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.