Making his first A. L. start, Woodie Fryman pitched the Tigers to a 6-0 victory in the opener of a doubleheader before the Yankees came back to win the nightcap, 2-1. Fryman allowed only six hits. Aurelio Rodriguez led the Tigers' attack in support of the former N. L. lefthander, hitting two doubles and a single, driving in three runs and scoring two.

The Tigers, who collected only two hits in the second game off Rob Gardner, scored their run in the first inning on an error by Ron Blomberg, a long fly, an infield out and single by Bill Freehan. The Yankees were held in check by Tom Timmerman until the seventh when Roy White singled, Blomberg doubled and Celerino Sanchez drove them home with a single. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    9, 1972 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       0  0  2    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   6 11  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   2   2   0     1   0   .239      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Rodriguez 3b          5   2   3   3     0   0   .232      Swoboda rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .261
G. Brown lf           2   0   2   2     1   0   .242      White lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .279
  Stanley ph,cf       2   0   1   1     0   0   .238      Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Cash 1b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Sims c                3   0   0   0     2   0   .193      Ellis c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Northrup cf,lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Sanchez 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Horton rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .225      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .203      Stottlemyre p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Fryman p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .128        Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Munson ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .291
                                                            Blasingame p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  11   6     5   1             Totals               31   0   6   0     1   1

Time of Game: 2:19
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Yankees 5
DP: Tigers 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Sanchez
Doubles: Rodriguez 2 (19), White (17)
Triples: McAuliffe (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Northrup (3)
GIDP: Cash (7), White (7), Swoboda (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman W(1-0)           9     6   0   0   1   1   0  32   3.81
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   1   0  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(11-13)    6.1   8   6   6   2   1   0  29   3.12
Roland                  1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   7   4.18
Blasingame              1     2   0   0   1   0   0   6   9.53
Totals                  9    11   6   6   5   1   0  42

Passed Balls: Ellis (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied to right; Rodriguez reached on an
error by Sanchez; G. Brown walked [Rodriguez to second]; Cash
made an out to third; Sims made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to left; Swoboda grounded out
(third to first); White doubled; Alou grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup flied out to center; Horton flied to left;
Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer flied out to right; Ellis popped to first in
foul territory; Sanchez singled to second; Michael grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Fryman grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe
tripled to center; Rodriguez doubled [McAuliffe scored]; G.
Brown singled to center [Rodriguez scored]; Cash forced G. Brown
(second to shortstop); Sims flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Stottlemyre grounded out (third to first); Clarke
flied out to center; Swoboda was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Horton
popped to third in foul territory; Brinkman grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White singled to center; Alou forced White
(shortstop to second); Murcer walked [Alou to second]; Ellis
popped to shortstop; Sanchez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Fryman grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe
grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez doubled to left; G.
Brown singled to right [Rodriguez scored, G. Brown out at second
(pitcher to shortstop)]; Mel Stottlemyre backed up Ron
Swoboda's throw home; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael grounded out (third to first); Stottlemyre
grounded out (pitcher to first); Clarke grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Cash flied out to center; Sims grounded out (second
to first); Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Swoboda singled to center; White grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Swoboda out at
second]; Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton singled to left; On a bunt Brinkman singled
to third [Horton to second]; Ellis allowed a passed ball [Horton
to third, Brinkman to second]; Fryman struck out; McAuliffe was
walked intentionally; Rodriguez singled to center [Horton
scored, Brinkman scored, McAuliffe to second]; ROLAND REPLACED
STOTTLEMYRE (PITCHING); STANLEY BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Stanley
singled to left [McAuliffe scored, Rodriguez to second]; Cash
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Stanley out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Murcer grounded out (first
unassisted); Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanchez
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Sims walked; Northrup out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Sims to second]; Horton was walked intentionally;
Brinkman forced Horton (third to second) [Sims to third]; Fryman
forced Brinkman (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Michael flied out to left; MUNSON BATTED FOR
ROLAND; Munson singled to left; Clarke singled to right [Munson
to second]; Swoboda grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Clarke out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
6, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 9TH: BLASINGAME REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); McAuliffe
singled to center; Rodriguez lined to center; Stanley forced
McAuliffe (third to second); Cash singled to right [Stanley to
third]; Sims walked [Cash to second]; Northrup flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 6, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: White batted left handed; White lined to center;
Alou flied out to right; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Yankees 0.