The Tigers, who had been leading the East division since July 10, lost to the Indians, 5-1, and surrendered first place to the Orioles. Steve Dunning, pitching for the Indians, turned in his first complete game since being recalled from the minors and missed a shutout only on a homer by Mickey Stanley in the ninth inning. John Hiller, making his first start for the Tigers since suffering a heart attack in January, 1971, was the victim of three unearned runs in the first and drew the defeat.

Buddy Bell, who had four hits in the game, led off with a single and Jack Brohamer followed with another single. Hiller retired the next two batters, but Gates Brown then erred on a line drive by Ray Fosse, allowing one run to score, and Graig Nettles followed with a single to drive in two more tallies. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Friday, August    11, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   5 12  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell cf,rf            5   1   4   0     0   0   .246      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .235
Brohamer 2b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .262      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .226
Chambliss 1b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .268      G. Brown lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Foster rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .236      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
  Unser cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Cash 1b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .258
Fosse c               3   2   0   0     1   0   .241      Horton rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .218
Nettles 3b            4   0   2   3     0   0   .256      Stanley cf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .236
A. Johnson lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .203
  McCraw lf           1   0   0   1     0   0   .254      Hiller p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Duffy ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Haller ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Dunning p             4   0   2   0     0   1   .154        Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Knox ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Northrup ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Sims ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .190

Totals               37   5  12   4     1   2             Totals               34   1   7   1     4   1

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 29,157
Left on Base: Indians 7, Tigers 10
DP: Indians 2, Tigers 2
Errors: Brohamer, Nettles, G. Brown
Home Runs: Stanley (12)
Sacrifice Flies: McCraw (2)
GIDP: Duffy (9), G. Brown (4), Horton (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning W(2-1)          9     7   1   1   4   1   1  38   2.52
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   1   1  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hiller L(0-1)           3     5   3   0   0   0   0  15   1.86
Seelbach                2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.52
LaGrow                  2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Scherman                2     3   2   2   1   1   0   9   2.91
Totals                  9    12   5   2   1   2   0  39

Wild Pitches: Dunning (2), Seelbach (6)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled to right; Brohamer singled to left
[Bell to second]; Chambliss flied out to center; Foster flied
out to center; Fosse reached on an error by G. Brown [Fosse to
second, Brohamer to third, Bell scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Nettles singled to right [Fosse scored (unearned), Brohamer
scored (unearned)]; A. Johnson flied out to center; 3 R (0 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); G. Brown flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Duffy flied out to center; Dunning grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bell singled to right; Brohamer forced
Bell (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to right; Cash singled to right;
Horton flied out to center [Cash to second]; Stanley flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Foster
singled to center; Fosse flied out to center; Nettles forced
Foster (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to left; HALLER BATTED FOR HILLER;
Haller singled to left [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe singled
to left [Haller to second, Brinkman to third]; Rodriguez forced
Brinkman (pitcher to catcher) [McAuliffe to second, Haller to
third]; G. Brown grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: SEELBACH REPLACED HALLER (PITCHING); A. Johnson
popped to catcher in foul territory; Duffy grounded out (third
to first); Dunning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: MCCRAW REPLACED A. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Freehan
made an out to third; Cash flied out to left; Horton singled to
left; Stanley forced Horton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell singled to left; Brohamer singled to left
[Bell to second]; Chambliss lined into a double play (third to
second) [Bell out at second]; Seelbach threw a wild pitch
[Brohamer to second]; Foster made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); KNOX
BATTED FOR SEELBACH; Knox grounded out (first unassisted);
McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez walked [McAuliffe to second]; G.
Brown made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: LAGROW REPLACED KNOX (PITCHING); Fosse grounded out
(first unassisted); Nettles flied out to left; McCraw grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan struck out; Cash flied out to left; Horton
reached on an error by Nettles; Dunning threw a wild pitch
[Horton to second]; Stanley was walked intentionally; Brinkman
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy flied out to left; Dunning singled to center;
Bell singled to right [Dunning to third]; Brohamer flied to left
in foul territory [Bell to second]; Chambliss lined to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: NORTHRUP BATTED FOR LAGROW; Northrup grounded out
(shortstop to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first);
Rodriguez lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Tigers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED NORTHRUP (PITCHING); Foster
singled to left; Fosse walked [Foster to second]; Nettles
singled to right [Fosse to third, Foster scored]; McCraw hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Fosse scored]; Duffy grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: UNSER REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING CF); BELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); G. Brown reached on an error by
Brohamer; Freehan forced G. Brown (third to second); Cash
singled to right [Freehan to second]; Horton grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Cash out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Dunning singled to right; Bell flied out to right;
Brohamer made an out to shortstop; Chambliss was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Stanley homered; Brinkman flied out to left; SIMS
BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Sims walked; McAuliffe forced Sims
(shortstop to second); Rodriguez lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 1.