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Detroit Tigers @ Oakland Athletics

1972-10-07 · 1972 League Championship Series · Game 1 of 5 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 11 innings · Att: 29566 · 74°F, overcast, dry · Wind 9 mph to RF · 3:00

Oakland Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 11th. Rollie Fingers earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
DET	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6
OAK	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10

W: Rollie Fingers L: Mickey Lolich SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	5	0	0	0	0	3
Al Kaline	5	1	1	1	0	0
Duke Sims	5	0	2	0	0	0
Norm Cash	3	1	1	1	1	0
Willie Horton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Northrup	3	0	1	0	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gates Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	0	0	1	0
Matty Alou	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	0	1	0	2
Reggie Jackson	5	0	2	0	0	1
Sal Bando	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	3	0	2	0	2	0
Gene Tenace	5	1	0	0	0	1
Angel Mangual	1	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Kubiak	2	0	1	0	0	0
George Hendrick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Fingers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gonzalo Marquez	1	0	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Lolich	10.0	9	3	4
Chuck Seelbach	0.1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	8.0	4	2	4
Vida Blue	0.0	0	0	0
Rollie Fingers	3.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick McAuliffe: K
Al Kaline: 7/F7
Duke Sims: 6/FL/P5DF

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: 9/F9D
Matty Alou: 3/G3
Joe Rudi: 9/L9

Top 2

Norm Cash: HR/F9D
Willie Horton: 7/F7
Jim Northrup: S7/L56D
Aurelio Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO/G6
Ed Brinkman: 8/F

Bot 2

Reggie Jackson: S1/G1
Sal Bando: 7/F7LD
Mike Epstein: W.1-2
Gene Tenace: 7/F7LD
Angel Mangual: 53/G5

Top 3

Mickey Lolich: 3/P23F/FL
Dick McAuliffe: K
Al Kaline: 53/G5

Bot 3

Catfish Hunter: 43
Bert Campaneris: W
Matty Alou: S9/F9S.1-3
Joe Rudi: 8/SF/F8D.3-H
Reggie Jackson: S8.1-3
Sal Bando: 8/F8

Top 4

Duke Sims: 8/F8S
Norm Cash: 4!3/G34D
Willie Horton: 5/P5S

Bot 4

Mike Epstein: 3/G3
Gene Tenace: 8/F78
Ted Kubiak: S7/G56
Catfish Hunter: 43/G4

Top 5

Jim Northrup: 43/G34D
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53/G5
Ed Brinkman: 8/F89

Bot 5

Bert Campaneris: 43/G4M
Matty Alou: 13/BG34S
Joe Rudi: K

Top 6

Mickey Lolich: 63/G6M
Dick McAuliffe: 43/G4
Al Kaline: 6/FL/P5DF

Bot 6

Reggie Jackson: E4/G34
Sal Bando: 14/SH/BG3S.1-2
Mike Epstein: W
Gene Tenace: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 7

Duke Sims: 7/F7D
Norm Cash: W
Willie Horton: K
Jim Northrup: W.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 7/F7

Bot 7

Ted Kubiak: 8/F89
Catfish Hunter: S7/G56
Bert Campaneris: 7/F7LD
Matty Alou: 3/FL/P3F

Top 8

Ed Brinkman: D8/F89D
Mickey Lolich: K/C
Dick McAuliffe: 8/F8S
Al Kaline: 43

Bot 8

Joe Rudi: 53/G5
Reggie Jackson: K
Sal Bando: S6/G56D
Mike Epstein: S8/F78.1-2
Gene Tenace: K

Top 9

Duke Sims: D8/F89D
Norm Cash: 5E4/SH/BG5S.2-3;B-1
Gates Brown: 5/FL/P5F
Jim Northrup: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 9

George Hendrick: 63/G6
Rollie Fingers: 63/G6M
Bert Campaneris: 13/BG1S

Top 10

Aurelio Rodriguez: 63/G56
Ed Brinkman: 63/G6M
Mickey Lolich: 3!/G3

Bot 10

Matty Alou: 8/F8
Joe Rudi: K
Reggie Jackson: 7/F7L

Top 11

Dick McAuliffe: K/C
Al Kaline: HR/F7D
Duke Sims: T9/F89
Norm Cash: 43/G4
Mickey Stanley: 53/G56

Bot 11

Sal Bando: S7/G56
Mike Epstein: S7/F7LS.1-2
Gene Tenace: 56(2)/FO/BG5S.1-2
Gonzalo Marquez: S9/G34.2-H;1-H(E9/TH3)(UR)

Notes & reviews

Bounding ball off Lolich's glove, rolling to 3B side
clouds clearing, becoming sunny now
Epstein dove to his left and stopped it behind the bag
Jackson started in but it bounced in front and past him so Alou backed up
On hit and run, Odom stumbled at second and failed to reach third
Brinkman's throw to first pulled McAuliffe off the bag so no DP
Kaline's throw to third got to the base at same time as Tenace and bounced past Rodriguez; Seelbach was backing up at home, not third, so Tenace ran home easily.

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