Sal Bando, who had been hitless in 24 trips, snapped his slump with a homer for his first RBI since August 18 to propel the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. Catfish Hunter, who pitched a four-hitter, yielded the Tigers' run in the second inning on a double by Bill Freehan and single by Tony Taylor.

The A's tied the score with a walk to Mike Epstein and double by Gene Tenace in their half and Bando then broke the tie with his homer in the fifth. Before the inning ended, the A's added an insurance run on singles by Dal Maxvill and Hunter and a safe squeeze bunt by Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
A's          0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   1     0   2   .239
Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .315
Northrup lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Alou rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Freehan c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .276      Jackson cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Cash 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Epstein 1b            2   1   1   0     1   1   .269
Taylor 3b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .290        Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley cf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .251        Kubiak 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Tenace c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .203
Slayback p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Bando 3b              2   1   1   1     1   0   .231
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Maxvill 2b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .227
  Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hegan ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .306
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Hunter p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .182
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .176

Totals               31   1   4   1     0   2             Totals               30   3   6   3     2   9

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 11,133
Left on Base: Tigers 3, A's 6
DP: Tigers 0, A's 0
Doubles: Freehan (18), Stanley (14), Tenace (3)
Home Runs: Bando (13)
Stolen Bases: Lewis (1)
Hit by Pitch: Alou (1,by Hiller)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slayback L(5-6)         4.2   5   3   3   1   4   1  20   3.04
Hiller                  0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.22
Zachary                 1.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   5   0.96
Seelbach                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.29
Totals                  8     6   3   3   2   9   1  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(18-7)          9     4   1   1   0   2   0  31   2.02
Totals                  9     4   1   1   0   2   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Hiller (3)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to left; Kaline grounded out
(third to first); Northrup popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi popped to third in foul territory; Alou lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan doubled to center; Cash flied out to center
[Freehan to third]; Taylor singled to center [Freehan scored];
Stanley singled to center [Taylor to second]; Brinkman flied out
to right; Slayback struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Epstein
walked; Tenace doubled to center [Epstein scored]; Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics
1.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe flied out to center; Kaline grounded out
(third to first); Northrup flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Hunter flied out to left; Campaneris struck out;
Rudi grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan made an out to second; Cash flied out to
left; Taylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou popped to first in foul territory; Jackson
lined to first; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled to center; Brinkman grounded out
(second to first) [Stanley to third]; Slayback grounded out
(third to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace struck out; Bando homered; Maxvill singled
to center; Hunter singled to center [Maxvill to second]; On a
bunt Campaneris singled [Hunter to second, Maxvill scored]; Rudi
struck out; HILLER REPLACED SLAYBACK (PITCHING); Alou was hit by
a pitch [Campaneris to second, Hunter to third]; Jackson
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied out to right; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); Freehan made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Epstein singled to right; LEWIS RAN FOR EPSTEIN;
Lewis stole second; Tenace struck out; Bando was walked
intentionally; HEGAN BATTED FOR MAXVILL; ZACHARY REPLACED HILLER
(PITCHING); Hegan struck out; Hunter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 7TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KUBIAK REPLACED
LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); Cash made an out to second; Taylor grounded
out (third to first); Stanley made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris struck out; Rudi flied out to right;
Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman flied out to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
ZACHARY; G. Brown made an out to second; McAuliffe struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Jackson
struck out; Kubiak flied out to left; Tenace made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Kaline flied out to center; Northrup flied out to
center; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Athletics 3.