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Texas Rangers @ Detroit Tigers

1972-07-12 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 14767 · 2:16

Detroit Tigers defeated Texas Rangers 3–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Bill Slayback earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill Slayback L: Casey Cox SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Jim Evans · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Nelson	5	0	2	0	0	1
Toby Harrah	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mincher	2	0	1	0	2	0
Dick Billings	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hal King	4	0	0	0	0	3
Larry Biittner	4	1	3	0	0	0
Joe Lovitto	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Kubiak	1	0	1	1	0	0
Casey Cox	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lenny Randle	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dalton Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	4	1	2	1	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Northrup	3	0	0	1	1	0
Willie Horton	4	0	2	0	0	2
Norm Cash	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Stanley	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Haller	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Brinkman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Slayback	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Cox	4.0	6	2	1
Jim Panther	2.0	2	0	1
Bill Gogolewski	1.2	1	2	1
Paul Lindblad	0.1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Slayback	9.0	8	2	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Nelson: K/C
Toby Harrah: 7
Don Mincher: W
Dick Billings: 13

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: 3/G
Aurelio Rodriguez: 4
Jim Northrup: W
Willie Horton: S6.1-2
Norm Cash: 5/FL

Top 2

Hal King: K
Larry Biittner: S8
Joe Lovitto: D7.1-3
Ted Kubiak: S7.2-3;3-H
Casey Cox: K/C
Dave Nelson: 53

Bot 2

Mickey Stanley: S8
Tom Haller: 8
Ed Brinkman: 9
Bill Slayback: 9

Top 3

Toby Harrah: 63
Don Mincher: 43
Dick Billings: 9

Bot 3

Dick McAuliffe: S4
Aurelio Rodriguez: D7.1-3
Jim Northrup: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);3-H
Willie Horton: K
Norm Cash: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Hal King: 9
Larry Biittner: 4
Joe Lovitto: 31

Bot 4

Mickey Stanley: W
Tom Haller: 7
Ed Brinkman: 8
Bill Slayback: S6.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: PO2(E2).2-3
Dick McAuliffe: S8.3-H(UR);1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53

Top 5

Lenny Randle: 7
Dalton Jones: 8
Dave Nelson: S8
Toby Harrah: SB2
Toby Harrah: 43

Bot 5

Jim Northrup: 43
Willie Horton: S9
Norm Cash: K
Mickey Stanley: 5

Top 6

Don Mincher: W
Dick Billings: K/C
Hal King: K/C
Larry Biittner: D9.1-3
Joe Lovitto: K

Bot 6

Tom Haller: S9
Ed Brinkman: 3/G/SH.1-2
Bill Slayback: 8
Dick McAuliffe: 31

Top 7

Lenny Randle: 53
Elliott Maddox: K
Dave Nelson: D8
Toby Harrah: 7/L

Bot 7

Aurelio Rodriguez: 2
Jim Northrup: 43
Willie Horton: K

Top 8

Don Mincher: S9
Dick Billings: 64(1)/FO
Hal King: K
Larry Biittner: S8.1-2
Joe Lovitto: 43

Bot 8

Norm Cash: D/78
Mickey Stanley: 63.2-3
Tom Haller: IW
Ed Brinkman: W.1-2
Bill Slayback: 12(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Tony Taylor: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Lenny Randle: K
Ted Ford: 3/G
Dave Nelson: 13

Notes & reviews

Mickey Stanley threw his bat towards the mound; Bill Gogolewski picked it up and threw it at the Tiger dugout; Joe Coleman, sitting on the bench, started yelling and making gestures at Gogolewski; Coleman ejected by 1B umpire Nestor Chylak

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