Tigers 1, Yankees 2 Box Score, Aug 9, 1972 | StatPro

August 9, 1972 · 3:38 AM EDT

Detroit TigersDET · 86-70DET86-701

Final

2

New York YankeesNYY · 79-76NYY79-76

W: Rob GardnerL: Tom TimmermannS: Sparky Lyle

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	2	4	1

Top performers

TTTony Taylor2B1-4H-AB1 RTop hitterRBRon Blomberg1B1-2H-AB2B · 1 R
Winning pitcherRGRob GardnerP8.0IP0 ER · 1 K · W
TTTom TimmermannP6.1IP2 ER · 3 K · LLosing pitcher
SaveSLSparky LyleP1.0IP0 ER · 2 K · S

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%DET

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Biggest lead DET by 1 · NYY by 1 · 1 lead change

Key plays

T1 +9% DETBill Freehan singles on a to left fielder Roy White. Tony Taylor scores.DET 1 · NYY 0
B7 +19% NYYRon Blomberg hits a ground-rule double (15) on a . Roy White to 3rd.DET 1 · NYY 0
B7 +14% DETFelipe Alou flies out to catcher Bill Freehan.DET 1 · NYY 0
B7 +41% NYYCelerino Sanchez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Willie Horton. Roy White scores. Ron Blomberg scores.DET 1 · NYY 2
T9 +6% NYYIke Brown strikes out swinging.DET 1 · NYY 2

Team stats

2Hits4
1Runs2
2Walks2
3Strikeouts3
0Errors1

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.069Batting average.143
.129On-base %.200
.069Slugging.179
2.25ERA0.00
6Left on base10

1972 AL East Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1DETigers	86	70	.551	—
2BORed Sox	85	70	.548	0.5
3BAOrioles	80	74	.519	5.0
4NYYankees	79	76	.510	6.5
5CLGuardians	72	84	.462	14.0
6MIBrewers	65	91	.417	21.0

Game info

Venue: Yankee Stadium I

Tigers

Batting


TTTony Taylor2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
IBIke BrownLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
BFBill FreehanC	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
WHWillie HortonRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
NCNorm Cash1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSMickey StanleyCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBEd BrinkmanSS	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
TTTom TimmermannP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
FSFred SchermanP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DMDick McAuliffePH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
JHJohn HillerP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	1	2	1	0	2	3

RBI: Freehan

LOB: 6

Pitching


TTTom TimmermannL	6.1	3	2	1	3	0	32
FSFred Scherman	0.2	1	0	1	0	0	7
JHJohn Hiller	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals	8.0	4	2	2	3	0	42

Yankees

Batting


JCJohnny CallisonRF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
BMBobby MurcerCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
RWRoy WhiteLF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
RBRon Blomberg1B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
BABernie Allen2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
CSCelerino Sanchez3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	0
JKJerry KenneySS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
RGRob GardnerP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSRon SwobodaRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
FAFelipe AlouPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
GMGene MichaelSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HCHorace Clarke2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
SLSparky LyleP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	2	4	2	0	2	3

2B: Blomberg

RBI: Sanchez 2

LOB: 10

Pitching


RGRob GardnerW	8.0	2	0	2	1	0	37
SLSparky LyleS	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	7
Totals	9.0	2	0	2	3	0	44