The Athletics moved back into first place in the West division, breaking a tie with the idle White Sox, by defeating the Tigers, 5-1. The A's jumped on Woodie Fryman for three runs in the first inning and handed the lefthander his first A. L. loss. Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Monday, August 21, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumA's 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 14 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 2 3 0 0 0 .245 McAuliffe 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .246 Mangual rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .249 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Rudi lf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .320 G. Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Bando 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .246 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Epstein 1b 5 0 2 2 0 1 .275 Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Duncan c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Northrup rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .263 Voss cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .192 Stanley cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Cullen 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Hunter p 3 0 0 1 0 2 .163 Haller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Fryman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .104 Sims ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slayback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Horton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Totals 37 5 14 5 2 5 Totals 35 1 8 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 43,439 Left on Base: A's 10, Tigers 8 DP: A's 0, Tigers 1 Doubles: Campaneris (22), Epstein (12), Cullen (7) Triples: Campaneris (2) Home Runs: Northrup (8) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (34) Sacrifice Hits: Mangual (4), Bando (6) Sacrifice Flies: Hunter (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(16-6) 8 8 1 1 1 3 1 33 2.01 Fingers SV(15) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.31 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 4 1 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman L(3-1) 7 9 3 3 2 4 0 32 3.61 LaGrow 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 7 2.92 Slayback 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.99 Totals 9 14 5 5 2 5 0 42 Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Ron Luciano ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris doubled to left; Campaneris stole third; Mangual struck out; Rudi singled to right [Campaneris scored]; Bando singled to left [Rudi to second]; Epstein doubled to left [Bando scored, Rudi scored]; Duncan walked; Voss forced Duncan (shortstop to second) [Epstein to third]; Cullen flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to center; Rodriguez singled to center [McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown forced Rodriguez (shortstop unassisted) [McAuliffe to third]; Freehan flied out to right; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Hunter struck out; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Northrup popped to shortstop in foul territory; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi singled to left; Bando flied out to right; Epstein singled to right [Rudi to second]; Duncan flied out to left; Voss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Fryman grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe singled to center; Rodriguez lined to left; G. Brown singled to right [McAuliffe to second]; Freehan forced G. Brown (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunter grounded out (third to first); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Cash flied out to center; Northrup flied out to left; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Mangual singled to right; Rudi singled to left [Mangual to third]; Bando popped to first in foul territory; Epstein reached on a fielder's choice [Mangual out at home (third to catcher), Rudi to second]; Duncan forced Epstein (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Fryman grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Voss struck out; Cullen flied out to right; Hunter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez struck out; G. Brown struck out; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris singled to right; Mangual out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Campaneris to second]; Rudi grounded out (third to first); Bando was walked intentionally; Epstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Cash popped to third in foul territory; Northrup homered; Stanley singled to left; Brinkman flied out to left; SIMS BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Sims walked [Stanley to second]; McAuliffe flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: LAGROW REPLACED SIMS (PITCHING); Duncan grounded out (third to first); Voss singled to right; Cullen doubled to left [Voss to third]; Hunter sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Voss scored, Cullen out at third (right to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); G. Brown lined to second; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Campaneris tripled to center; Mangual singled to center [Campaneris scored]; Rudi singled to center [Mangual to second]; SLAYBACK REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rudi to second, Mangual to third]; Epstein struck out; Duncan made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: Cash singled to right; Northrup singled to right [Cash to second]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Stanley flied out to right [Cash to third]; HALLER BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Haller made an out to shortstop; HORTON BATTED FOR SLAYBACK; Horton struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. |
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