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Sunday August 6, 1972
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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.



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