With relief help from Terry Forster, Stan Bahnsen gained his 11th victory and the White Sox ended their four-game losing streak by defeating the Tigers, 5-2. The White Sox loaded the bases in the second inning on a walk to Carlos May, single by Mike Andrews and error by Norm Cash and scored three runs on a sacrifice fly by Ed Herrmann, single by Rich Morales and infield out by Bahnsen. Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park ITigers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 White Sox 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 5 8 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .221 Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Jata ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Alvarado ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Kaline rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .265 D. Allen 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .287 G. Brown lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 May lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .300 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Andrews 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Cash 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Johnstone cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .157 I. Brown ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Herrmann c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .220 Northrup cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .254 Morales 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .224 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .239 Bahnsen p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .184 Brinkman ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .192 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slayback p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .169 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Stanley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Totals 33 2 7 2 3 6 Totals 30 5 8 5 2 4 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 15,028 Left on Base: Tigers 8, White Sox 5 DP: Tigers 2, White Sox 0 Errors: Cash Home Runs: Rodriguez (3), D. Allen (17) Sacrifice Flies: Brinkman (4), Herrmann (2) GIDP: Kelly (1), Herrmann (8) Hit by Pitch: Bahnsen (1,by Hiller) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slayback L(1-3) 3 3 3 2 1 2 0 14 2.39 Hiller 3 4 2 2 1 2 1 14 6.00 Niekro 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.77 Totals 8 8 5 4 2 4 1 34 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen W(11-9) 7 5 2 2 3 4 1 29 4.26 Forster SV(11) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 1.94 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 6 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Hiller (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline singled to left; G. Brown forced Kaline (second to shortstop) [G. Brown to first]; Freehan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Allen flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash flied to right; Northrup walked; Rodriguez flied to center; Brinkman forced Northrup (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Andrews singled to center [May to second]; Johnstone reached on an error by Cash [May to third, Andrews to second, Johnstone to first]; Herrmann hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Morales singled to center [Andrews scored, Johnstone to third, Morales to second (on throw)]; Bahnsen grounded out (second to first) [Johnstone scored (unearned), Morales to third]; Kelly was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 3. TIGERS 3RD: Slayback grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe walked; Kaline flied to right; G. Brown walked [McAuliffe to second]; Freehan flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado singled to left; D. Allen struck out; May flied to left; Andrews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 3. TIGERS 4TH: Cash struck out; Northrup singled to right; Rodriguez singled to right [Northrup to third]; Brinkman hit a sacrifice fly to right [Northrup scored, Rodriguez to second]; HALLER BATTED FOR SLAYBACK; Haller struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: HILLER REPLACED HALLER (PITCHING); Johnstone flied to center; Herrmann walked; Morales singled to center [Herrmann to third]; Bahnsen was hit by a pitch [Morales to second]; Kelly grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Herrmann out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe flied to right; Kaline popped to second; G. Brown lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Alvarado singled to left; D. Allen homered [Alvarado scored]; May was called out on strikes; Andrews flied to center; Johnstone popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 5. TIGERS 6TH: Freehan lined to left; Cash flied to left; Northrup flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Herrmann lined to third; Morales popped to first; Bahnsen singled to left; Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 5. TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez homered; Brinkman flied to center; COMER BATTED FOR HILLER; Comer grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: NIEKRO REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 5. TIGERS 8TH: Kaline singled to center; FORSTER REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); G. Brown singled to third [Kaline to second]; Freehan struck out; I. BROWN BATTED FOR CASH; I. Brown was called out on strikes; Northrup forced Kaline (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: I. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Andrews singled to center; Johnstone flied to center; Herrmann grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 5. TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez flied to center; Brinkman flied to center; STANLEY BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Stanley singled to center; JATA BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Jata forced Stanley (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 5. |
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