Tigers @ Twins
August 26, 1972

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Top 11 R H E
Tigers 3 11 0
Twins 3 5 1
Top 11 R H E
Tigers 5 12 0
Twins 3 5 1

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .230
OBP .200 .269
At Bats 5 478
Hits 1 110
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 42

Jim Strickland Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 3
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 26, 1972
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Home Run
Jim Strickland
Glenn Borgmann
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Danny Thompson
Steve Braun
Cesar Tovar
Bobby Darwin
Aurelio Rodriguez
Bill Slayback
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Tony Taylor pinch hits for Dick McAuliffe. Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Slayback hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Jim Strickland now pitching. Brinkman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Bill Slayback now pitching. Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Braun hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Carew is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Tovar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northrup who is chasing the ball. Tovar reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 10 Al Kaline now playing first base. Bill Freehan now catching. Dan Monzon pinch hits for Dave LaRoche. Monzon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Stanley hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Bill Freehan pinch hits for Duke Sims. Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Eric Soderholm now playing third base. Steve Braun now playing left field. Cesar Tovar now playing center field. Al Kaline pinch hits for Norm CasKaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Borgmann hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Nettles pinch hits for Steve Brye. Fred Scherman now pitching. Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Jim Nettles. Killebrew hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Reese takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Darwin for the out.
Top 9 Dave LaRoche now pitching. Northrup hits a line drive towards short. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese juggles the ball. That's an error on Reese.
Top 9 Tom Haller pinch hits for John Hiller. Haller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Braun hits a line drive into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Hiller now pitching. There goes Carew. The throw from Sims to Brinkman and they have Carew trapped. The throw over to Cash, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 8 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brinkman is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash scores. Horton moves to second.
Top 8 Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup scores. Cash moves to second.
Top 8 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup moves to third.
Top 8 Northrup hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Northrup reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 7 Borgmann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Brye hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sims fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Chris Zachary now pitching. Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gates Brown pinch hits for Mickey Lolich. Brown strikes out.
Top 7 Brinkman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Darwin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Braun strikes out.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a line drive into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tovar takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sims strikes out.
Top 6 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blyleven hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Northrup hits a line drive into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Darwin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 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.
Top 4 Lolich is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Top 4 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sims hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Blyleven, and towards Braun, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cash hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darwin. Cash reaches second base with a double. Brye throws the ball in to Carew who relays the ball to Braun who tags Cash trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Northrup goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Borgmann strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reese is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lolich 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.
Top 2 Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Top 2 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sims hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 1 Braun is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Tovar reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cash strikes out.
Top 1 Northrup takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 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.