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Oakland Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1972-10-12 · 1972 League Championship Series · Game 5 of 5 ◀ Game 4 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 50276 · 51°F, overcast, dry · Wind 13 mph from LF · 2:48

Oakland Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Blue Moon Odom earned the win and Vida Blue picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Blue Moon Odom L: Woodie Fryman SV: Vida Blue

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matty Alou	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	0	0	0	1
Reggie Jackson	0	1	0	0	1	0
Sal Bando	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Tenace	3	0	1	1	1	1
Dick Green	4	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	1	0	0	0
George Hendrick	3	1	0	0	0	0
Vida Blue	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Kaline	4	0	0	0	0	1
Duke Sims	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Freehan	4	0	0	1	0	0
Norm Cash	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Northrup	2	0	2	0	1	0
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Woodie Fryman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Horton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	5.0	2	2	3
Vida Blue	4.0	3	0	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Woodie Fryman	8.0	4	1	3
John Hiller	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: 63/G56
Dal Maxvill: 7/F7D
Joe Rudi: K/C

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: S9/G34
Al Kaline: K
Duke Sims: W.1-2
Bill Freehan: PB.2-3;1-2
Bill Freehan: 63/G56.3-H(UR)
Norm Cash: 9/F9S

Top 2

Reggie Jackson: W
Sal Bando: SB2
Sal Bando: 9/F9D.2-3
Mike Epstein: HP
Gene Tenace: K/C
Dick Green: SBH;SB2
Dick Green: 13/G1

Bot 2

Jim Northrup: S9/G34
Tony Taylor: WP.1-2
Tony Taylor: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9/F9LD.2-3
Woodie Fryman: 9/P4D

Top 3

Blue Moon Odom: 13/BG1S
Matty Alou: HP
Dal Maxvill: BK.1-2
Dal Maxvill: 9/F9S
Joe Rudi: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Dick McAuliffe: 5/P5D
Al Kaline: 7!/FL/F7LSF
Duke Sims: K

Top 4

George Hendrick: E6/TH1/G56
Sal Bando: 23/SH/BG2.1-2
Mike Epstein: K
Gene Tenace: S7/F78S.2-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Dick Green: 53/G56

Bot 4

Bill Freehan: 43/G4S
Norm Cash: 43/G4
Jim Northrup: W
Tony Taylor: 53/G5

Top 5

Blue Moon Odom: D7/G5
Matty Alou: 53/SH/BG5S.2-3
Dal Maxvill: 3/FL/P3F
Joe Rudi: 8/F89

Bot 5

Aurelio Rodriguez: 63/G6
Woodie Fryman: 13/BG5S
Dick McAuliffe: 3/G3

Top 6

George Hendrick: 9/F9
Sal Bando: S7/G56
Mike Epstein: 9/F89
Gene Tenace: 8/F89D

Bot 6

Al Kaline: 63/G6
Duke Sims: 3/G34
Bill Freehan: 7/F7S

Top 7

Dick Green: 63/G6
Vida Blue: 23/BG25
Matty Alou: S7/L56D.B-2(E7)
Dal Maxvill: 63/G6

Bot 7

Norm Cash: K
Jim Northrup: S4/G4M
Tony Taylor: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: K

Top 8

Joe Rudi: 43/G34
George Hendrick: 43/G4MS
Sal Bando: 9/F89

Bot 8

Willie Horton: S9/G34
Dick McAuliffe: 16(1)/FO/BG1S
Al Kaline: 5/FL/P5DF
Duke Sims: 6/P6D

Top 9

Mike Epstein: 8/F8
Gene Tenace: W
Dick Green: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 9

Bill Freehan: 3/FL/P23F
Norm Cash: S8/L4MD
Mickey Stanley: 64(1)/FO/G6
Tony Taylor: 8/F8D

Notes & reviews

throw was about six feet off the base toward shortstop
Delayed double steal; Reggie Jackson left with pulled hamstring
diving catch in foul territory
Low throw into dirt pulled Norm Cash off the bag
Freehan bobbled ball on throw from Sims and Hendricks slid in safely
Tigers coach Howard ejected by 1B umpire Rice for comments about call on Hendrick in top of 4th inning
Odom left the game with nervous anxiety
Sims bobbled the ball on his pickup
5 min delay to remove rolls of toilet paper from outfield
Another 5 min delay as fans ran onto the field and were removed

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