1972 AL Game of Note: Mil. at Det.

May 24, 1972

A rare feat, for me, happened in today's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers. Trailing 2-0 the Tigers hit back to back to back homeruns in the 6th inning and went on to defeat the Brewers 4-2. Dick McAuliffe started the homerun barrage by hitting a 2-run shot. The next batter, Al Kaline homered to right-center field and Norm Cash completed the Trifecta with a moonshot into the upper deck in right.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Milwaukee Brewers At 1972 Detroit Tigers             5/24/1972
 
  Brewers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Heise 2B          4  0  1  1 .194     T.Taylor 3B         4  0  0  0 .200  
  T.Reynolds RF       4  0  0  0 .077   A-A.Rodriguez 3B      0  0  0  0 .266  
  F.Linzy P           0  0  0  0 ----     D.McAuliffe 2B      4  1  3  2 .312  
  G.Scott 1B          4  1  1  1 .245     A.Kaline RF         4  1  2  1 .280  
  J.Briggs LF         3  0  0  0 .348     N.Cash 1B           4  1  1  1 .330  
  M.Ferraro 3B        4  0  1  0 .265     J.Northrup LF       3  0  0  0 .287  
  B.Conigliaro CF     4  0  1  0 .163     M.Stanley CF        4  0  1  0 .262  
  E.Rodriguez C       3  1  1  0 .231     T.Haller C          3  0  0  0 .091  
  R.Auerbach SS       3  0  0  0 .217     E.Brinkman SS       3  0  0  0 .147  
  B.Parsons P         2  0  1  0 .167     L.Cain P            2  1  0  0 .125  
B-B.Davis PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .344     C.Seelbach P        0  0  0  0 .600  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  6  2                 Totals      31  4  7  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Taylor In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Parsons In 8th Inning
 
Brewers......... 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 4  0 0    -  4  7  1
 
Brewers (8-19)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Parsons LOSS(2-5)       7       6   4   4   1   4   3   4.33
F.Linzy                   1       1   0   0   1   0   0   2.00
Totals                    8       7   4   4   2   4   3
 
Tigers (16-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Cain WIN(1-0)           8 2/3   6   2   1   1   3   1   1.95
C.Seelbach SAVE(4th)      0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4.50
Totals                    9       6   2   1   1   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,702 DATE- Wednesday, May 24th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Lou Dimuro, Bill Deegan,  Larry McCoy, Jim Honochick
T- 2:05
LEFT ON BASE- Brewers: 4  Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Brewers: 0  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- A.Kaline
DOUBLES- B.Heise(3rd), E.Rodriguez(1st)
TRIPLES- M.Stanley(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Scott(5th), D.McAuliffe(3rd), A.Kaline(3rd), N.Cash(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Heise
WALKS- J.Briggs, J.Northrup, L.Cain
STRIKE OUTS- J.Briggs, B.Conigliaro-2, B.Davis, T.Taylor, A.Kaline, N.Cash,
             T.Haller
2-out RBI- B.Heise
RLISP 2-out- T.Reynolds, T.Haller, J.Northrup, M.Stanley
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Norm Cash robbed Billy Conigliaro of a base hit.
 
In a close game the Detroit Tigers put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 6th
inning and got by the Milwaukee Brewers by the score of 4 to 2.
 
Detroit delivered all the runs required in the 6th inning when they tallied 4
runs on 4 hits.  The big moment was provided by Dick McAuliffe who brought a
roar from the partisan Tiger Stadium fans when he popped a two-run clout over
the fence.  Detroit totaled 7 hits on the night.  
 
Les Cain(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 and 2/3 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Chuck Seelbach preserved the game for Cain, recording his
his 4th save.  Bill Parsons(2-5) was the loser.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 7
innings of work.