Three consecutive homers in the first inning powered the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Yankees. Wade Blasingame, making his A. L. debut with the Yankees, walked Tony Taylor and then was the target for round-trippers by Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton before being removed. Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Tuesday, June 27, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumYankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 10 0 Tigers 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 5 13 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .230 Taylor 2b 2 1 0 1 2 0 .303 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Rodriguez 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .241 Murcer cf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .282 Kaline rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .246 White lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Horton lf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .254 Alou 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Northrup pr,lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Sanchez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Freehan c 4 0 4 0 0 0 .286 Torres rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .208 I. Brown 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Michael ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .209 Cash ph,1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .241 Beene p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Lolich p 3 0 0 0 1 1 .067 Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Totals 36 2 10 1 0 9 Totals 33 5 13 5 4 3 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 29,449 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Tigers 9 DP: Yankees 2, Tigers 1 Doubles: Murcer (13), Torres (7), Sanchez (1), Stanley (3), Freehan (9) Home Runs: Murcer (9), Rodriguez (2), Kaline (2), Horton (5) Sacrifice Flies: Taylor (2) GIDP: Munson (3), I. Brown (2), Cash (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blasingame L(0-1) 0 3 4 4 1 0 3 4 11.57 Beene 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 17 3.51 Gardner 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.80 Roland 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 4.12 Totals 8 13 5 5 4 3 3 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich W(12-5) 9 10 2 2 0 9 1 36 2.41 Totals 9 10 2 2 0 9 1 36 Wild Pitches: Lolich (5) Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to shortstop; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at second]; Murcer doubled to center; White singled to third [Murcer to third]; Alou struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Taylor walked; Rodriguez homered [Taylor scored]; Kaline homered; Horton homered; BEENE REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); Freehan singled to left; I. Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; Stanley flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. YANKEES 2ND: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres doubled to left; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); Beene lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman struck out; Lolich struck out; Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. YANKEES 3RD: Clarke struck out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer singled to right; On a bunt White singled to first [Murcer to second]; Alou struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline flied to left; Horton singled to center; NORTHRUP RAN FOR HORTON; Freehan singled to left [Northrup to second]; CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. YANKEES 4TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 4. TIGERS 4TH: Stanley doubled to left; Brinkman grounded out (second to first) [Stanley to third]; Lolich walked; Taylor hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stanley scored]; Rodriguez singled to left [Lolich to second]; Kaline forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5. YANKEES 5TH: SWOBODA BATTED FOR BEENE; Swoboda popped to first in foul territory; Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5. TIGERS 5TH: GARDNER REPLACED SWOBODA (PITCHING); Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan doubled to left; Cash flied out to right; Stanley was walked intentionally; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5. YANKEES 6TH: Murcer was called out on strikes; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Lolich lined to right; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez singled to center [Rodriguez out at second (center to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5. YANKEES 7TH: Sanchez doubled to center; Torres singled to center [Sanchez to third]; Michael struck out; ELLIS BATTED FOR GARDNER; Lolich threw a wild pitch [Sanchez scored, Torres to second]; Ellis grounded out (third to first); Clarke lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: ROLAND REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Kaline popped to second; Northrup singled to second; Freehan singled to right [Northrup to second]; Cash grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 5. YANKEES 8TH: Munson struck out; Murcer homered; White flied out to center; Alou grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: Stanley singled to center; Brinkman flied to right; Lolich popped to catcher; Taylor walked [Stanley to second]; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 5. YANKEES 9TH: Sanchez popped to first in foul territory; Torres singled to left; Michael struck out; ALLEN BATTED FOR ROLAND; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 5. |
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