The Yankees' division hopes continued to fade when they lost to the Brewers, 6-4, for their fourth defeat in the last five games. Johnny Briggs singled to drive in one of the Brewers' two runs in the first inning and smashed a homer after a walk to Ellie Rodriguez in the third.

After the Yankees pulled within one run, Sparky Lyle suffered a rare failure in relief, giving up two Brewer tallies in the eighth. Rodriguez singled, took second on a sacrifice and counted on a single by George Scott. Briggs doubled, Scott stopping at third. After an intentional pass to Ollie Brown, Mike Ferraro hit into a forceout as Scott scored. Bernie Allen homered for the Yankees' last gesture in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, New York Yankees 4
Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  1  -   4  8  0
Brewers      2  0  2    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   6  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .246      Theobald 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .226
White lf              2   0   2   1     2   0   .272      Rodriguez c           3   2   1   0     1   0   .292
Murcer cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .289      Lahoud lf             1   1   0   0     2   0   .234
Blomberg 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Scott 1b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .268
Callison rf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .256      Briggs cf             4   1   3   3     0   0   .270
Allen 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .239      Brown rf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .246
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Ferraro 3b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .251
Michael ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Kekich p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Bell p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .077
  Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Gowell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .285
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   8   4     2   2             Totals               29   6   7   6     5   2

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance:  4,185
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Brewers 5
DP: Yankees 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Rodriguez
Doubles: Briggs (13)
Home Runs: Allen (8), Briggs (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Lahoud (1)
GIDP: Blomberg (3), Scott (18)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich L(10-13)         2.2   3   4   4   3   0   1  14   3.70
Beene                   2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.22
Gowell                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Lyle                    1     3   2   2   1   0   0   7   1.79
Totals                  8     7   6   6   5   2   1  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bell W(4-1)             7.2   5   3   2   2   1   0  29   1.79
Sanders SV(17)          1.1   3   1   1   0   1   1   7   3.01
Totals                  9     8   4   3   2   2   1  36

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Nestor Chylak


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); White
singled to center; Murcer flied out to left; Blomberg grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Lahoud walked; Scott
walked [Lahoud to second]; Briggs singled to right [Lahoud
scored, Scott to third]; Brown singled to center [Scott scored,
Briggs to second]; Ferraro forced Brown (shortstop to second); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Callison was called out on strikes; Allen flied to
center; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Auerbach flied out to right; Bell flied to center;
Theobald flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Brewers 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (first unassisted); Kekich
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Rodriguez walked; Lahoud popped to first in foul
territory; Scott popped to second; Briggs homered [Rodriguez
scored]; BEENE REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Brown made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 4TH: White walked; Murcer flied out to left; Blomberg
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [White out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Ferraro lined to first; Auerbach lined to left;
Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Callison grounded out (second to first); Allen
flied out to center; Munson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Theobald singled to left; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first) [Theobald to second]; Lahoud walked; Scott
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lahoud
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); TORRES
BATTED FOR BEENE; Torres grounded out (second to first); Clarke
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: GOWELL REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Briggs flied out
to left; Debut game for Larry Gowell; Brown made an out
to first; Ferraro popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 7TH: White walked; Murcer forced White (second to
shortstop); Blomberg flied out to center; Murcer was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Rodriguez [Murcer to second];
Callison singled to left [Murcer scored (unearned)]; Allen lined
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Auerbach struck out; On a bunt Bell grounded out
(pitcher to first); Theobald popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Brewers 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson flied to left; Michael grounded out (first
unassisted); ALOU BATTED FOR GOWELL; Alou singled to third;
Clarke singled to right [Alou to second]; White singled to right
[Alou scored, Clarke to third]; SANDERS REPLACED BELL
(PITCHING); Murcer singled to center [Clarke scored, White to
second]; Blomberg flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to
right; Lahoud out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Rodriguez to second]; Scott singled to center [Rodriguez
scored]; Briggs doubled to center [Scott to third]; Brown was
walked intentionally; Ferraro forced Briggs (third unassisted)
[Scott scored, Brown to second]; Auerbach flied out to right; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Brewers 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Callison flied out to left; Allen homered; Munson
singled to third; Michael struck out; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR LYLE;
Tepedino grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Brewers 6.