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Bill Freehan homered on the first pitch thrown by Ken Holtzman in the ninth inning to give the Tigers a 3-2 victory over the Athletics, who were stopped on their eight-game winning streak. Holtzman walked Freehan with the bases loaded to force in the Tigers' first run in the third inning. Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Sunday, June 11, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 4 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Taylor 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .323 Rudi lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .324 Kaline rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Jackson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Freehan c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .302 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Horton lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Epstein 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .262 Jata 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Stanley cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Clark 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 O. Brown rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .245 Duncan c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .219 Coleman p 1 1 0 0 1 0 .115 L. Brown 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .186 I. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hegan ph,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Holtzman p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Totals 29 2 4 2 5 6 Totals 25 3 4 3 4 4 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 40,411 Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 3 DP: A's 2, Tigers 1 Doubles: L. Brown (2) Triples: Rodriguez (2) Home Runs: Epstein (8), Freehan (3) Sacrifice Flies: Taylor (1) GIDP: Epstein (3), Stanley (7), Horton (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman L(9-4) 8 4 3 3 4 4 1 30 2.29 Totals 8 4 3 3 4 4 1 30 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 8 2 2 2 5 6 1 30 2.08 Seelbach W(3-2) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.13 Totals 9 4 2 2 5 6 1 34 Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; On a bunt Rudi popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline walked; Freehan flied out to center; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando was called out on strikes; Epstein walked; O. Brown struck out; Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Jata singled to shortstop; Stanley grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Jata out at second]; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: L. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Holtzman grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Coleman walked; Taylor walked [Coleman to second]; Kaline singled to left [Coleman to third, Taylor to second]; Freehan walked [Coleman scored, Taylor to third, Kaline to second]; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Jata grounded out (third to first); Stanley was called out on strikes; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein homered; O. Brown popped to first in foul territory; Duncan walked; L. Brown doubled to right [Duncan to third]; Holtzman popped to third in foul territory; Campaneris walked; Rudi walked [Duncan scored, L. Brown to third, Campaneris to second]; Jackson popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez struck out; Coleman grounded out (first to pitcher); Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando walked; Epstein grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Bando out at second]; O. Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Kaline lined to left; Freehan popped to first in foul territory; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan popped to first in foul territory; L. Brown flied out to center; Holtzman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Jata grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley struck out; Brinkman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Rudi struck out; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez tripled to right; I. BROWN BATTED FOR COLEMAN; I. Brown lined to second; Taylor hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rodriguez scored]; Kaline flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: SEELBACH REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein singled to left; ODOM RAN FOR EPSTEIN; O. Brown forced Odom (shortstop to second); Duncan singled to left [O. Brown to second]; HEGAN BATTED FOR L. BROWN; O. Brown was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 9TH: CLARK REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 2B); HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Freehan homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. |
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