Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1972 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 6 12 0 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 5 9 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taylor 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Unser cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .230 Leon 2b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .214 I. Brown 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .282 Cash ph,1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Freehan c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .261 McCraw rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Horton lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .223 Lowenstein lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Northrup rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .268 Fosse c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .239 Stanley cf 4 3 4 3 0 0 .232 Duffy ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .196 Kilkenny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077 Niekro p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Lamb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Camilli ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Knox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foster ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .224 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hennigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moses ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Totals 36 6 12 6 4 5 Totals 33 5 9 5 1 7 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 27,847 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Indians 4 DP: Tigers 0, Indians 2 Doubles: Stanley (9), Niekro (1), Freehan (15), Chambliss (17) Home Runs: Stanley 2 (11), Horton (7), Leon (4) Stolen Bases: Taylor (5) Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (5) Sacrifice Flies: Unser (4) GIDP: I. Brown (3), Taylor (5) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 15 3.68 Seelbach W(8-6) 3 5 4 4 1 2 1 15 3.62 Hiller SV(2) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.35 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 7 1 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kilkenny 4.1 6 3 3 0 0 1 18 3.95 Lamb 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.29 Wilcox 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 9 3.33 Riddleberger L(1-3) 0.2 3 3 3 0 2 2 5 2.98 Hennigan 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.76 Totals 9 12 6 6 4 5 3 40 Wild Pitches: Kilkenny (3) Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Russ Goetz TIGERS 1ST: Taylor singled to center; Taylor stole second; Kilkenny threw a wild pitch [Taylor to third]; Rodriguez flied out to right; I. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Unser singled to left; Leon made an out to first; Chambliss doubled to center [Unser scored]; Nettles singled to right [Chambliss out at home (right to catcher)]; McCraw struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled to left; Northrup made an out to third; Stanley homered [Horton scored]; Brinkman flied out to left; Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Lowenstein struck out; Fosse flied out to left; Duffy singled to center; Kilkenny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. TIGERS 3RD: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez singled to left; I. Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: Unser grounded out (second to first); Leon flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. TIGERS 4TH: Freehan flied out to left; Horton lined to shortstop; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); McCraw flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 1. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled to right; Brinkman flied out to center; Niekro doubled to right [Stanley scored]; LAMB REPLACED KILKENNY (PITCHING); Taylor was called out on strikes; Rodriguez flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: SEELBACH REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Fosse was called out on strikes; Duffy grounded out (third to first); CAMILLI BATTED FOR LAMB; Camilli singled to center; Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 1. TIGERS 6TH: WILCOX REPLACED CAMILLI (PITCHING); CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash struck out; Freehan doubled to left; Horton flied out to center; Northrup was walked intentionally; Stanley singled to center [Freehan to third, Northrup out at second (shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Leon singled to right; Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher) [Leon to second]; McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 1. TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman walked; Seelbach walked [Brinkman to second]; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman to third, Seelbach out at second]; Rodriguez struck out; 1:28 rain delay; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: Lowenstein singled to center; Fosse singled to left [Lowenstein to second]; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (shortstop to second) [Fosse to second, Lowenstein to third]; FOSTER BATTED FOR WILCOX; Foster walked; Unser hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lowenstein scored]; Leon homered [Fosse scored, Foster scored]; Chambliss was called out on strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 5. TIGERS 8TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Cash struck out; Freehan singled to center; Horton homered [Freehan scored]; Northrup struck out; Stanley homered; HENNIGAN REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING); Brinkman singled to left; KNOX BATTED FOR SEELBACH; Knox popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Indians 5. INDIANS 8TH: HILLER REPLACED KNOX (PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); McCraw popped to shortstop in foul territory; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Indians 5. TIGERS 9TH: Taylor grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez walked; Cash flied out to center; Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Indians 5. INDIANS 9TH: Fosse struck out; Duffy flied out to left; MOSES BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Moses made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Indians 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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