0  1
Corbin R              3.1  4  0  0  0  2
Norton T              2.0  2  0  0  0  0
Granger W             2.0  0  0  0  0  0
LaRoche D (L)         1.1  2  1  1  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M*             8.0  4  4  4  4  6
Seelbach C            0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Scherman F (W)        2.1  2  0  0  2  3
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

DP -- Minnesota 3
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Detroit 7
2B -- Rodriguez A, Brinkman E, Taylor T, Darwin B, Brown G
3B -- Tovar C
HR -- Brown I, Thompson D
SH -- Carew R, Rodriguez A
SF -- Thompson D
WP -- Scherman F
T -- 3:14
A -- 25094

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