Tony Taylor, who had a perfect night at the plate with three hits and two walks, scored three of the Tigers' runs in an 8-2 victory over the Yankees. Al Kaline batted in two tallies with a single in the seventh and Tom Haller drove in two with a single in the ninth when the Tigers iced their victory with four unearned runs off Lindy McDaniel. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Friday, May       26, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       1  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  4  -   8  8  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taylor 2b             3   3   3   0     2   0   .282      Clarke 2b             5   0   2   2     0   0   .280
Rodriguez 3b          5   2   2   1     0   0   .246      Callison rf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .232
Jata lf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .182      Murcer cf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .219
  Northrup ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .232      White lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .255
Kaline rf             3   1   1   2     2   1   .253      Blomberg 1b           2   0   1   0     0   1   .267
I. Brown 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .143        Alou ph,1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Cash ph,1b          0   1   0   1     1   0   .288      Munson c              4   1   0   0     0   0   .290
Stanley cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .296      McKinney 3b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .226
Haller c              5   0   1   2     0   2   .219      Michael ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .222
Brinkman ss           5   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Kekich p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
Timmermann p          2   1   0   0     0   2   .063        Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Scherman p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .111        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ellis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .364

Totals               37   8   8   7     7  10             Totals               33   2   7   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  9,579
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Yankees 9
DP: Tigers 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Cash, Munson, McKinney, Michael
Stolen Bases: Callison (1)
Caught Stealing: Clarke (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kekich (3)
Hit by Pitch: Murcer (1,by Scherman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann W(3-4)       5.1   4   1   1   3   5   0  22   1.95
Scherman SV(5)          3.2   3   1   0   0   1   0  16   2.35
Totals                  9     7   2   1   3   6   0  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich L(4-3)           7     6   4   4   5   7   0  32   2.78
McDaniel                2     2   4   0   2   3   0  12   2.45
Totals                  9     8   8   4   7  10   0  44

Passed Balls: Haller (2), Munson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Scherman (2)
Wild Pitches: Timmermann (2), Kekich (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Merle Anthony


TIGERS 1ST: Taylor walked; Rodriguez flied out to left; Jata
singled to left [Taylor scored]; Kaline struck out; I. Brown
forced Jata (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Callison
struck out; Murcer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Haller
grounded out (third to first); Brinkman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: On a bunt White made an out to pitcher; Blomberg
struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Timmermann struck out but advanced to first on a
wild pitch; Taylor singled to right [Timmermann to third];
Rodriguez singled to center [Timmermann scored, Taylor to third,
Rodriguez to second (on throw)]; Jata popped to catcher in foul
territory; Kaline was walked intentionally; I. Brown was called
out on strikes; Stanley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: McKinney struck out; Michael walked; Timmermann
threw a wild pitch [Michael to second]; Haller allowed a passed
ball [Michael to third]; Kekich struck out; Clarke grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Haller grounded out (pitcher to first); Brinkman
struck out; Timmermann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Callison singled to right; Murcer made an out to
first; Callison stole second; White was called out on strikes;
Blomberg singled [Callison to third]; Munson popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Taylor singled to right [Taylor out at second (right
to shortstop)]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Jata
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: McKinney singled to left; Michael forced McKinney
(shortstop to second); Kekich out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Michael to second]; Clarke singled to center
[Michael scored]; Clarke was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied out to center; I. Brown walked; Stanley
forced I. Brown (shortstop to second); Munson allowed a passed
ball [Stanley to second]; Haller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Callison flied out to right; Murcer walked; White
walked [Murcer to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Alou grounded out (second
to first) [Murcer to third, White to second]; Munson flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 7TH: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Brinkman flied out
to right; Scherman grounded out (second to first); Taylor
walked; Rodriguez singled to right [Taylor to third, Rodriguez
to second (error by Munson)]; Jata walked; Kaline singled to
left [Taylor scored, Rodriguez scored, Jata to second]; I. Brown
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: McKinney flied out to right; Michael grounded out
(shortstop to first); TORRES BATTED FOR KEKICH; Torres flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 8TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Stanley struck
out; Haller struck out; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); Callison
popped to catcher in foul territory; Murcer was hit by a pitch;
White singled to center [Murcer to second]; Alou forced White
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees
1.

TIGERS 9TH: Scherman was called out on strikes; Taylor singled
to center; Rodriguez reached on an error by Michael [Taylor to
second]; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR JATA; Northrup made an out to
first; Kaline walked [Taylor to third, Rodriguez to second];
CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash walked [Taylor scored (unearned),
Rodriguez to third, Kaline to second]; Stanley reached on an
error by McKinney [Rodriguez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kaline
to third, Cash to second]; Haller singled to center [Kaline
scored (unearned), Cash scored (unearned), Stanley to second];
Brinkman forced Haller (shortstop to second); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CASH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Munson reached on an error by Cash (assist
by Rodriguez); McKinney singled to right [Munson to second];
Michael popped to shortstop; ELLIS BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Ellis
struck out; Clarke singled to right [Munson scored (unearned),
McKinney to second]; Callison popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Yankees 2.