Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 2

League Championship Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 2 A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 10 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Campaneris ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Kaline rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Alou rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Sims c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400 Rudi lf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .000 Cash 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333 Jackson cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .400 Horton lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bando 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Epstein 1b 3 0 2 0 2 0 .667 Northrup cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Hegan pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tenace c 5 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Green 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marquez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Hunter p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 2 6 2 2 5 Totals 39 3 10 2 3 4 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 29,566 Left on Base: Tigers 6, A's 10 DP: Tigers 1, A's 1 Errors: McAuliffe, Kaline, Kubiak Doubles: Brinkman (1), Sims (1) Triples: Sims (1) Home Runs: Cash (1), Kaline (1) Sacrifice Hits: Cash (1), Bando (1) Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (1) GIDP: Northrup (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(0-1) 10 9 3 2 3 4 0 42 1.80 Seelbach 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 10.1 10 3 2 3 4 0 44 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter 8 4 1 1 2 4 1 30 1.13 Blue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Fingers W(1-0) 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 10 3.00 Totals 11 6 2 2 2 5 2 41 Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Don Denkinger, LF - Larry Barnett, RF - Art Frantz TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline flied out to left; Sims popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Alou grounded out (first unassisted); Rudi lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash homered; Horton flied out to left; Northrup singled; Rodriguez forced Northrup (shortstop to second); Brinkman flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson singled; Bando flied out to left; Epstein walked [Jackson to second]; Tenace flied out to left; MANGUAL BATTED FOR GREEN; Mangual grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. TIGERS 3RD: KUBIAK REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING 2B); Lolich made an out to shortstop; McAuliffe struck out; Kaline grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Hunter grounded out (second to first); Campaneris walked; Alou singled to right [Campaneris to third]; Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to center [Campaneris scored]; Jackson singled [Alou to third]; Bando flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 4TH: Sims flied out to center; Cash grounded out (second to first); Horton popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace flied out to center; Kubiak singled; Hunter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 6TH: Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson reached on an error by McAuliffe; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jackson to second]; Epstein walked; Tenace lined into a double play (third to second) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 7TH: Sims flied out to left; Cash walked; Horton struck out; Northrup walked [Cash to second]; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Kubiak flied out to center; Hunter singled; Campaneris flied out to left; Alou popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman doubled to center; Lolich was called out on strikes; McAuliffe flied out to center; Kaline grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson struck out; Bando singled; Epstein singled [Bando to second]; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 9TH: Sims doubled; BLUE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Cash reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Sims to third (error by Kubiak; assist by Bando)]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR HORTON; G. Brown popped to third in foul territory; Northrup grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Hendrick flied out to left; Fingers grounded out (first unassisted); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 10TH: MAXVILL REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 10TH: Alou flied out to right; Rudi struck out; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 1. TIGERS 11TH: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Kaline homered; Sims tripled to right; Cash grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 11TH: Bando singled to left; ODOM RAN FOR BANDO; Epstein singled to left [Odom to second]; SEELBACH REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); HEGAN RAN FOR EPSTEIN; On a bunt Tenace forced Odom (third to shortstop) [Hegan to second]; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Marquez singled to right [Hegan scored, Tenace scored (error by Kaline) (unearned)]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 3.

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