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Detroit Tigers @ Oakland Athletics

1972-06-20 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 11 innings · Att: 6617 · 2:44

Oakland Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Catfish Hunter earned the win. Joe Rudi went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Catfish Hunter L: Chuck Seelbach SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Kaline	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Northrup	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	1	0	1	2
Norm Cash	5	1	1	1	0	0
Willie Horton	2	0	0	0	2	1
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ed Brinkman	3	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	0
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	5	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Rudi	5	1	3	1	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sal Bando	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Duncan	3	0	0	0	1	1
George Hendrick	4	1	1	1	0	1
Tim Cullen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Angel Mangual	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Hegan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	1	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	8.0	5	2	7
Chuck Seelbach	2.0	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	11.0	5	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick McAuliffe: K
Al Kaline: K
Jim Northrup: 2/FL

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: 3/FL
Joe Rudi: 3/FL
Reggie Jackson: K

Top 2

Bill Freehan: W
Norm Cash: 7
Willie Horton: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: K

Bot 2

Sal Bando: 5
Mike Epstein: K/C
Dave Duncan: 7

Top 3

Ed Brinkman: HP
Joe Coleman: 34/SH.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: 9
Al Kaline: S.2-3
Jim Northrup: 31

Bot 3

George Hendrick: HR/78
Tim Cullen: 63
Catfish Hunter: K
Bert Campaneris: 6

Top 4

Bill Freehan: K
Norm Cash: HR/9
Willie Horton: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: K/C
Ed Brinkman: K

Bot 4

Joe Rudi: S
Reggie Jackson: 8
Sal Bando: 4/FL
Mike Epstein: 3

Top 5

Joe Coleman: 9
Dick McAuliffe: 43
Al Kaline: HR/7
Jim Northrup: 4

Bot 5

Dave Duncan: W
George Hendrick: K+CS2(24)/DP
Tim Cullen: 53

Top 6

Bill Freehan: S
Norm Cash: 4
Willie Horton: 3/FL
Aurelio Rodriguez: WP.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 1/G

Bot 6

Catfish Hunter: K/C
Bert Campaneris: 63
Joe Rudi: S
Reggie Jackson: 43

Top 7

Ed Brinkman: S/BG
Joe Coleman: 34/SH.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: 5
Al Kaline: 7

Bot 7

Sal Bando: 8
Mike Epstein: S
Dave Duncan: K
George Hendrick: 53

Top 8

Jim Northrup: 63
Bill Freehan: K
Norm Cash: 43

Bot 8

Angel Mangual: W
Catfish Hunter: FC3.1-3(E3/TH)
Bert Campaneris: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Joe Rudi: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Reggie Jackson: SB3;SB2#
Reggie Jackson: K/C
Sal Bando: 63

Top 9

Willie Horton: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: 34/SH.1-2
Ed Brinkman: K
Gates Brown: 7

Bot 9

Mike Hegan: 5/FL
Dave Duncan: 7
George Hendrick: 4

Top 10

Dick McAuliffe: 43
Al Kaline: 8
Jim Northrup: 43

Bot 10

Marty Martinez: 7
Catfish Hunter: 43
Bert Campaneris: 2/FL

Top 11

Bill Freehan: 6
Norm Cash: 8
Mickey Stanley: 63

Bot 11

Joe Rudi: HR/7

Notes & reviews

Athletics Manager Dick Williams ejected by HP umpire Jim Evans arguing that Ed Brinkman ran into his own batted ball
Reggie Jackson ejected by HP umpire Jim Evans

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