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Sunday May 20, 1973
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Don Money, who walked with two out in the fourth inning, scored from first base on a bloop single by Ollie Brown to enable the Brewers to win the first game of a doubleheader, 1-0, but the Tigers came back to take the second game, 5-3. With a Ball Day crowd of 41,655 on hand, Bill Parsons, Chris Short and Frank Linzy combined to hold the Tigers to two hits in the lidlifter with the victory being awarded to Linzy. Mickey Lolich suffered his fifth defeat.

The Tigers decided the nightcap in the first two innings. A single by Duke Sims, triple by Bill Freehan and single by Frank Howard produced a pair in the first. Singles by Jim Northrup and Ed Brinkman around a walk to Ike Brown loaded the bases in the second and three runs followed on a single by Aurelio Rodriguez and sacrifice fly by Sims. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 1, Detroit Tigers 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 20, 1973 (Day game) at County Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  5  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Johnson ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .242
Taylor dh             3   0   0   0     0   2   .188      Ellie Rodriguez c     4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .258      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   2   .284
Sims lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .298      Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .238
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .302      Money 3b              2   1   2   0     1   0   .210
N. Cash 1b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .202      Brown dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .213
  Howard ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Briggs lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .221
  Gamble pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thomas rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .209
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .182      Parsons p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .263        Short p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   2   0     5   7             Totals               27   1   5   1     4   6

Time of Game: 2:19
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Brewers 6
DP: Tigers 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Johnson
Caught Stealing: McAuliffe (2), Thomas (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Taylor (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(2-5)           8     5   1   1   4   6   0  31   3.89
Totals                  8     5   1   1   4   6   0  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons                 4     1   0   0   3   4   0  16   4.74
Short                   2.1   1   0   0   2   2   0   9   3.86
Linzy W(1-2)            2.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.07
Totals                  9     2   0   0   5   7   0  34

Wild Pitches: Parsons (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Taylor was called out on strikes; McAuliffe walked; Parsons
threw a wild pitch [McAuliffe to second]; Sims flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Johnson walked; Ellie Rodriguez flied out to
center; May struck out; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan walked; N. Cash struck out; Stanley struck
out; Rodriguez singled [Freehan to second]; Brinkman forced
Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Money singled; Brown flied out to left; Briggs
lined into a double play (second to first) [Money out at first];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup walked; Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Northrup to second]; McAuliffe struck out;
Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Thomas walked; Thomas was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Garcia flied
out to right; Johnson singled; Ellie Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); N. Cash flied
out to center; Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May struck out; Scott struck out; Money walked;
Brown singled [Money scored, Brown to second (on throw)]; Briggs
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: SHORT REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied
out to left; Brinkman singled; Northrup forced Brinkman (first
to shortstop); Northrup was picked off first (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Taylor struck out; McAuliffe walked; Sims struck out
while McAuliffe was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Ellie Rodriguez flied out to center; May grounded
out (second to first); Scott walked; Money singled [Scott to
third]; Brown popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan walked; HOWARD BATTED FOR N. CASH; Howard
lined to center; Stanley reached on a fielder's choice [Freehan
to second]; LINZY REPLACED SHORT (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Brinkman forced Stanley (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Briggs popped
to first in foul territory; Thomas struck out; Garcia popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup flied out to center; Taylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Johnson struck out; Ellie Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); May singled; Scott flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
grounded out (pitcher to first); Howard reached on an error by
Johnson; GAMBLE RAN FOR HOWARD; Stanley flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.



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