Mel Stottlemyre pitched a three-hitter and Horace Clarke and Bobby Murcer drove in two runs apiece as the Yankees defeated the Tigers, 5-0. Clarke knocked in a run with a single in the third inning and added a homer in the sixth. The Yankees finished beating Mickey Lolich with three unearned runs in the eighth. Roy White doubled one run home and Murcer followed with a two-run single. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   5  8  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   2   3   2     0   1   .247      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .233
White lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .273      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Murcer cf             4   0   2   2     0   1   .290        Haller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .283      G. Brown lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Freehan c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Spikes rf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .158      Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Swoboda rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Northrup rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Sanchez 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Michael ss            3   2   2   0     0   0   .241      Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .202
Stottlemyre p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Lolich p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .078
                                                            Sims ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .197
                                                            Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   8   5     0   6             Totals               27   0   3   0     2   2

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 31,657
Left on Base: Yankees 2, Tigers 3
DP: Yankees 2, Tigers 2
Errors: Stanley
Doubles: White (25)
Home Runs: Clarke (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Stottlemyre (9), Lolich (10)
GIDP: White (9), Alou (6), Northrup (13), Rodriguez (12)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre W(14-16)    9     3   0   0   2   2   0  30   3.30
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   2   0  30

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(20-12)         8     8   5   2   0   6   1  31   2.60
Zachary                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.93
Totals                  9     8   5   2   0   6   1  34

Passed Balls: Munson (8), Freehan (6)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to center; White grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at
second]; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe lined to right; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); G. Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
grounded out (third to first); Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to left; Cash made an out to
shortstop; Northrup singled to right; Munson allowed a passed
ball [Northrup to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
singled to left; Stottlemyre out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Michael to second]; Clarke singled to left [Michael
scored]; White grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman walked; Lolich out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer singled to right; Alou grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Murcer out at second];
Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown lined to second; Freehan walked; Cash
singled to center [Freehan to second]; Northrup grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cash out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Spikes popped to second; Sanchez grounded out
(third to first); Michael grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley flied to right; Brinkman flied out to right;
Lolich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Stottlemyre struck out; Clarke homered; White flied
out to center; Murcer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; G.
Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Alou struck out; Munson flied out to center; Spikes
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: SWOBODA REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Freehan flied
out to left; Cash popped to second; Northrup flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Sanchez grounded out (second to first); Michael
singled to center [Michael to second (error by Stanley)];
Stottlemyre popped to second; Clarke struck out but Michael
advanced to third and Clarke advanced to first on a passed ball;
White doubled to right [Michael scored (unearned), Clarke to
third]; Murcer singled to left [Clarke scored (unearned), White
scored (unearned)]; Alou flied out to center; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley popped to second; Brinkman flied to left;
SIMS BATTED FOR LOLICH; Sims was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 9TH: ZACHARY REPLACED SIMS (PITCHING); Munson popped to
second; Swoboda flied out to right; Sanchez popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); HALLER
BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Haller grounded out (pitcher to first); G.
Brown flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Tigers
0.