Rich Reese set an A. L. record and tied the major league mark with the third pinch-hit grand-slam homer of his career, but the blow was not enough for the Twins, who lost to the Yankees, 9-6. Ron Blomberg hit a pair of two-run doubles and Horace Clarke drove in two with a double to pace the Yankees to a 9-1 lead before Reese batted for Bob Gebhard and hit his grand slam off Lindy McDaniel in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 9, Minnesota Twins 6
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      2  3  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   9 15  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    4  0  1  -   6  9  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             6   0   2   2     0   1   .253      Tovar rf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Munson c              5   1   3   1     0   1   .264      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Murcer cf             5   2   1   0     0   1   .272      Carew 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .292
White lf              4   2   2   0     1   1   .276      Killebrew 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Blomberg 1b           5   1   2   4     0   2   .294      Manuel lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Alou rf               3   0   0   0     2   1   .280        Brye ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Sanchez 3b            5   1   2   1     0   1   .218      Darwin cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
Michael ss            5   1   3   1     0   0   .215      Soderholm 3b          2   2   1   0     1   0   .201
Kline p               2   1   0   0     0   0   .081      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   1     1   0   .156
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Corbin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Strickland p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Nettles ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Gebhard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reese ph            1   1   1   4     0   0   .215
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Renick ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .132

Totals               41   9  15   9     3   8             Totals               34   6   9   6     2   2

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 19,613
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Twins 4
DP: Yankees 2, Twins 0
Errors: Soderholm 2
Doubles: Blomberg 2 (11), White (12), Nettles (2), Carew (10), Mitterwald (3)
Home Runs: Reese (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kline (4)
GIDP: Thompson (6), Brye (2)
Hit by Pitch: Kline (1,by Corbin), Soderholm (2,by Kline)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline W(8-3)            6.1   6   4   4   1   1   0  26   2.10
McDaniel                1     2   1   1   0   0   1   5   3.18
Lyle SV(19)             1.2   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   1.04
Totals                  9     9   6   6   2   2   1  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin L(4-2)           1.1   6   5   5   1   0   0  11   2.19
Strickland              4.2   4   1   1   0   5   0  18   1.86
Gebhard                 1     3   3   2   1   0   0   8   9.00
LaRoche                 2     2   0   0   1   3   0   9   3.14
Totals                  9    15   9   8   3   8   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Kline (4), Corbin (4)
Balks: Strickland (1)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Kunkel


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Munson
singled to right; Murcer flied to right; White walked [Munson to
second]; Blomberg doubled to right [Munson scored, White
scored]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Thompson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; On
a bunt Carew singled to catcher; Killebrew flied to center; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Sanchez singled to left; Michael singled to left
[Sanchez to second]; Kline was hit by a pitch [Sanchez to third,
Michael to second]; Clarke singled to left [Sanchez scored,
Michael scored, Kline to third]; Munson singled to left [Kline
scored, Clarke out at home (left to third to catcher), Munson to
second (on throw to home)]; Horace Clarke fell rounding
3B; STRICKLAND REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Murcer struck
out; White flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Manuel grounded out (second to first); Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm was hit by a pitch;
Mitterwald flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
5, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Blomberg struck out; Alou grounded out (third to
first); Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Strickland struck out; Tovar flied to left; Thompson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Michael grounded out (second to first); Kline flied
out to center; On a bunt Clarke singled to pitcher; Strickland
balked [Clarke to second]; Munson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Killebrew flied out to center; Manuel grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer singled to center; White singled to left
[Murcer to second]; Blomberg flied out to left; Alou struck out;
Sanchez singled to center [Murcer scored, White to third];
Michael forced Sanchez (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 6, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald lined to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Twins 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Kline grounded out (third to first); Clarke struck
out; Munson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 6, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: NETTLES BATTED FOR STRICKLAND; Nettles doubled to
right; Tovar lined to left; Thompson lined to left; Carew
doubled to center [Nettles scored]; Killebrew grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Twins 1.

YANKEES 7TH: GEBHARD REPLACED NETTLES (PITCHING); Murcer reached
on an error by Soderholm; White doubled to left [Murcer to
third]; Blomberg doubled to right [Murcer scored (unearned),
White scored]; Alou walked; Sanchez lined to center; Michael
singled to center [Blomberg scored, Alou to second]; Kline out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alou to third, Michael
to second]; Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 9, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Manuel popped to second; Darwin singled to third;
Soderholm singled to left [Darwin to second]; Mitterwald walked
[Darwin to third, Soderholm to second]; REESE BATTED FOR
GEBHARD; MCDANIEL REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Reese homered
[Darwin scored, Soderholm scored, Mitterwald scored]; Tovar
popped to catcher in foul territory; Thompson popped to catcher
in foul territory; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Twins 5.

YANKEES 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); On a bunt Munson
singled to third; Murcer flied out to left; White struck out;
Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
singled to left; LYLE REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); BRYE BATTED
FOR MANUEL; Brye grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 9, Twins 5.

YANKEES 9TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Alou walked;
Sanchez struck out; Michael singled to center [Alou to third
(error by Soderholm; assist by Darwin)]; Lyle lined to center;
Clarke flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 9,
Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Darwin struck out; Soderholm walked; Mitterwald
doubled to left [Soderholm scored]; RENICK BATTED FOR LAROCHE;
Renick popped to second; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Twins 6.