While the Red Sox and Orioles were rained out, the Tigers suffered 3-2 and 6-4 defeats at the hands of the Indians in a twi-night doubleheader and fell out of first place in the East Division race. The Red Sox took over the lead by one-half game with the Tigers and Orioles tied for second. Cleveland Indians 3, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumTigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 9 0 Indians 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Bell cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .227 A. Johnson lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .243 G. Brown lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Lowenstein lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Cash 1b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .261 Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .279 Sims c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Foster rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Northrup rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .248 Bevacqua rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 McCraw rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Brinkman ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .201 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Lolich p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .074 Fosse c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .240 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Duffy ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .221 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Kaline ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Dunning p 2 1 1 1 1 0 .258 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 35 2 9 2 2 4 Totals 30 3 8 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:13 Left on Base: Tigers 8, Indians 5 DP: Tigers 2, Indians 1 Doubles: Cash (13), Northrup (10), Chambliss (26), Nettles (26), Bell (17) Home Runs: Brinkman (5), Dunning (3) Stolen Bases: Fosse (5) GIDP: G. Brown (7) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(20-13) 6 8 3 3 2 3 1 26 2.60 LaGrow 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.74 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 3 1 32 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dunning W(5-3) 7.2 9 2 2 2 4 1 33 2.86 Farmer SV(6) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.02 Totals 9 9 2 2 2 4 1 37 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Deegan TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to center; Rodriguez singled to left; G. Brown made an out to third; Cash singled to right [Rodriguez to second]; Sims flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell flied out to left; A. Johnson singled to shortstop; Chambliss doubled to right [A. Johnson to third]; Foster hit into a double play (third to catcher to third to catcher to third to second) [A. Johnson out at home, Chambliss out at third]; Roy Foster ejected by 2B umpire Lou DiMuro; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. TIGERS 2ND: BEVACQUA REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING RF); Northrup flied out to left; Stanley flied out to center; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Nettles doubled to left; Fosse singled to left [Nettles scored]; Fosse stole second; Duffy flied out to right; Brohamer made an out to first; Dunning walked; Bell flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. TIGERS 3RD: Lolich struck out; McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez singled to right [McAuliffe to third]; G. Brown grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: A. Johnson struck out; Chambliss popped to third in foul territory; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. TIGERS 4TH: Cash struck out; Sims flied out to center; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Nettles flied out to center; Fosse struck out; Duffy walked; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley made an out to second; Brinkman walked; Lolich struck out; McAuliffe flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Dunning homered; Bell doubled to left; A. Johnson singled to shortstop [Bell to third]; Chambliss singled to right [A. Johnson to second, Bell scored]; Bevacqua hit into a double play (third to shortstop to second) [A. Johnson out at third, Chambliss out at second]; Nettles was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. TIGERS 6TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED A. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Rodriguez flied out to left; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Cash singled to right; Sims singled to right [Cash to third]; Northrup walked [Sims to second]; Stanley forced Sims (first to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Duffy flied out to left; Brohamer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman homered; HOWARD BATTED FOR LOLICH; Howard flied out to right; McAuliffe struck out (catcher to first); Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: LAGROW REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Dunning flied out to right; Bell made an out to pitcher; Lowenstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 3. TIGERS 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING RF); G. Brown flied out to center; Cash doubled to left; Sims grounded out (second to first) [Cash to third]; Northrup doubled to right [Cash scored]; FARMER REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 3. TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman flied out to right; KALINE BATTED FOR LAGROW; Kaline grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 3. |
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