In a meeting of veteran lefthanders, Mickey Lolich triumphed over Wilbur Wood and pitched the Tigers to a 6-1 victory over the White Sox. Wood, who had pitched three straight shutouts, had his string broken in the first inning when the Tigers scored on a pass to Tony Taylor, an infield out, stolen base and sacrifice fly by Al Kaline. A triple by Willie Horton, a wild pitch and homer by Mickey Stanley added two runs in the second.

Bill Freehan kayoed Wood with a two-run homer in the third. Dick Allen saved the White Sox from being shut out with a circuit clout in the fourth before Horton ended the Tigers' scoring with a homer off Vicente Romo in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     29, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Tigers       1  2  2    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .389      Taylor 2b             3   1   2   0     1   1   .333
Andrews 2b            3   0   1   0     0   2   .190      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .256
D. Allen 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .391      Kaline rf             2   1   0   1     1   1   .154
Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .304      Freehan c             4   1   1   2     0   1   .382
Reichardt cf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .087      Horton lf             3   2   2   1     0   0   .267
May lf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .349        Northrup lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .172
Morales ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .125      Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     0   2   .406
Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Stanley cf            3   1   1   1     0   0   .429
Wood p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .077      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .343
  Romo p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Egan ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     1   9             Totals               29   6   7   5     2   9

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 15,921
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Tigers 2
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 1
Doubles: Williams (2), D. Allen (3), May (3), Taylor 2 (2)
Triples: Horton (1)
Home Runs: D. Allen (4), Stanley (1), Freehan (1), Horton (1)
Stolen Bases: Taylor (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (1)
GIDP: May (2)
Hit by Pitch: Morales (1,by Lolich)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(3-1)             2.2   4   5   5   2   1   2  13   1.40
Romo                    3.1   3   1   1   0   4   1  13   1.69
Kealey                  1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   0.00
Johnson                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.60
Totals                  8     7   6   6   2   9   3  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(3-1)           9     6   1   1   1   9   1  34   2.36
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   9   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Lolich (1)
Wild Pitches: Wood (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams walked; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Williams to second]; D. Allen flied out to
right; Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Taylor walked; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Taylor to second]; Taylor stole third; Kaline hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Taylor scored]; Freehan grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt struck out; May struck out; Morales
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton tripled to center; Wood threw a wild pitch
[Horton scored]; Cash struck out; Stanley homered; Brinkman
grounded out (third to first); Lolich grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Wood was
called out on strikes; Williams doubled to left; Andrews struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Taylor doubled to left; Rodriguez flied out to
center; Taylor was picked off second (pitcher to second); Kaline
walked; Freehan homered [Kaline scored]; ROMO REPLACED WOOD
(PITCHING); Horton flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Allen homered; Melton flied out to center;
Reichardt singled to third; May grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Reichardt out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash struck out; Stanley grounded out (third to
first); Brinkman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales struck out; Herrmann grounded out (second
to first); Romo popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Lolich flied out to right; Taylor doubled to right;
Rodriguez struck out; Kaline struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Andrews
struck out; D. Allen doubled to left; Melton popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan was called out on strikes; Horton homered;
Cash singled to center; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Cash to second]; Brinkman flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Reichardt grounded out (shortstop to first); May
doubled to right; Morales was hit by a pitch; Herrmann popped to
first in foul territory; EGAN BATTED FOR ROMO; Egan forced May
(third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: KEALEY REPLACED EGAN (PITCHING); Lolich was called
out on strikes; Taylor was called out on strikes; Rodriguez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: NORTHRUP REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); Williams
grounded out (second to first); Andrews singled to left; D.
Allen struck out; Melton made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED KEALEY (PITCHING); Kaline flied out
to center; Freehan flied out to left; Northrup was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Reichardt popped to first in foul territory; May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Tigers
6.