Although allowing only two hits in seven innings, Bert Blyleven was the loser in a duel with Tom Timmerman when the Tigers defeated the Twins, 3-0. Blyleven gave up a single by Aurelio Rodriguez in the third but nothing more until the seventh when the Twins' righthander hit Jim Northrup with a pitch and Mickey Stanley followed with a homer.

The Tigers' other run counted off reliever Wayne Granger in the eighth on an error after singles by Dick McAuliffe and Rodriguez. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      4, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  x  -   3  4  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .196
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .264      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .250
Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .278      G. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .307
Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .246        Freehan ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Braun lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .298        Comer pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Darwin cf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .237      Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Northrup rf           2   1   0   0     0   2   .215
Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Stanley cf            3   1   1   2     0   0   .267
  Nettles ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .156      Haller c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Dempsey c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Timmermann p          2   0   0   0     1   1   .056
  Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     1   6             Totals               28   3   4   2     1   6

Time of Game: 1:54   Attendance: 19,827
Left on Base: Twins 5, Tigers 4
DP: Twins 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Thompson, Carew
Home Runs: Stanley (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (3)
Hit by Pitch: Northrup (2,by Blyleven)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(7-4)         7     2   2   2   1   6   1  26   2.45
Granger                 0.1   2   1   0   0   0   0   3   0.67
LaRoche                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.14
Totals                  8     4   3   2   1   6   1  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann W(4-4)       9     4   0   0   1   6   0  32   1.78
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   6   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (3)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe reached on an error by Carew; Rodriguez
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McAuliffe to second];
G. Brown was called out on strikes; Cash flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Braun
grounded out (first unassisted); Darwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup struck out; Stanley grounded out (shortstop
to first); Haller lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Tigers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); Roof
struck out; Blyleven grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Timmermann
walked; McAuliffe flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to left
[Timmermann to second]; G. Brown grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to right;
Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash made an out to second; Northrup struck out;
Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Darwin struck
out; Soderholm singled to right; Roof flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Haller flied out to center; Brinkman grounded out
(second to first); Timmermann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Blyleven flied out to left; Tovar made an out to
second; Thompson walked; Carew grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Rodriguez flied
out to right; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Braun singled to
right; Darwin struck out; Soderholm forced Braun (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; Northrup
was hit by a pitch; Stanley homered [Northrup scored]; Haller
grounded out (second to first); Brinkman made an out to second;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 2.

TWINS 8TH: NETTLES BATTED FOR ROOF; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); REESE BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Reese grounded
out (second to first); Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING C ); GRANGER
REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); Timmermann grounded out (shortstop to
first); McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez singled to left
[McAuliffe to second]; FREEHAN BATTED FOR G. BROWN; LAROCHE
REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); Rodriguez was picked off first
(pitcher to first to second) [McAuliffe to third]; Freehan
reached on an error by Thompson [McAuliffe scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; COMER RAN FOR FREEHAN; Cash flied out to center; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 3.

TWINS 9TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thompson struck
out; Carew singled to left; Killebrew struck out; Braun flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 3.