Mickey Stanley broke a tie with a homer in the sixth inning to give the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Rangers. Jim Northrup drove in two runs for the Tigers with a single and double, while Dave Nelson produced a pair for the Rangers with a homer and single. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 5
Game Played on Tuesday, July      11, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      3  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 13  1
Tigers       1  2  1    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 3b             4   2   2   2     1   1   .259      McAuliffe 2b          2   2   1   0     1   1   .230
Harrah ss             4   1   2   0     1   1   .273        Taylor ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .331
Mincher 1b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .221      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .236
Billings lf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Northrup rf           3   0   2   2     1   0   .267
King c                4   0   2   1     0   1   .184      Freehan c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .280
Biittner rf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .288      Cash 1b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .257
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Horton lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .243
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .162        Comer pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Stanley cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .229
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Brinkman ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .197
Lovitto cf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .216      Timmermann p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .086
  Maddox cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Scherman p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .059
Randle 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .207        Seelbach p          1   0   0   0     1   1   .182
Broberg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .108
  Ford rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .247

Totals               34   5  13   5     4   7             Totals               31   6  11   6     4   6

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 15,915
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Tigers 6
DP: Rangers 0, Tigers 3
Errors: Harrah, Rodriguez
Doubles: King (4), Rodriguez (11), Northrup (6)
Home Runs: Nelson (2), Stanley (9)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (5), Comer (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Mincher (1), Broberg (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (1)
GIDP: Randle (6), Lovitto (5), Billings (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg                 4     8   5   5   3   4   0  21   4.19
Lindblad L(3-4)         2     1   1   1   1   0   1   8   1.61
Shellenback             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.47
Pina                    1     2   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.49
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   6   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann              0.1   4   3   2   0   0   1   6   2.66
Scherman                5     7   2   2   3   3   0  20   2.89
Seelbach W(5-4)         3.2   2   0   0   1   4   0  14   3.33
Totals                  9    13   5   4   4   7   1  40

Wild Pitches: Broberg (6)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson homered; Harrah singled to third; Mincher
reached on an error by Rodriguez on a sacrifice bunt [Harrah to
second]; Billings singled to first [Mincher to second, Harrah to
third]; King forced Billings (first to shortstop) [Mincher to
third, Harrah scored]; Biittner singled to center [King to
third, Mincher scored (unearned)]; SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); Lovitto walked [Biittner to second]; Randle grounded
into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [King out at
home]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez doubled to left;
Northrup walked; Freehan singled to right [Northrup to second,
Rodriguez to third]; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Rodriguez scored]; Broberg threw a wild pitch [Freehan to
second, Northrup to third]; Horton flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Broberg was called out on strikes; Nelson walked;
Harrah singled to center [Nelson to third]; Mincher singled to
right [Harrah to third, Nelson scored]; Harrah was caught
stealing home (first to shortstop to catcher); Billings made an
out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Brinkman
singled to shortstop [Brinkman to second (error by Harrah)];
Scherman flied out to left; McAuliffe singled to left [Brinkman
to third]; Rodriguez singled to left [McAuliffe to second,
Brinkman scored]; Northrup singled to left [Rodriguez out at
third (left to third), McAuliffe scored]; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: King singled to right; Biittner forced King
(pitcher to shortstop); Lovitto grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Freehan walked; Cash singled to left [Freehan to
third]; Horton forced Cash (third to second) [Freehan scored];
Stanley forced Horton (shortstop to second); Brinkman struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle walked; Broberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Randle to second]; Nelson struck out;
Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Scherman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe
walked; Rodriguez struck out; Northrup doubled to left
[McAuliffe scored, Northrup out at third (left to shortstop to
first to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 5TH: Mincher singled to center; Billings grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Mincher out at second];
King doubled to center; Biittner grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); FORD REPLACED
BROBERG (PLAYING RF); Freehan grounded out (third to first);
Cash grounded out (third to first); Horton grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Lovitto singled to center; Randle singled to
shortstop [Lovitto out at third (shortstop to third), Randle to
second (on throw)]; SEELBACH REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Ford
popped to catcher in foul territory [Randle to third]; Nelson
singled to right [Randle scored]; Harrah walked [Nelson to
second]; Mincher flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley homered; Brinkman flied out to center;
Seelbach walked; TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Taylor forced
Seelbach (second unassisted); Rodriguez flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

RANGERS 7TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Billings was
called out on strikes; King struck out; JONES BATTED FOR
LINDBLAD; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); MADDOX
REPLACED LOVITTO (PLAYING CF); Northrup grounded out (second to
first); Freehan struck out; Cash grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Randle flied
out to left; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: PINA REPLACED SHELLENBACK (PITCHING); Horton singled
to left; COMER RAN FOR HORTON; Comer was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Stanley grounded out (third to first);
Brinkman singled to right; Seelbach struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

RANGERS 9TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Nelson made an
out to third; Harrah lined to third; Mincher singled to center;
Billings flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Tigers 6.