A pinch-double by Mike Hegan with two out in the 12th inning scored Bobby Brooks and gave the Athletics a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. Brooks walked with one away and Dick Green sacrifced before Hegan batted for Rollie Fingers. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     25, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  1
Yankees      1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   0   .111      Clarke 2b             6   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Rudi lf               5   1   2   0     0   1   .267      Munson c              6   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .160      Murcer cf             4   2   2   1     2   1   .259
Bando 3b              5   0   2   2     0   1   .333      White lf              5   1   3   0     0   0   .259
Epstein 1b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Alou 1b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  L. Brown 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Callison rf           4   0   0   1     0   0   .067
Tenace c              5   1   1   1     0   0   .214      McKinney 3b           4   0   1   1     1   2   .259
Brooks cf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .136      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Green 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .381        Lyle p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blomberg ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .636
Hunter p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torres pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blefary ph          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kline p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kenney ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hegan ph,1b         1   0   1   1     0   0   .333

Totals               42   4   8   4     2   4             Totals               44   3   9   3     3   8

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  8,334
Left on Base: A's 6, Yankees 9
DP: A's 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Epstein
Doubles: Bando (1), Hegan (1), Munson (1)
Triples: Bando (1)
Home Runs: Tenace (1), Murcer (2)
Stolen Bases: White (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (2), Green (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Callison (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  7     6   3   3   0   5   1  27   3.15
Knowles                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Fingers W(1-0)          3.1   2   0   0   2   1   0  14   1.13
Locker SV(1)            1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Totals                 12     9   3   3   3   8   1  48

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline                   7.2   6   3   3   0   2   1  29   1.62
Lyle                    3.1   1   0   0   1   2   0  12   0.00
McDaniel L(0-1)         1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.86
Totals                 12     8   4   4   2   4   1  46

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi
struck out; Jackson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); Munson
grounded out (second to first); Murcer homered; White singled to
right; White was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Epstein [White to second]; Alou grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando doubled to right; Epstein flied out to
right [Bando to third]; Tenace grounded out (third to first);
Brooks flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Callison grounded out (second to first); McKinney
struck out; Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green made an out to shortstop; Hunter grounded
out (shortstop to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Kline struck out; Clarke grounded out (pitcher to
first); Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer singled to left; White singled to right
[Murcer to third]; Alou made an out to second; Callison hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Murcer scored]; White stole second;
McKinney singled to right [White scored]; Michael grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Tenace
homered; Brooks flied out to left; Green grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Kline struck out; Clarke flied out to left; Munson
doubled to right; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Hunter grounded out (pitcher to first);
Campaneris singled to right; On a bunt Rudi singled [Campaneris
to second]; Jackson struck out; Bando tripled to center
[Campaneris scored, Rudi scored]; Epstein grounded out (pitcher
to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: White flied out to right; Alou flied out to left;
Callison flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Brooks
grounded out (third to first); Green grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: McKinney struck out; Michael flied out to center;
Kline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BLEFARY BATTED FOR HUNTER; Blefary singled to
center; ODOM RAN FOR BLEFARY; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Odom to second]; Rudi grounded out (second to
first) [Odom to third]; LYLE REPLACED MICHAEL (PITCHING); KENNEY
REPLACED KLINE (PLAYING SS); Jackson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Clarke grounded
out (second to first); Munson singled to first; Murcer walked
[Munson to second]; White flied out to left; FINGERS REPLACED
KNOWLES (PITCHING); Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando made an out to second; Epstein flied out to
center; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Callison flied out to center; McKinney walked; On a
bunt Lyle struck out; Kenney grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Brooks flied out to center; Green made an out to
first; Fingers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 10TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
grounded out (third to first); Murcer walked; White singled to
center [Murcer to second]; Alou forced White (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi singled to center; Jackson walked [Rudi to second]; Bando
struck out; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 11TH: Callison flied out to left; McKinney grounded out
(shortstop to first); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR LYLE; Blomberg singled
to left; TORRES RAN FOR BLOMBERG; Kenney grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 12TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Tenace
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brooks walked; Green out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Brooks to second]; HEGAN BATTED
FOR FINGERS; Hegan doubled to center [Brooks scored]; Campaneris
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees
3.

YANKEES 12TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); L. BROWN
REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 2B); LOCKER REPLACED GREEN (PITCHING);
Clarke struck out; Munson grounded out (third to first); Murcer
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 3.