Making his first start, Rich Hinton picked up his first victory in a New York uniform and Sparky Lyle received credit for his seventh save when the Yankees defeated the Indians, 4-2. The Yankees scored twice in the sixth inning on singles by Johnny Callison and Bobby Murcer, sacrifice fly by Roy White, an infield out and a single by Thurman Munson.

A walk to White, infield out, the second RBI single of the game by Munson, another single by Rich McKinney and double by Horace Clarke added the deciding pair in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  x  -   4  9  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .212      Kenney ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .188      Callison rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .233
A. Johnson lf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .245        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Murcer cf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .222
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .210      White lf              2   1   0   1     1   0   .250
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Blomberg 1b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Bell rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Alou 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
McCraw 1b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .345      Munson c              3   1   2   2     0   0   .312
  Moses ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .417      McKinney 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Duffy ss              3   0   1   1     0   1   .197      Allen 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .077
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clarke ph,2b        1   0   1   1     0   0   .275
  Chambliss ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Hinton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Colbert p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .250        Torres ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   4             Totals               31   4   9   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  7,134
Left on Base: Indians 6, Yankees 8
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Duffy, Blomberg, McKinney, Allen
Doubles: Duffy (3), Clarke (5)
Stolen Bases: McCraw (8)
Caught Stealing: Murcer (3)
Sacrifice Flies: White (2)
GIDP: Leon (3), Fosse (5)
Hit by Pitch: Munson (2,by Colbert)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colbert L(0-1)          6.2   6   2   2   2   3   0  29   1.50
Riddleberger            1.1   3   2   2   1   0   0   7   4.09
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   3   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hinton W(1-0)           7     5   1   1   1   4   0  26   1.08
Lyle SV(7)              2     2   1   0   0   0   0   9   1.08
Totals                  9     7   2   1   1   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Colbert (3)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Unser walked; Leon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Unser out at second]; A. Johnson
singled to right; Fosse grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Kenney grounded out (shortstop to first); Callison
flied out to right; Murcer walked; Murcer was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
grounded out (third to first); McCraw singled to center; McCraw
stole second; Duffy doubled to left [McCraw scored]; Colbert was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: White grounded out (second to first); Blomberg
walked; Munson forced Blomberg (shortstop to second); McKinney
singled to third [Munson to second]; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Unser reached on an error by Blomberg (assist by
Allen) [Unser to first]; Leon singled to right [Unser to
second]; A. Johnson lined to left; Fosse grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Leon out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Hinton struck out; Kenney grounded out (third to
first); Callison lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles struck out; Bell popped to first in foul
territory; McCraw flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer singled; White made an out to third;
Blomberg flied out to left; Munson was hit by a pitch [Murcer to
second]; McKinney forced Munson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
struck out; Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Allen grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Hinton grounded out (pitcher to first); Kenney struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Leon popped to second; A. Johnson singled to
center; Fosse popped to second [A. Johnson to second (error by
Allen)]; Nettles popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Callison singled to center; Murcer singled to right
[Callison to third]; White out on a sacrifice fly to right
[Callison scored]; Blomberg grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Murcer to second]; Munson singled to center [Murcer scored];
McKinney popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw
lined to left; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Allen lined to right; TORRES BATTED FOR HINTON;
Torres flied out to center; Kenney reached on an error by Duffy;
Callison singled to pitcher [Kenney to second]; RIDDLEBERGER
REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); STANLEY REPLACED COLBERT (PLAYING
SS); Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 8TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LYLE REPLACED
CALLISON (PITCHING); ALOU REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING 1B);
Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser grounded out
(shortstop to first); Leon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: White walked; Alou grounded out (third to first)
[White to second]; Munson singled to right [White scored];
McKinney singled to left [Munson to second]; CLARKE BATTED FOR
ALLEN; Clarke doubled to left [Munson scored, McKinney out at
home (left to catcher)]; Torres grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 9TH: CLARKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); A. Johnson
grounded out (second to first); Fosse singled to third; FOSTER
BATTED FOR NETTLES; Foster flied out to left; Bell reached on an
error by McKinney [Fosse to second]; MOSES BATTED FOR MCCRAW;
Moses singled to center [Fosse scored (unearned), Bell to
second]; CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR RIDDLEBERGER; Chambliss grounded
out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Yankees 4.

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