Piling up 16 hits for the second straight night, the Tigers ran up their highest score of the season in a 13-4 walloping of the Brewers. The Tigers counted six of their runs in the first inning, three coming on a homer by Ed Brinkman. Duke Sims and Al Kaline hit other homers for the Tigers, while George Scott whacked one for the Brewers. Al Kaline also had a double and two singles in five trips. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 13, Milwaukee Brewers 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Brewers      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4 11  0
Tigers       6  0  0    1  0  1    0  5  x  -  13 16  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Theobald 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .224      McAuliffe 2b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .239
Rodriguez c           5   0   1   0     0   0   .287        Taylor ph,2b        2   2   2   0     0   0   .307
May cf                5   1   2   0     0   1   .236      Kaline rf             5   2   4   2     0   0   .305
Scott 1b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Sims c                4   1   2   1     1   1   .246
Briggs lf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .266      Cash 1b               3   2   1   3     2   0   .261
  Brett pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .195      Horton lf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .228
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Stanley cf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .235
Lahoud rf,lf          2   0   1   1     2   1   .225      Northrup cf,lf        5   1   2   2     0   0   .260
Ferraro 3b            4   0   3   1     0   0   .260      Rodriguez 3b          5   0   1   1     0   1   .232
Auerbach ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .219      Brinkman ss           5   1   1   3     0   0   .204
Lockwood p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .122      Coleman p             3   1   1   0     0   1   .113
  Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .081        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  T. Reynolds ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .202        Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Ryerson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .042
  O'Brien ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .198
  Stephenson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Brown rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .247

Totals               37   4  11   4     3   5             Totals               40  13  16  12     4   5

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 24,538
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Tigers 7
DP: Brewers 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Taylor
Doubles: Kaline (11), Taylor (12)
Home Runs: Scott (20), Brinkman (6), Kaline (8), Sims (4)
Stolen Bases: Scott (15)
GIDP: Ferraro (17), Theobald (10), Sims (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood L(7-15)        0.2   5   6   6   1   1   1   8   3.67
Colborn                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.13
Ryerson                 3     3   1   1   2   1   0  14   3.63
Stephenson              2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   3.25
Sanders                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.98
Linzy                   1     6   5   5   1   1   2  10   3.03
Totals                  8    16  13  13   4   5   3  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(19-13)        8     8   4   2   3   5   1  35   2.73
Seelbach SV(13)         1     3   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.93
Totals                  9    11   4   2   3   5   1  40

Wild Pitches: Stephenson 2 (7)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Theobald flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out
to right; May popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to center; Kaline doubled to left
[McAuliffe to third]; Sims struck out; Cash singled to right
[Kaline scored, McAuliffe scored, Cash to second (on throw)];
Horton walked; Northrup singled to center [Horton to third, Cash
scored]; Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; Brinkman homered
[Horton scored, Northrup scored]; COLBORN REPLACED LOCKWOOD
(PITCHING); Coleman was called out on strikes; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 6.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott grounded out (second to first); Briggs
walked; Lahoud struck out; Ferraro singled to left [Briggs to
second]; Auerbach singled to left [Ferraro to second, Briggs
scored]; T. REYNOLDS BATTED FOR COLBORN; T. Reynolds flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 2ND: RYERSON REPLACED T. REYNOLDS (PITCHING); McAuliffe
struck out; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Sims
singled to right; Cash walked [Sims to second]; Horton flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 6.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (second to first); May flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 6.

BREWERS 4TH: Scott singled to left; Scott stole second; Briggs
struck out; Lahoud walked; Ferraro grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Lahoud out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 4TH: Coleman singled to right; McAuliffe flied to right
in foul territory; Kaline singled to center [Coleman to second];
Sims walked [Coleman to third, Kaline to second]; Cash forced
Sims (second to shortstop) [Kaline to third, Coleman scored];
Horton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Tigers 7.

BREWERS 5TH: Auerbach grounded out (pitcher to first); O'BRIEN
BATTED FOR RYERSON; O'Brien struck out; Theobald flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 5TH: STEPHENSON REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); Northrup
flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out but advanced to first
on a wild pitch; Stephenson threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to
second]; Brinkman flied out to right [Rodriguez to third];
Coleman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Tigers 7.

BREWERS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); May
struck out; Scott homered; Briggs grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 6TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Taylor singled to
right; Kaline singled to left [Taylor to third]; Sims grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Taylor scored,
Kaline out at second]; Cash flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 8.

BREWERS 7TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lahoud walked;
Ferraro singled to right [Lahoud to second]; Auerbach flied out
to center; DAVIS BATTED FOR STEPHENSON; Davis struck out;
Theobald grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 2, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Horton popped to
first in foul territory; Northrup flied out to right; Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 2, Tigers 8.

BREWERS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rodriguez grounded out (third to
first); May singled to right; Scott flied out to right; Briggs
reached on an error by Taylor [May to second]; BRETT RAN FOR
BRIGGS; Lahoud singled to right [Brett to third, May scored
(unearned)]; Ferraro singled to left [Lahoud to second, Brett
scored (unearned)]; Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: LINZY REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED
SANDERS (PLAYING RF); LAHOUD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Brinkman made an out to shortstop; G. BROWN BATTED FOR COLEMAN;
G. Brown was called out on strikes; Taylor doubled to left;
Kaline homered [Taylor scored]; Sims homered; Cash walked;
Stanley singled to left [Cash to second]; Northrup singled to
left [Stanley to second, Cash scored]; Rodriguez singled to left
[Northrup to second, Stanley scored]; Brinkman forced Northrup
(first to third); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 13.

BREWERS 9TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Brown
singled to left; Theobald grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Brown out at second]; Rodriguez singled to
right; May singled to left [Rodriguez to second]; Scott forced
May (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Tigers 13.