Leading off in the 11th inning, Joe Rudi homered on the first pitch thrown to him by Chuck Seelbach to give the Athletics a 3-2 victory over the Tigers. The A's also had a round-tripper by George Hendrick in the third, but the Tigers took the lead with circuit clouts by Norm Cash and Al Kaline before the A's tied the score with an unearned run in the eighth on a walk to Angel Mangual, error by Cash and single by Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Tuesday, June 20, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Campaneris ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .221 Kaline rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .237 Rudi lf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .335 Northrup cf,lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Jackson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Freehan c 4 0 1 0 1 2 .282 O. Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cash 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Horton lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .227 Epstein 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Stanley pr,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .231 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .243 Coleman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Hendrick rf,cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .204 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Mangual ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 Martinez pr,2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .263 Hunter p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Totals 35 2 5 2 3 9 Totals 36 3 6 3 2 7 Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 6,617 Left on Base: Tigers 7, A's 5 DP: Tigers 1, A's 0 Errors: Cash Home Runs: Cash (14), Kaline (1), Hendrick (4), Rudi (6) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (14), Rudi (2) Caught Stealing: Duncan (2) Sacrifice Hits: Coleman 2 (10), Rodriguez (4) Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (1,by Hunter) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 8 5 2 1 2 7 1 31 1.84 Seelbach L(3-4) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 3.62 Totals 10 6 3 2 2 7 2 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(7-3) 11 5 2 2 3 9 2 42 2.34 Totals 11 5 2 2 3 9 2 42 Hit by Pitch: Hunter (3) Wild Pitches: Hunter (3) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Nestor Chylak TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline struck out; Northrup popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; Rudi popped to first in foul territory; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan walked; Cash flied out to left; Horton struck out; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando made an out to third; Epstein was called out on strikes; Duncan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman was hit by a pitch; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe flied out to right; Kaline singled [Brinkman to third]; Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Hendrick homered; Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunter struck out; Campaneris made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1. TIGERS 4TH: Freehan struck out; Cash homered; Horton walked; Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Brinkman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled; Jackson flied out to center; Bando popped to second in foul territory; Epstein made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 5TH: Coleman flied out to right; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline homered; Northrup made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan walked; Hendrick struck out while Duncan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cullen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. TIGERS 6TH: Freehan singled; Cash made an out to second; Horton popped to first in foul territory; Hunter threw a wild pitch [Freehan to second]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Hunter was called out on strikes; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. TIGERS 7TH: On a bunt Brinkman singled; Athletics Manager Dick Williams ejected by HP umpire Jim Evans arguing that Ed Brinkman ran into his own batted ball; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe made an out to third; Kaline flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando flied out to center; Epstein singled; ODOM RAN FOR EPSTEIN; Duncan struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. TIGERS 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 1B); Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan struck out; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR CULLEN; Mangual walked; MARTINEZ RAN FOR MANGUAL; Hunter reached on a fielder's choice [Martinez to third (error by Cash)]; Campaneris singled [Martinez scored (unearned), Hunter to second]; Rudi forced Hunter (pitcher to third) [Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third and Rudi stole second; Jackson was called out on strikes; Reggie Jackson ejected by HP umpire Jim Evans; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. TIGERS 9TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); O. BROWN REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); HENDRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Horton walked; STANLEY RAN FOR HORTON; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Stanley to second]; Brinkman struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR COLEMAN; G. Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hegan popped to third in foul territory; Duncan flied out to left; Hendrick made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. TIGERS 10TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline flied out to center; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 10TH: Martinez flied out to left; Hunter grounded out (second to first); Campaneris popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. TIGERS 11TH: Freehan made an out to shortstop; Cash flied out to center; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 11TH: Rudi homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 3.

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