Minnesota Twins 7, Detroit Tigers 6 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, August    17, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        1  3  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   7 15  2
Tigers       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  4    0  -   6  8  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            6   1   2   2     0   1   .224      McAuliffe 2b,ss       3   0   1   1     2   1   .243
Carew 2b              6   3   3   1     0   1   .308      Freehan c             5   1   2   2     0   0   .259
Braun 3b              6   1   3   1     0   1   .304      G. Brown lf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .237
Reese 1b              4   0   1   1     1   0   .263      Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Thompson ss           4   0   2   1     2   0   .287      Northrup rf           5   1   2   2     0   0   .263
Manuel rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .231      Stanley cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .238
  Tovar rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Brye lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .221      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Mitterwald c          4   1   2   0     1   0   .180        Sims ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .202
Goltz p               4   0   0   0     0   3   .167        Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Slayback p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Strickland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Knox ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Foor p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
                                                            Haller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Horton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kaline ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Taylor pr,2b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .294

Totals               43   7  15   7     4   7             Totals               37   6   8   6     4   2

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 20,533
Left on Base: Twins 13, Tigers 6
DP: Twins 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Thompson, Goltz, G. Brown
Doubles: McAuliffe (9)
Home Runs: Nettles (2), Northrup (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Goltz (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Reese (1), Stanley (5)
GIDP: McAuliffe (1), G. Brown (6)
Hit by Pitch: Manuel (1,by Scherman)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz                   8     6   4   3   2   2   1  33   1.72
Granger                 0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   3   3.19
Strickland W(3-0)       1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   1.88
Totals                 10     8   6   5   4   2   1  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slayback                1.2   5   4   3   1   2   0  11   2.62
Scherman                1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.82
Foor                    0.2   3   2   2   1   0   1   6  16.20
Timmermann              1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.96
Hiller                  2     4   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.45
LaGrow                  2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.16
Seelbach L(8-7)         1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.57
Totals                 10    15   7   6   4   7   1  50

Hit by Pitch: Scherman (4)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz


TWINS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Carew was
called out on strikes; Braun singled to left; Reese walked
[Braun to second]; Thompson singled to left [Reese to third,
Braun scored]; Manuel grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Freehan popped to third in
foul territory; G. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Brye singled to left; Mitterwald singled to center
[Brye to third]; Goltz was called out on strikes; Nettles
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Mitterwald to second, Brye
scored]; Carew singled to left [Mitterwald scored, Carew to
second (error by G. Brown)]; SCHERMAN REPLACED SLAYBACK
(PITCHING); Braun singled to right [Carew scored (unearned)];
Reese lined to shortstop; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash walked; Northrup forced Cash (second to
shortstop); Stanley flied out to left; Rodriguez forced Northrup
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Manuel was
hit by a pitch; Brye grounded out (pitcher to first) [Manuel to
second]; Mitterwald was walked intentionally; Goltz grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman reached on an error by Goltz; KNOX BATTED
FOR SCHERMAN; Knox forced Brinkman (shortstop to second);
McAuliffe grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Knox out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 0.

TWINS 4TH: FOOR REPLACED KNOX (PITCHING); Nettles homered; Carew
singled to center; Braun flied out to left; Reese grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Carew to second]; Thompson was walked
intentionally; Manuel singled to right [Thompson to third, Carew
scored]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED FOOR (PITCHING); Brye flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan singled to center; G. Brown singled to right
[Freehan to second]; Cash reached on an error by Thompson [G.
Brown to second, Freehan to third]; Northrup grounded out
(second to first) [Cash to second, G. Brown to third, Freehan
scored]; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to center [G. Brown scored
(unearned)]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); Goltz
struck out; Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman flied out to center; HALLER BATTED FOR
TIMMERMANN; Haller flied out to center; McAuliffe doubled to
left; Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TWINS 6TH: HILLER REPLACED HALLER (PITCHING); Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Braun flied out to right; Reese singled to
center; Thompson singled to left [Reese to second]; Manuel flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: G. Brown flied out to center; Cash made an out to
shortstop; Northrup singled to center; Stanley was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Brye struck out; Mitterwald singled to left; Goltz
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Mitterwald to
second]; Nettles struck out; Carew singled to right [Goltz to
second, Mitterwald out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to
center; HORTON BATTED FOR HILLER; Horton grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TWINS 8TH: LAGROW REPLACED HORTON (PITCHING); Braun struck out;
Reese grounded out (second to first); Thompson walked; Manuel
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: TOVAR REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING RF); McAuliffe
walked; Freehan flied out to left; G. Brown flied out to center;
Cash lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TWINS 9TH: Brye grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald made
an out to second; Goltz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Northrup homered; Stanley singled to center; GRANGER
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied out to left; SIMS
BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Sims walked [Stanley to second]; KALINE
BATTED FOR LAGROW; Kaline singled to right [Sims to second,
Stanley to third]; TAYLOR RAN FOR KALINE; STRICKLAND REPLACED
GRANGER (PITCHING); McAuliffe walked [Stanley scored, Sims to
third, Taylor to second]; Freehan singled to left [McAuliffe to
second, Taylor scored, Sims scored]; G. Brown grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 6.

TWINS 10TH: SEELBACH REPLACED SIMS (PITCHING); TAYLOR STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Nettles singled to center; Carew forced Nettles (shortstop to
second); Braun singled to left [Carew to third]; Reese hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Carew scored]; Thompson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 10TH: Cash flied out to center; Northrup grounded out
(first to pitcher); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 6.