Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 3 League Championship Series Game 4 Played on Wednesday, October 11, 1972 at Tiger Stadium A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 9 2 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 10 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alou rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .364 McAuliffe ss 4 2 2 1 1 1 .188 Maxvill ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Kaline rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .333 Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sims lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Cullen ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Brown ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Kubiak ss 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Freehan c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .375 Rudi lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Cash 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 .273 Jackson cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .278 Northrup cf,lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .250 Bando 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .182 Epstein 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .231 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Tenace c,2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lolich p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Green 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Horton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duncan ph,c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marquez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .667 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 3 9 3 2 6 Totals 35 4 10 4 6 8 Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 37,615 Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 11 DP: A's 1, Tigers 0 Errors: Jackson, Tenace, Rodriguez Doubles: Green (1), Alou 2 (4), Sims (2), Taylor 2 (2) Home Runs: Epstein (1), McAuliffe (1) Caught Stealing: McAuliffe (1) Sacrifice Hits: Kaline (1) GIDP: Northrup (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter 7.1 6 1 1 3 5 1 30 1.17 Fingers 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.69 Blue 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0.00 Locker L(0-1) 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 13.50 Horlen 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0.00 Hamilton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 4 6 8 1 42 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich 9 5 1 1 2 6 1 34 1.42 Seelbach 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 18.00 Hiller W(1-0) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 10 9 3 3 2 6 1 41 Wild Pitches: Horlen (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Red Flaherty, LF - Larry Barnett, RF - Art Frantz ATHLETICS 1ST: Alou lined to left; Maxvill singled to left; Rudi grounded out (second to first) [Maxvill to second]; Jackson singled to right [Maxvill to third]; Bando popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Kaline was called out on strikes; Sims doubled; Freehan popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein was called out on strikes; Tenace flied out to left; Green doubled; Hunter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (second to first); Northrup was called out on strikes; Taylor doubled [Taylor to third (error by Jackson)]; Rodriguez was walked intentionally; Lolich flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou doubled to right; Maxvill popped to pitcher; Rudi reached on a fielder's choice [Alou out at second (third to second)]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe homered; Kaline walked; Sims flied out to left; Freehan singled [Kaline to second]; Cash struck out; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein grounded out (second to first); Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Taylor grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green popped to first in foul territory; Hunter was called out on strikes; Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe flied out to right; Kaline flied out to left; Sims flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: HENDRICK BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Hendrick popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi popped to shortstop; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: CULLEN REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING SS); Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash singled; Northrup grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando flied out to center; Epstein homered; Tenace popped to first in foul territory; DUNCAN BATTED FOR GREEN; Duncan walked; Hunter struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Taylor flied out to left; Rodriguez popped to second; Lolich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED SIMS (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Alou grounded out (third to first); MANGUAL BATTED FOR CULLEN; Mangual flied out to center; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING SS); McAuliffe walked; Kaline out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [McAuliffe to second]; Stanley singled to shortstop [McAuliffe to third]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); McAuliffe was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Freehan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson flied out to left; Bando grounded out (third to first); Epstein walked; Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: BLUE REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Cash struck out; Northrup struck out; Taylor doubled to right; Rodriguez was walked intentionally; HORTON BATTED FOR LOLICH; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 10TH: SEELBACH REPLACED HORTON (PITCHING); Duncan grounded out (third to first); MARQUEZ BATTED FOR BLUE; Marquez singled to right; Alou doubled [Marquez scored, Alou to third (on throw to home)]; Kubiak singled to right [Alou scored, Kubiak to third (error by Rodriguez)]; Rudi flied out to right; HILLER REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING); Jackson singled [Kubiak stayed at third]; Bando flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 10TH: LOCKER REPLACED MARQUEZ (PITCHING); McAuliffe singled to right; Kaline singled to left [McAuliffe to second]; HORLEN REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR STANLEY; Horlen threw a wild pitch [McAuliffe to third, Kaline to second]; G. Brown walked; Freehan reached on a fielder's choice [McAuliffe scored, Kaline to third, G. Brown to second (error by Tenace; assist by Bando)]; HAMILTON REPLACED HORLEN (PITCHING); Cash walked [Kaline scored, G. Brown to third, Freehan to second]; Northrup singled [G. Brown scored, Freehan to third, Cash to second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

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