Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 0
League Championship Series Game 3 Played on Tuesday, October   10, 1972 at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Tigers       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  8  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou rf               5   0   3   0     0   2   .357      Taylor 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     1   2   .000      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Duncan ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Kaline rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .333
Rudi lf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .455      Freehan c             3   2   2   1     0   0   .667
Jackson cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Horton lf             2   0   0   0     1   2   .000
Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .200        Northrup lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Tenace c,2b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .000      I. Brown 1b           2   0   1   2     0   1   .500
Green 2b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cash ph,1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Mincher ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      McAuliffe ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .083
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Coleman p             2   0   1   0     1   0   .500
  Marquez ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Cullen ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .333

Totals               34   0   7   0     3  14             Totals               28   3   8   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 41,156
Left on Base: A's 10, Tigers 5
DP: A's 3, Tigers 1
Errors: McAuliffe
Doubles: Alou 2 (2), Freehan (1)
Home Runs: Freehan (1)
Stolen Bases: Alou (1), Maxvill (1)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Freehan (1)
GIDP: Taylor 3 (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(0-1)         4     4   2   2   2   2   0  17   4.50
Fingers                 1.2   2   0   0   1   1   0   7   1.93
Blue                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Locker                  2     2   1   1   0   1   1   7   4.50
Totals                  8     8   3   3   3   4   1  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(1-0)          9     7   0   0   3  14   0  37   0.00
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3  14   0  37

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Art Frantz, LF - Red Flaherty, RF - Larry Barnett


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alou doubled to right; Maxvill walked; Rudi was
called out on strikes; Alou stole third and Maxvill stole
second; Jackson struck out; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Taylor flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kaline singled; Freehan flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando singled; Tenace flied out to center; Green
flied out to center; Holtzman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton struck out (catcher to first); Stanley flied
out to right; I. Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou singled; Maxvill struck out; Rudi singled
[Alou to second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first) [Alou
to third, Rudi to second]; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe singled; Coleman forced McAuliffe (second
unassisted); Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Coleman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando struck out; Tenace walked; MINCHER BATTED
FOR GREEN; Mincher struck out while Tenace was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MINCHER (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez
flied out to left; Kaline walked; Freehan doubled [Kaline to
third]; Horton walked; Stanley flied out to center; I. Brown
singled [Kaline scored, Freehan scored, Horton to second];
McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Mangual struck out;
Alou struck out; Maxvill was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: FINGERS REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Coleman walked;
Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Coleman out at second]; Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi singled; Jackson forced Rudi (second to
shortstop); Epstein forced Jackson (second to shortstop); Bando
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline singled; Freehan out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Kaline to second]; Horton struck out; Stanley
singled [Kaline to third]; BLUE REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING);
CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP
REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); Tenace reached on an error by
McAuliffe; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Marquez flied out to
center; HEGAN BATTED FOR BLUE; Hegan forced Tenace (first to
shortstop); Alou doubled [Hegan to third]; DUNCAN BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: CULLEN REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING SS); LOCKER
REPLACED HEGAN (PITCHING); DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); McAuliffe grounded out
(second to first); Coleman singled; Taylor grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Coleman out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi singled; Jackson forced Rudi (shortstop to
second); Epstein flied out to left; Bando popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez struck out; Kaline flied out to left;
Freehan homered; Northrup grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace walked; Cullen forced Tenace (shortstop to
second); HENDRICK BATTED FOR LOCKER; Hendrick struck out; Alou
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 3.