Jim Northrup and Norm Cash hit homers to enable Mickey Lolich to pitch the Tigers to a 2-0 victory over the Angels. Northrup's drive in the seventh inning was his first of the season and decided Lolich's duel with Nolan Ryan. Cash hit his homer off reliever Don Rose in the the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 2, California Angels 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      18, 1972 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  6  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .189      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Berry cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .307
G. Brown lf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .263      Kosco lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .215
  Kaline rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Oliver 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Freehan c             4   0   1   0     0   3   .284      Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .245
Cash 1b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .278      O'Brien 3b            4   0   2   0     0   2   .231
Northrup rf,lf        4   1   3   1     0   1   .217      Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .236      Kusnyer c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .234      Ryan p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .172
Lolich p              4   0   0   0     0   3   .075        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Rose p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               32   2   6   2     4  13             Totals               32   0   7   0     0   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 20,105
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Angels 6
DP: Tigers 2, Angels 2
Errors: Rodriguez, O'Brien
Doubles: Northrup (4), O'Brien (2)
Home Runs: Northrup (1), Cash (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Kosco (1)
GIDP: Lolich (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(11-4)          9     7   0   0   0   8   0  33   2.38
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   8   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(6-5)             7     3   1   1   3   9   1  26   3.04
Rose                    2     3   1   1   1   4   1  10   4.50
Totals                  9     6   2   2   4  13   2  36

Balks: Rose (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry Barnett


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez flied out to right;
G. Brown flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Berry popped to first; Kosco reached on an error by Rodriguez;
Oliver singled to center [Kosco to third]; Stanton struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan struck out; Cash flied out to right;
Northrup doubled to center; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: O'Brien doubled to left; Cardenas hit into a double
play (third to first) [O'Brien out at third (first to
shortstop)]; Kusnyer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Angels 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to right; Lolich was called out
on strikes; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Ryan singled to center; Alomar hit into a double
play (pitcher to second) [Ryan out at second]; Berry singled to
center; Kosco struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Angels 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; G. Brown
walked; Freehan singled to left [G. Brown to second]; Cash hit
into a double play (right to second to first) [Freehan out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stanton lined to second;
O'Brien struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup struck out; Stanley walked; Brinkman walked
[Stanley to second]; Lolich grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Cardenas popped to second; Kusnyer was called out on
strikes; Ryan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Angels 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez reached on an error
by O'Brien [Rodriguez to second]; G. Brown grounded out (second
to first); Freehan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar singled to third; Berry singled to right
[Alomar to second]; Kosco out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Alomar to third, Berry to second]; Oliver struck out;
Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Angels 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash flied out to center; Northrup homered; Stanley
was called out on strikes; Brinkman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: O'Brien singled to left; Cardenas forced O'Brien
(pitcher to shortstop); Kusnyer flied out to left; LLENAS BATTED
FOR RYAN; Llenas popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Angels 0.

TIGERS 8TH: ROSE REPLACED LLENAS (PITCHING); Lolich was called
out on strikes; McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez singled to
center; Rose balked [Rodriguez to second]; G. Brown walked;
Freehan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: KALINE REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING RF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Alomar popped to first in foul
territory; Berry grounded out (third to first); Kosco flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Angels 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash homered; Northrup singled to left; Stanley
flied out to center; Brinkman forced Northrup (second to
shortstop); Lolich struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stanton flied out to
center; O'Brien struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Angels 0.