Tigers @ Yankees
August 8, 1972

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Top 8 R H E
Tigers 2 9 0
Yankees 2 7 2
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Tigers 2 9 0
Yankees 2 7 2

Willie Horton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .224
OBP .333 .284
At Bats 3 214
Hits 1 48
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 19

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 24
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Yankee Stadium - August 8, 1972
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Felipe Alou
Horace Clarke
Celerino Sanchez
Gene Michael
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Ron Swoboda
Willie Horton
Bill Freehan
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Freehan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Clarke hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez catches it and throws to second to double up Swoboda.
Bottom 7 Lyle bunts towards first. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Michael hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to second.
Bottom 7 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Rodriguez bunts towards first. Alou juggles the ball. That's an error on Alou. Brinkman scores. Lolich moves to second.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Taylor strikes out.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Brinkman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive towards short. Brinkman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 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.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clarke strikes out.
Top 5 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 5 Brown takes first base on ball four. Brinkman moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez juggles the ball. That's an error on Sanchez. Brinkman moves to second.
Top 5 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lolich hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Michael hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Sanchez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sanchez is hit by the pitch. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 4 Murcer bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 White hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 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.
Top 4 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Freehan moves to second.
Top 4 Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clarke hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Top 3 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Swoboda hits a popup towards first. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Freehan hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.