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Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Yankees

1972-10-02 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 3927 · 60°F, night, dry · 2:07

Milwaukee Brewers defeated New York Yankees 6–1. Milwaukee Brewers put up 3 in the 8th. Ken Brett earned the win. Bobby Murcer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	13
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Ken Brett L: Steve Kline SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Bill Haller · 2B: Jerry Neudecker · 3B: Bill Kunkel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ron Theobald	3	0	0	0	1
Ellie Rodriguez	4	1	2	1	1
Brock Davis	5	1	2	1	0
George Scott	3	0	2	2	0
Dave May	4	0	1	1	0
Joe Lahoud	4	0	2	0	0
Mike Ferraro	4	0	0	0	0
Rick Auerbach	4	2	2	0	0
Ken Brett	3	2	2	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer	4	1	2	1	0	0
Felipe Alou	4	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Spikes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Celerino Sanchez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Michael	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Kline	3	0	0	0	0	2

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Brett	9.0	6	1	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Kline	8.0	10	2	0
Fred Beene	1.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron Theobald: 63
Ellie Rodriguez: 43
Brock Davis: DGR/7
George Scott: WP.2-3
George Scott: D9/G.3-H
Dave May: 31

Bot 1

Horace Clarke: 53
Roy White: 63
Bobby Murcer: HR/8
Felipe Alou: 8

Top 2

Joe Lahoud: 6/P4M
Mike Ferraro: 63
Rick Auerbach: 53

Bot 2

Thurman Munson: 13
Charlie Spikes: 63
Celerino Sanchez: 43

Top 3

Ken Brett: 63
Ron Theobald: 23/BG
Ellie Rodriguez: S9
Brock Davis: 4(1)/FO

Bot 3

Gene Michael: 8
Steve Kline: K
Horace Clarke: DGR/9
Roy White: 9/L

Top 4

George Scott: S8/G46
Dave May: 36(1)3/GDP
Joe Lahoud: D7/G5
Mike Ferraro: 8

Bot 4

Bobby Murcer: 3
Felipe Alou: 53
Thurman Munson: D8
Charlie Spikes: 8

Top 5

Rick Auerbach: 53
Ken Brett: S7
Ron Theobald: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Celerino Sanchez: S4
Gene Michael: 3
Steve Kline: K/BF
Horace Clarke: 8

Top 6

Ellie Rodriguez: 53
Brock Davis: 43
George Scott: 4

Bot 6

Roy White: S8/78
Bobby Murcer: 43.1-2
Felipe Alou: 7/L
Thurman Munson: IW
Charlie Spikes: 43

Top 7

Dave May: 7
Joe Lahoud: S8/G
Mike Ferraro: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Celerino Sanchez: 7/L
Gene Michael: 53
Steve Kline: 9

Top 8

Rick Auerbach: S7
Ken Brett: W.1-2
Ron Theobald: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Ellie Rodriguez: W
Brock Davis: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
George Scott: 8/SF/F8XD.3-H;2-3
Dave May: S9.3-H;1-3
Joe Lahoud: 9

Bot 8

Horace Clarke: 8/L
Roy White: 9
Bobby Murcer: S6
Felipe Alou: 7

Top 9

Mike Ferraro: 63
Rick Auerbach: S8/L
Ken Brett: S9.1-3
Ron Theobald: WP.3-H;1-2
Ron Theobald: W
Ellie Rodriguez: S7.2-H;1-2
Brock Davis: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Thurman Munson: 7/F7D
Charlie Spikes: 9
Celerino Sanchez: K