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August 17, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 6 13 2
Tigers 4 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 6 13 2
Tigers 6 8 1

Bill Freehan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .257
OBP .250 .349
At Bats 4 292
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 46

Jim Strickland Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 3
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Tiger Stadium - August 17, 1972
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Single
Jim Strickland
George Mitterwald
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Steve Braun
Danny Thompson
Steve Brye
Jim Nettles
Cesar Tovar
Bill Freehan
Dick McAuliffe
Tony Taylor
Duke Sims
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sims scores. Taylor scores. McAuliffe moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tony Taylor pinch runs for Al Kaline. Jim Strickland now pitching. McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Stanley scores. Sims moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 9 Al Kaline pinch hits for Lerrin LaGrow. Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third. Sims moves to second.
Bottom 9 Duke Sims pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. Sims takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wayne Granger now pitching. Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Northrup hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Goltz is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Mitterwald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cesar Tovar now playing right field. McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Manuel hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lerrin LaGrow now pitching. Braun strikes out.
Bottom 7 Willie Horton pinch hits for John Hiller. Horton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Horton for the out.
Bottom 7 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Manuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Mitterwald trying to get to home. Northrup throws the ball in to Freehan who tags Mitterwald who's trying to score from second, for the out. Goltz moves to second.
Top 7 Nettles strikes out.
Top 7 Goltz bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Mitterwald moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Brye strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stanley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Manuel hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second.
Top 6 Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Braun hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 John Hiller now pitching. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Tom Haller pinch hits for Tom Timmermann. Haller hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Goltz strikes out.
Top 5 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Freehan scores. Brown moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Freehan moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Tom Timmermann now pitching. Brye hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Manuel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew scores. Thompson moves to third.
Top 4 Thompson is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foor fields it and throws to first for the out. Carew moves to second.
Top 4 Braun hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jim Foor now pitching. Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 John Knox pinch hits for Fred Scherman. Knox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz juggles the ball. That's an error on Goltz.
Top 3 Goltz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mitterwald is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scherman fields it and throws to first for the out. Manuel moves to second.
Top 3 Manuel is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scherman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Reese hits a line drive towards short. Brinkman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fred Scherman now pitching. Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Carew hits a line drive into left field. Brown picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Mitterwald scores. Carew moves to second.
Top 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first, with Slayback covering, for the out. Brye scores. Mitterwald moves to second.
Top 2 Goltz is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brye moves to third.
Top 2 Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Freehan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe strikes out.
Top 1 Manuel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manuel for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Braun scores. Reese moves to third.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four. Braun moves to second.
Top 1 Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Carew is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Slayback covering, for the out.