Although held to only three hits by Jim Lonborg, the Tigers scored with the aid of walks in the eighth and ninth innings o defeat the Brewers, 2-1. The Brewers counted their tally off Mickey Lolich in the third on a pass to Rick Auerbach, a sacrifice and a single by Ellie Rodriguez.

Lonborg protected the lead until the eighth when Jim Northrup walked and scored from second with two out on a pinch-single by Duke Sims, who batted for Lolich. In the ninth, Dick McAuliffe walked and Mickey Stanley sacrificed. After an intentional pass to pinch-hitter Al Kaline, Bill Freehan fiied out but Norm Cash came to the plate and singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  3  0
Brewers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          2   1   0   0     1   1   .234      Theobald 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .224
Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .235        Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
G. Brown lf           2   0   1   0     2   0   .234        O'Brien ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
  Kaline rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Rodriguez c           4   0   1   1     0   0   .291
Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      May cf                3   0   0   0     0   2   .234
Cash 1b               3   0   1   1     1   0   .254        Heise ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Northrup rf,lf        3   1   0   0     1   1   .250        Davis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .311
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .199      Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .244
Lolich p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .076      Ferraro 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Sims ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .200      T. Reynolds lf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Staton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Auerbach ss           2   1   1   0     1   0   .216
  Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .159
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               26   2   3   2     5   7             Totals               28   1   5   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  7,762
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Brewers 4
DP: Tigers 1, Brewers 2
Doubles: Theobald (8)
Caught Stealing: Staton (1), Auerbach (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2), Lonborg 2 (9)
GIDP: Stanley (15), Freehan (6), T. Reynolds (4)
Hit by Pitch: McAuliffe (2,by Lonborg)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  7     4   1   1   1   5   0  25   2.56
Zachary                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.92
Scherman W(7-3)         1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.51
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   6   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(12-11)        9     3   2   2   5   7   0  33   2.79
Totals                  9     3   2   2   5   7   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (10)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe was hit by a pitch; Stanley grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at
second]; G. Brown walked; Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald doubled to left; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); May lined to shortstop; Scott struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash walked; Northrup struck out; Rodriguez struck
out; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Brown struck out; Ferraro singled to right; T.
Reynolds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Ferraro out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe
flied out to left; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach walked; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Auerbach to second]; Theobald grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Auerbach to third]; Rodriguez singled to
right [Auerbach scored]; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

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

BREWERS 4TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown made
an out to shortstop; Ferraro grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Brinkman lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: T. Reynolds flied out to right; Auerbach made an
out to shortstop; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Lolich struck out; McAuliffe struck out; Stanley
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
flied out to center; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: G. Brown flied out to left; Freehan struck out; Cash
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown
singled to left; Ferraro flied out to right; T. Reynolds made an
out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup walked; Rodriguez grounded out (second to
first) [Northrup to second]; Brinkman flied out to right; SIMS
BATTED FOR LOLICH; Sims singled to center [Northrup scored];
STATON RAN FOR SIMS; Staton was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: ZACHARY REPLACED STATON (PITCHING); Auerbach
singled to left; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Auerbach to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR THEOBALD;
SCHERMAN REPLACED ZACHARY (PITCHING); O'BRIEN BATTED FOR LAHOUD;
Auerbach was caught stealing third (catcher to third); O'Brien
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: O'BRIEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); McAuliffe
walked; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown was walked intentionally;
Freehan flied out to center [McAuliffe to third]; Cash singled
to right [G. Brown to second, McAuliffe scored]; Northrup flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KALINE
REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING RF); Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); HEISE BATTED FOR MAY; Heise walked; DAVIS
RAN FOR HEISE; Scott flied out to center; Brown forced Davis
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

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