Bill Slayback made his major league debut with seven innings of no-hit pitching as the Tigers defeated the Yankees, 4-3. The rookie righthander's mastery was broken when Johnny Callison singled for the Yankees' first hit in the eighth.

A walk to Horace Clarke, single by Bernie Allen, double by Bobby Murcer and groundout by Roy White produced three runs in the ninth before Slayback was removed. Mickey Stanley batted in three runs for the Tigers with a bases-loaded single in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  4  1
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  x  -   4  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .230      Taylor 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Allen 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .299      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Murcer cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .273      Kaline rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .246
White lf              3   0   0   1     1   2   .265      Horton lf             3   2   2   0     0   0   .241
Blomberg 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Cash 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Freehan c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .268
Callison rf           2   0   1   0     0   1   .225      Jata 1b               3   0   1   1     0   1   .240
  Swoboda ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .286        Northrup lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .247      Stanley cf            3   0   2   3     0   1   .232
Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .218
Kekich p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Slayback p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .190        Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   4   2     4   6             Totals               30   4   7   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 30,961
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Tigers 4
DP: Yankees 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Callison, Freehan
Doubles: Murcer (12), Kaline (4), Horton (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Callison (2)
GIDP: Michael (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich L(6-6)           6     7   4   4   2   2   0  26   2.64
McDaniel                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.76
Roland                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.58
Totals                  8     7   4   4   2   3   0  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slayback W(1-0)         8.1   4   3   2   3   5   0  31   2.16
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.61
Seelbach SV(6)          0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.49
Totals                  9     4   3   2   4   6   0  34

Wild Pitches: Kekich (6)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke struck out; Debut game for Bill
Slayback; Allen grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Taylor popped to second; Rodriguez flied out to
left; Kaline doubled to right; Horton made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: White walked; Blomberg forced White (second to
shortstop); Callison out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Blomberg to second]; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan popped to first; Jata made an out to third;
Stanley singled to left; Kekich threw a wild pitch [Stanley to
second]; Gene Michael spiked on play at 2B; Brinkman
walked; Slayback grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); Kekich
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Taylor popped to first in foul territory; Rodriguez
flied out to left; Kaline lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Allen flied out to center; Murcer grounded out
(first unassisted); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton doubled to right [Horton to third (error by
Callison)]; Freehan lined to third; Jata singled to center
[Horton scored, Jata out at second (center to catcher to
second)]; Stanley was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Blomberg grounded out (second to first); Callison
struck out; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Slayback
flied out to left; Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Michael grounded out (second to first); Kekich
grounded out (pitcher to first); Clarke flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Kaline
singled to left; Horton singled to left [Kaline to second];
Freehan walked [Kaline to third, Horton to second]; Jata was
called out on strikes; Stanley singled to left [Kaline scored,
Horton scored, Freehan scored, Stanley to third (on throw)];
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Allen walked; Murcer forced Allen (third to
second); White was called out on strikes; Blomberg grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Slayback struck
out; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Tigers 4.

YANKEES 8TH: CASH REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP
REPLACED JATA (PLAYING LF); Callison singled to right; Munson
singled to center [Callison to second]; Michael grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Callison to third, Munson out at
second]; TORRES BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Torres was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: ROLAND REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Kaline flied out
to right; Cash grounded out (second to first); Freehan flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Clarke walked; Allen singled to shortstop [Clarke
to second]; Murcer doubled to right [Clarke scored, Allen to
third]; White grounded out (second to first) [Allen scored,
Murcer to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED SLAYBACK (PITCHING); ALOU
BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first);
SWOBODA BATTED FOR CALLISON; Swoboda walked; SEELBACH REPLACED
SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Swoboda was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Freehan [Murcer scored (unearned), Swoboda to
second]; Munson struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 3, Tigers 4.