A single by Aurelio Rodriguez with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning drove in two runs and gave the Tigers a 5-3 victory over the Brewers. Chuck Seelbach, the third of four pitchers used by the Tigers, received credit for his first major league victory.

The Brewers collected only two hits in the game, but scored three runs in the sixth to knot the count at 3-3. Les Cain issued three passes to load the bases and yielded the mound to Fred Scherman, who walked Curt Motton to force in the first run. Mike Ferraro followed with a single for the Brewers' first hit to drive in the tying pair. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3

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

Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  2  2
Tigers       2  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  8  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Heise 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .214
T. Reynolds rf,lf     2   1   0   0     1   0   .238        Rodriguez ph,3b     2   0   1   2     0   0   .248
  Voss ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .130      Taylor 3b,2b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Scott 1b              2   1   0   0     2   1   .151      Cash 1b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .290
Briggs lf             1   0   0   0     1   1   .208      Kaline rf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .263
  Motton ph           0   0   0   1     1   0   .167      Northrup lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .233
  Davis pr,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Haller c              2   0   1   2     1   0   .261
Ferraro 3b            3   0   2   2     1   0   .256      Stanley cf            2   1   0   1     1   0   .326
Conigliaro cf,rf      3   0   0   0     0   3   .187      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .235
  Lahoud ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .194      Cain p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Rodriguez c           3   0   0   0     1   0   .276        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .158        Seelbach p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
Parsons p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .231        G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .315
  Theobald ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .140        Comer pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stephenson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .140
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ratliff ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .091

Totals               28   3   2   3     8  10             Totals               29   5   8   5     6   1

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 10,012
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Tigers 9
DP: Brewers 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Ferraro, Rodriguez
Doubles: Northrup (3), Seelbach (1)
Caught Stealing: Davis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cain (1), Haller (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Stanley (1)
GIDP: Taylor (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons                 5     5   3   3   4   1   0  25   4.35
Stephenson              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Sanders L(0-2)          2     2   2   2   2   0   0  10   2.42
Totals                  8     8   5   5   6   1   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain                    5.1   0   3   3   5   5   0  21   3.42
Scherman                0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.79
Seelbach W(1-1)         2.2   1   0   0   2   4   0  10   2.87
Niekro SV(1)            1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     2   3   3   8  10   0  36

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


BREWERS 1ST: Heise struck out; T. Reynolds popped to shortstop;
Scott lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Taylor struck out; Cash forced
McAuliffe (second to shortstop); Kaline singled to left [Cash to
second]; Northrup walked [Cash to third, Kaline to second];
Haller singled to right [Cash scored, Kaline scored, Northrup to
third, Haller to second (on throw)]; Stanley flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs walked; Ferraro walked [Briggs to second];
Conigliaro struck out; Rodriguez popped to first; Auerbach
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman reached on an error by Ferraro; Cain
reached on an error by Rodriguez on a sacrifice bunt [Brinkman
to second]; McAuliffe flied out to center; Taylor grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Cain out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Parsons grounded out (third to first); Heise popped
to shortstop; T. Reynolds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Kaline singled
to left; Northrup doubled to left [Kaline to third]; Haller was
walked intentionally; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Kaline scored, Northrup to third]; Brinkman was walked
intentionally [Haller to second]; Cain grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Scott struck out; Briggs struck out; Ferraro
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Taylor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash singled to right; Kaline
forced Cash (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Conigliaro struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Auerbach grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Haller
popped to shortstop; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: THEOBALD BATTED FOR PARSONS; Theobald walked; Heise
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Theobald to second]; T.
Reynolds walked; Scott walked [Theobald to third, T. Reynolds to
second]; MOTTON BATTED FOR BRIGGS; SCHERMAN REPLACED CAIN
(PITCHING); Motton walked [Theobald scored, T. Reynolds to
third, Scott to second]; DAVIS RAN FOR MOTTON; Ferraro singled
to center [T. Reynolds scored, Scott scored, Davis to second];
SEELBACH REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Davis was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Ferraro to second]; Conigliaro struck
out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CONIGLIARO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); T. REYNOLDS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); STEPHENSON REPLACED THEOBALD (PITCHING); Brinkman
flied out to center; Seelbach doubled to left; RODRIGUEZ BATTED
FOR MCAULIFFE; Rodriguez lined into a double play (shortstop
unassisted) [Seelbach out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TAYLOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez walked; Auerbach
struck out; MAY BATTED FOR STEPHENSON; May struck out; Heise
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Taylor grounded out
(third to first); Cash popped to third in foul territory; Kaline
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
3, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 8TH: VOSS BATTED FOR T. REYNOLDS; Voss flied out to
center; Scott walked; Davis flied out to left; Ferraro singled
to right [Scott to third]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR CONIGLIARO; Lahoud
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: VOSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LAHOUD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Northrup singled to center; Haller out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Northrup to second];
Stanley was walked intentionally; Brinkman flied out to right;
G. BROWN BATTED FOR SEELBACH; G. Brown walked [Northrup to
third, Stanley to second]; COMER RAN FOR G. BROWN; Rodriguez
singled to center [Northrup scored, Stanley scored, Comer to
third, Rodriguez to second (on throw)]; Taylor lined to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: NIEKRO REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach grounded out (second
to first); RATLIFF BATTED FOR SANDERS; Ratliff struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 5.

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