Coming out ahead in managerial maneuvering, the Brewers broke their five-game losing streak when Tommie Reynolds drove in a run with a pinch-single in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 3-2. Dave May led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Mike Ferraro.

After an intentional pass to Joe Lahoud, Brock Davis was announced as a pinch-hitter for Jim Lonborg. When the Tigers replied by bringing in Fred Scherman to pitch, replacing Chuck Seelbach, Reynolds batted for Davis and delivered the winning hit. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  3
Brewers      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3 10  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Auerbach ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Rodriguez 3b          3   2   1   1     0   1   .235      Theobald 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Northrup rf           2   0   1   0     2   0   .266      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Freehan c             3   0   2   1     1   0   .261      Briggs lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Brown rf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .215
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .232      May cf                4   1   1   0     0   2   .231
Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .213      Ferraro 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Coleman p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .113        Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .209
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Lonborg p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .146
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Davis ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .306
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        T. Reynolds ph      1   0   1   1     0   0   .226

Totals               29   2   6   2     5   6             Totals               32   3  10   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 14,306
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Brewers 8
DP: Tigers 2, Brewers 1
Errors: Rodriguez, Northrup, Freehan
Doubles: Brown (2), Auerbach (12)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (6)
Stolen Bases: Auerbach (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Ferraro (2)
GIDP: Cash (5), Brown (3)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (2,by Lonborg)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 7     7   2   2   2   5   0  29   2.21
Seelbach L(7-5)         1.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   6   2.90
Scherman                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.66
Totals                  8.1  10   3   3   3   5   0  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(9-5)          9     6   2   2   5   6   1  35   2.81
Totals                  9     6   2   2   5   6   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (6)
Wild Pitches: Coleman (8), Lonborg (3)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Ron Luciano


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
was hit by a pitch; Northrup walked [Rodriguez to second];
Freehan singled to left [Northrup out at third (left to second
to third), Rodriguez scored]; Cash grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach popped to third in foul territory;
Theobald flied out to center; Scott singled to right [Scott to
second (error by Northrup)]; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton made an out to second; Stanley struck out;
Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Brown doubled to left; May struck out; Ferraro
singled to left [Ferraro out at third (left to second), Brown
scored]; Rodriguez singled to left; Lonborg struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Coleman struck out; McAuliffe singled to center
[McAuliffe out at second (right to second)]; Rodriguez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first);
Theobald flied out to left; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup walked; Freehan made an out to second; Cash
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); Brown
walked; May flied out to left; Ferraro forced Brown (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton struck out; Stanley flied out to left;
Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lonborg singled to left; Auerbach flied out to center; Theobald
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Coleman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe made an
out to first; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Scott flied out to center; Briggs walked; Coleman
threw a wild pitch [Briggs to third (error by Freehan)]; Brown
singled to right [Briggs scored]; May struck out; Ferraro
reached on an error by Rodriguez [Brown to second]; Rodriguez
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup singled to right; Freehan walked [Northrup
to second]; Lonborg threw a wild pitch [Northrup to third,
Freehan to second]; Cash lined to shortstop; Horton flied out to
left; Stanley walked; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Lonborg flied out to right; Auerbach doubled to
left; Auerbach stole third; Theobald hit into a double play
(catcher to third) [Auerbach out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: G. BROWN BATTED FOR COLEMAN; G. Brown grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rodriguez homered; Northrup grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Scott
grounded out (second to first); Briggs singled to left; Brown
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Briggs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers
2.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan singled to left; Cash grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Freehan to second]; Horton was walked intentionally;
Stanley singled to left [Stanley to second (on throw), Horton to
third, Freehan out at home (left to catcher)]; Brinkman flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: May singled to left; Ferraro out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [May to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Lahoud was walked intentionally; DAVIS BATTED FOR
LONBORG; SCHERMAN REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING); T. REYNOLDS
BATTED FOR DAVIS; T. Reynolds singled to left [Lahoud to second,
May scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 3.