June 7, 1972 · 8:05 PM EDT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NYY | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
 TEX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Biggest lead NYY by 4 · TEX by 2 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1OA Athletics | 93 | 62 | .600 | — |
2CW White Sox | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5.5 |
3DE Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | 7.5 |
4BO Red Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | 8.0 |
5BA Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12.5 |
| 6NYYankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 14.0 |
7MI Twins | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15.5 |
8KC Royals | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16.5 |
9LA Angels | 75 | 80 | .484 | 18.0 |
10CL Guardians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 21.5 |
11MI Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 28.5 |
| 12TERangers | 54 | 100 | .351 | 38.5 |
2B: White
RBI: Murcer, White 2, Alou 3, Munson
SB: White
CS: Blomberg
LOB: 18
2B: Billings, Ford
3B: Harrah
RBI: Biittner 2, Harrah 2
CS: Maddox
LOB: 15
Top 1 · NYY batting
Bottom 1 · TEX batting
The Yankees beat the Rangers 7-5 at Arlington Stadium.
Steve Kline got the win, Jim Shellenback took the loss and Sparky Lyle earned the save. Roy White went 2-for-3 for the Yankees, while Toby Harrah went 3-for-4 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
