Striking out 13, Bill Slayback allowed only five hits and pitched the Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers. Ed Brinkman had two hits for the Tigers and scored twice, both times after moving up on sacrifices by Slayback. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      20, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  2  -   5  7  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   1     1   0   .228      Nelson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .240
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   2   1     0   1   .234      Jones 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .155
Northrup rf           3   0   0   0     2   0   .268      Biittner rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .291
Horton lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .243      Billings lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .284
  Comer pr,lf         0   0   0   1     0   0   .200      Howard 1b             4   0   0   0     0   4   .240
Cash 1b               3   1   0   0     2   0   .254      King c                2   0   0   0     1   2   .174
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Lovitto cf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .211
Stanley cf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .223      Randle ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .195
Brinkman ss           4   2   2   0     0   0   .201      Stanhouse p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Slayback p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .118        Martinez ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .188
                                                            Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Ford ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   7   5     6   3             Totals               30   1   5   1     2  13

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  8,436
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Rangers 4
DP: Tigers 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Slayback, Randle 3
Doubles: Rodriguez (16), Horton (8)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (26), Lovitto (6)
Caught Stealing: Lovitto (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Slayback 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Comer (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slayback W(4-3)         9     5   1   1   2  13   0  32   1.52
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2  13   0  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanhouse L(0-2)        5     3   2   2   3   2   0  22   4.50
Gogolewski              3     2   1   1   1   1   0  12   4.88
Cox                     0.1   2   2   2   1   0   0   4   4.28
Dukes                   0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.75
Totals                  9     7   5   5   6   3   0  41

Wild Pitches: Slayback (1), Stanhouse (2), Dukes (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez struck
out; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Jones struck out; Biittner
singled to left; Billings struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
walked; Freehan walked [Cash to second]; Stanley singled to
right [Cash scored, Freehan out at third (right to second to
catcher to third)]; Brinkman flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howard struck out; King walked; Lovitto hit into a
double play (first to shortstop to second) [King out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Slayback grounded out (shortstop to first);
McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez reached on
an error by Randle; Northrup flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle flied out to center; Stanhouse grounded out
(third to first); Nelson reached on an error by Slayback; Nelson
stole second; Slayback threw a wild pitch [Nelson to third];
Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Cash flied out to right;
Freehan reached on an error by Randle; Stanhouse threw a wild
pitch [Freehan to second]; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Biittner singled to center; Billings lined into a
double play (third to first) [Biittner out at first]; Howard
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: On a bunt Brinkman singled to catcher; Slayback out
on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Brinkman to second];
McAuliffe singled to right [McAuliffe to second (on throw),
Brinkman scored]; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first);
Northrup walked; Horton forced Northrup (shortstop to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: King struck out; On a bunt Lovitto singled to
pitcher; Lovitto stole second; Randle struck out; MARTINEZ
BATTED FOR STANHOUSE; Martinez singled to right [Lovitto
scored]; Nelson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Rangers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Cash flied
out to right; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
reached on an error by Randle [Stanley out at second (shortstop
to second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Jones lined to first; Biittner struck out; Billings
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to right; Slayback struck out;
McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Howard struck out; King was called out on strikes;
Lovitto walked; Lovitto was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez doubled to left; Northrup made an out to
third; Horton doubled to left [Rodriguez scored]; COMER RAN FOR
HORTON; Cash was walked intentionally; Freehan flied out to
center; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Randle flied out
to left; FORD BATTED FOR GOGOLEWSKI; Ford grounded out (third to
first); Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Rangers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: COX REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); Brinkman singled to
shortstop; Slayback out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe was walked intentionally;
Rodriguez singled to left [McAuliffe to second, Brinkman
scored]; DUKES REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Dukes threw a wild pitch
[McAuliffe to third, Rodriguez to second]; Northrup walked;
Comer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Northrup to second,
Rodriguez to third, McAuliffe scored]; Cash made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Jones popped to third in foul territory; Biittner
grounded out (second to first); Billings singled to pitcher;
Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 1.