After the previous day's rain, a sparse crowd of 8,968 turned out for Milwaukee's postponed opener and saw the Brewers lose to the Tigers, 6-2. The first five Tigers scored to open the game. Dick McAuliffe led off with a double, Aurelio Rodriguez walked and Gates Brown singled for the first run. After Willie Horton was hit by a pitch, Norm Cash singled to drive in two tallies. Two more then scored on a fielder's choice and an error.

The attendance was the first under 26,000 for a home opener in Milwaukee's history. However, the weather was cold, the game was televised locally and there was competition from a Milwaukee-Los Angeles NBA playoff game. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     22, 1972 (Day game) at County Stadium
Tigers       5  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   8 13  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  2  4


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          6   1   3   1     0   1   .222      Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .059
Rodriguez 3b          4   2   2   0     2   1   .300      May cf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .125
G. Brown lf           5   2   3   2     0   0   .500      Briggs 1b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .267
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Scott 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .063
Horton rf,lf          4   1   0   0     0   1   .294      Lahoud lf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .308
Cash 1b               4   1   2   3     0   0   .313      Conigliaro rf         3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Freehan c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Porter c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .125
Northrup cf,rf        3   0   1   0     2   1   .133      Theobald 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   1     1   1   .294      Parsons p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Coleman p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Lonborg p           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Reynolds ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Bell p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  13   7     5   6             Totals               28   2   2   2     4   7

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  8,968
Left on Base: Tigers 12, Brewers 3
DP: Tigers 2, Brewers 1
Errors: McAuliffe, Auerbach 2, Scott, Porter
Doubles: McAuliffe (2), Rodriguez (1), G. Brown (1), Brinkman (2)
Home Runs: Lahoud (1)
Caught Stealing: Freehan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Coleman (2)
GIDP: Auerbach (1), Scott (1)
Hit by Pitch: Horton (1,by Parsons), Cash (1,by Lonborg)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(2-0)          7     2   2   2   3   6   1  25   2.51
Scherman SV(2)          2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     2   2   2   4   7   1  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons L(1-1)          1.1   5   7   6   2   0   0  12   8.59
Lonborg                 4.2   6   1   1   2   3   0  24   1.93
Colborn                 2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00
Bell                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    13   8   7   5   6   0  47

Hit by Pitch: Parsons (1), Lonborg (1)
Wild Pitches: Parsons (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe doubled; Rodriguez walked; G. Brown
singled [McAuliffe scored, Rodriguez to third]; Horton was hit
by a pitch [G. Brown to second]; Cash singled [Rodriguez scored,
G. Brown scored, Horton to third]; Freehan popped to third in
foul territory; Northrup was walked intentionally [Cash to
second]; Brinkman forced Northrup (second to shortstop) [Horton
scored, Cash scored (error by Auerbach) (unearned) (no RBI),
Brinkman to second]; Coleman grounded out (first unassisted); 5
R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach was called out on strikes; May reached on
an error by McAuliffe; Briggs forced May (second to shortstop);
Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe flied out to right; Rodriguez doubled to
left; Parsons threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to third]; G. Brown
doubled to right [Rodriguez scored]; LONBORG REPLACED PARSONS
(PITCHING); Horton reached on an error by Scott [G. Brown to
third]; Cash singled to right [G. Brown scored, Horton to
third]; Freehan lined to third; Northrup flied out to left; 2 R,
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 7, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud was called out on strikes; Conigliaro struck
out; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
7, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman doubled to right; Coleman out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brinkman to third]; McAuliffe
singled to right [Brinkman scored]; Rodriguez walked [McAuliffe
to second]; G. Brown flied out to left; Horton struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald flied out to right; Lonborg walked;
Auerbach grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Lonborg out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8,
Brewers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash was hit by a pitch; Freehan forced Cash
(pitcher to second); Northrup walked [Freehan to second];
Brinkman struck out; Coleman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Briggs walked;
Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Briggs out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers
0.

TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez
singled to center; G. Brown singled to right [Rodriguez to
second]; Porter dropped a foul fly hit by Horton for an error;
Horton flied out to center; Cash grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Lahoud grounded out (second to first); Conigliaro
flied out to right; Porter walked; Theobald popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan flied out to left; Northrup singled;
Brinkman flied out to center; Coleman flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR LONBORG; Davis flied out to left;
Auerbach grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: COLBORN REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); McAuliffe singled
to shortstop [McAuliffe to second (error by Auerbach)];
Rodriguez struck out; G. Brown grounded out (second to first)
[McAuliffe to third]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING CF); HORTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Briggs singled to left; Scott flied out to center;
Lahoud homered [Briggs scored]; Conigliaro struck out; Porter
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8,
Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Cash flied out to left; Freehan singled to left;
Northrup struck out while Freehan was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Theobald
grounded out (third to first); T. REYNOLDS BATTED FOR COLBORN;
T. Reynolds walked; Auerbach forced T. Reynolds (third to
second); May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
8, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: BELL REPLACED T. REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Brinkman
walked; Scherman forced Brinkman (second to shortstop);
McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Briggs struck out; Scott flied out to right; Lahoud
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8,
Brewers 2.