Wednesday September 27, 1972
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Sparky Lyle, who leads the major leagues in saves with 35, suffered one of his rare failures in relief when the Tigers came from behind to defeat the Yankees 6-5. The Yankees scored three runs on a homer by Johnny Callison in the first inning and added two on a single by Bobby Murcer in the third.

Trailing, 5-1, the Tigers began their rally in the eighth with a run on singles by Willie Horton, Al Kaline and Duke Sims to kayo Steve Kline. Frank Howard, pinch-hitting, greeted Lyle's arrival with a run-scoring single and, after a walk, Mickey Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-4. In the ninth, Ed Brinkman and Horton singled and Tony Taylor was safe on a bunt that the Yankees let roll. Kaline came through with a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Sims followed with a single to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 5

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Yankees 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 - 6 12 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 5 1 2 0 1 2 .250 McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .242 White lf 4 1 1 0 2 0 .271 Taylor ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Murcer cf 4 0 2 2 2 2 .291 Kaline rf,1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .290 Blomberg 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .268 Sims c 5 1 2 1 0 1 .232 Alou ph,1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Cash 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Callison rf 4 1 2 3 1 0 .258 Howard ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .249 Allen 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .231 Staton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lanier 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Munson c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Northrup lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Michael ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .237 I. Brown ph,lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Kline p 4 1 2 0 0 1 .096 Stanley cf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .233 Lyle p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .233 Brinkman ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .201 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .104 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Slayback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Gamble pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Zachary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Horton ph,rf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .227 Lane pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 10 5 12 6 Totals 33 6 12 6 3 4 Time of Game: 3:31 Attendance: 21,850 Left on Base: Yankees 17, Tigers 8 DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 1 Errors: McAuliffe Doubles: Callison (10) Home Runs: Callison (9) Stolen Bases: White (23), Murcer (11) Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (3) Sacrifice Flies: Stanley (8), Kaline (5) GIDP: Michael (10), Kaline (10) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kline 7.1 7 4 4 2 3 0 30 2.33 Lyle L(8-5) 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 9 1.98 Totals 8.1 12 6 6 3 4 0 39 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 1.1 3 3 3 5 4 1 12 2.74 Scherman 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 9 3.64 Slayback 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.24 Hiller 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.29 LaGrow 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 1.37 Zachary 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 1.49 Seelbach W(9-8) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.98 Totals 9 10 5 5 12 6 1 49 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom YANKEES 1ST: Clarke was called out on strikes; White walked; Murcer struck out; White stole second; Blomberg walked; Callison homered [White scored, Blomberg scored]; Allen walked; Munson singled to center [Allen to second]; Michael walked [Allen to third, Munson to second]; Kline struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Kaline grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; Sims was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Tigers 0. YANKEES 2ND: Clarke struck out; White walked; Murcer singled to right [White to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Alou made an out to catcher; Callison reached on an error by McAuliffe [White to third, Murcer to second]; Allen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash struck out; Northrup flied out to center; Stanley popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Tigers 0. YANKEES 3RD: Munson made an out to third; Michael flied out to right; Kline singled to right; Clarke walked [Kline to second]; White singled to left [Kline to third, Clarke to second]; Murcer singled to right [Kline scored, Clarke scored, White to third]; SLAYBACK REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Alou walked [Murcer to second]; HILLER REPLACED SLAYBACK (PITCHING); Callison grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to left; Brinkman singled to left [Rodriguez to second]; HALLER BATTED FOR HILLER; Haller forced Brinkman (second to shortstop) [Rodriguez to third]; GAMBLE RAN FOR HALLER; McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted) [Rodriguez scored, Gamble to second]; Kaline flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. YANKEES 4TH: LAGROW REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Allen flied out to center; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); Cash lined to right; Northrup was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. YANKEES 5TH: Kline singled to left; Clarke singled to center [Kline to second]; White lined to right; Murcer struck out; Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. YANKEES 6TH: Callison doubled to left; Allen popped to third in foul territory; Munson was walked intentionally; Michael forced Munson (third to second) [Callison to third]; Kline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: G. BROWN BATTED FOR LAGROW; G. Brown lined to left; McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher); Kaline singled to shortstop; Sims grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. YANKEES 7TH: ZACHARY REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Clarke lined to third; White popped to third in foul territory; Murcer walked; Murcer stole second; Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Cash singled to right; Northrup flied to center; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cash to second]; Rodriguez walked; Brinkman forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. YANKEES 8TH: Callison walked; Allen walked [Callison to second]; Munson flied out to right [Callison to third]; Michael grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Allen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: LANIER REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 3B); HORTON BATTED FOR ZACHARY; Horton singled to right; McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted) [Horton to second]; Kaline singled to left [Horton scored]; Sims singled to right [Kaline to second]; LYLE REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); HOWARD BATTED FOR CASH; Howard singled to left [Kaline scored, Sims to second]; STATON RAN FOR HOWARD; I. BROWN BATTED FOR NORTHRUP; I. Brown walked [Sims to third, Staton to second]; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to right [Sims scored, Staton to third]; Rodriguez struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 4. YANKEES 9TH: SEELBACH REPLACED STATON (PITCHING); KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); I. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HORTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lyle struck out; Clarke singled to right; White forced Clarke (first to shortstop); Murcer walked [White to second]; Alou lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman singled to left; Horton singled to left [Brinkman to second]; LANE RAN FOR HORTON; TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; On a bunt Taylor singled to third [Brinkman to third, Lane to second]; Kaline hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brinkman scored, Lane to third]; Sims singled to center [Lane scored, Taylor to second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 6.

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