Catcher Dave Duncan drove in two runs in support of Ken Holtzman, who yielded only four hits and pitched the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Yankees. Duncan singled to plate the second of the A's runs in the fourth inning and then homered to add the clinching tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Friday, May       5, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
A's          0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  7  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Torres rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .217      Rudi lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Murcer cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .191
White lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .235      Bando 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .267
Alou 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .146      Mangual cf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .500
Munson c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Duncan c              3   1   2   2     0   0   .280
McKinney 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Epstein 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .171        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Peterson p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      L. Brown 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Holtzman p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   4   1     0   1             Totals               27   3   7   3     2   1

Time of Game: 1:47   Attendance:  6,398
Left on Base: Yankees 2, A's 4
DP: Yankees 3, A's 0
Doubles: Clarke (2), Torres (2), Rudi (4), Jackson (2)
Home Runs: Duncan (3)
Caught Stealing: Murcer (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Holtzman (2)
GIDP: Duncan (3), Campaneris (2), Mangual (1)
Hit by Pitch: Epstein (2,by Peterson)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson L(0-4)         7     7   3   3   2   0   1  28   3.33
Hinton                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     7   3   3   2   1   1  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(3-1)         9     4   1   1   0   1   0  30   2.37
Totals                  9     4   1   1   0   1   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Peterson (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke doubled to center; Torres popped to catcher
in foul territory; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted)
[Clarke to third]; White singled to center [Clarke scored]; Alou
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
lined to shortstop; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson made an out to second; McKinney grounded out
(second to first); Michael popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual
walked; Duncan grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Mangual out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Peterson made an out to catcher; Clarke grounded
out (shortstop to first); Torres doubled to center; Murcer
grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 minute delay while Fritz
Peterson changes his shirt, which was slit under the arm; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Epstein flied out to right; L. Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); Holtzman popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou made
an out to shortstop; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris flied out to right; Rudi doubled to
center; Jackson grounded out (catcher to first) [Rudi to third];
Bando singled to left [Rudi scored]; Mangual singled [Bando to
second]; Duncan singled to left [Bando scored, Mangual to
second]; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 5TH: McKinney flied out to right; Michael flied out to
center; Peterson struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: L. Brown flied out to center; Holtzman singled to
left; Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Holtzman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); Torres
singled to center; Murcer forced Torres (second to shortstop);
Murcer was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi made an out to second; Jackson doubled to
left; Bando was walked intentionally; Mangual grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bando out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 2.

YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou made an
out to second; Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan homered; Epstein was hit by a pitch; L.
Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; Holtzman out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Epstein to second];
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 3.

YANKEES 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); McKinney flied
out to right; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); SWOBODA
BATTED FOR PETERSON; Swoboda grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HINTON REPLACED SWOBODA (PITCHING); Rudi flied
out to center; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Bando
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Athletics 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Clarke flied out to right; Torres made an out to
second; Murcer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 3.