Tigers @ Twins
August 27, 1972

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Willie Horton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 4 268
Hits 0 61
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 25

Wayne Granger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 15
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 27, 1972
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Home Run
Wayne Granger
George Mitterwald
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Danny Thompson
Cesar Tovar
Jim Nettles
Bobby Darwin
Willie Horton
Al Kaline
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Horton 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 Wayne Granger now pitching. George Mitterwald now catching. Jim Nettles now playing center field. Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 10 Tovar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Rick Renick pinch runs for Phil Roof. Steve Braun pinch hits for Dave LaRoche. Fred Scherman now pitching. Braun is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Roof bunts in front of the plate. Freehan juggles the ball. That's an error on Freehan. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 10 Ike Brown now playing second base. Jim Nettles pinch hits for Steve Brye. Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Northrup strikes out.
Top 10 Ike Brown pinch runs for Tony Taylor. Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Tony Taylor pinch hits for Dick McAuliffe. Taylor is hit by the pitch.
Top 10 Seelbach hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Reese strikes out.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bill Freehan now catching. Darwin hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brinkman hits a line drive towards first. Reese catches it and throws to third to double up Stanley.
Top 9 Stanley hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Tovar chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Thompson. Thompson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Thompson. Freehan goes all the way around to score. Stanley moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Bill Freehan pinch hits for Duke Sims. Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Phil Roof now catching. Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 There goes Carew. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Carew steals second.
Bottom 8 Carew is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe catches it and throws to first to double up LaRoche.
Bottom 8 Dan Monzon pinch runs for Glenn Borgmann. LaRoche bunts towards the mound. Seelbach juggles the ball. That's an error on Seelbach. Monzon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Al Kaline now playing first base. Borgmann takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Al Kaline pinch hits for Norm Cash. Dave LaRoche now pitching. Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 8 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seelbach fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Reese is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Seelbach spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Seelbach. Darwin moves to third.
Bottom 7 Darwin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Darwin reaches second base with a double. Soderholm scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Soderholm. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Soderholm steals second.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carew strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Goltz hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sims strikes out.
Top 6 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Northrup moves to third.
Top 6 Cash hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Northrup moves to second.
Top 6 Northrup hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brye is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reese for the out. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Goltz moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye scores. Goltz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Goltz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to third for the out. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 4 Borgmann hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Sims moves to second.
Top 4 Sims hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Northrup scores. Cash moves to second.
Top 4 Horton hits a line drive into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cash takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to second.
Top 4 Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Darwin takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 3 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Sims to McAuliffe covering second. The throw back to home, and Tovar is out at the plate.
Bottom 3 Carew bunts towards the mound. Fryman juggles the ball. That's an error on Fryman. Tovar moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Tovar. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Tovar steals second.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Goltz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brye hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stanley is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Sims strikes out.
Top 2 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reese for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar scores. Carew moves to third. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 1 Darwin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Top 1 Northrup strikes out.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.