The Oakland A's had a come-from-behind, extra inning victory over the New York Yankees tonight, and with the win moved past the Minnesota Twins for 1st place in the AL West. The A's trailed 7-1 before getting 4 runs in the 7th and 2 in the 9th to tie it up, sending the game into extra innings. 3 straight base hits to start the bottom of the 10th inning resulted in a 8-7 Oakland win. The A's moved past the Twins, who have held the top spot in the AL West since May 3rd.
BOXSCORE: 1972 New York Yankees At 1972 Oakland A's 7/4/1972
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG
H.Clarke 2B 4 1 1 0 .318 B.Campaneris SS 5 1 0 0 .275
T.Munson C 5 0 0 0 .277 J.Rudi LF 5 0 2 2 .329
B.Murcer CF 4 2 1 0 .289 R.Jackson CF 4 0 0 0 .299
R.White LF 3 1 2 0 .300 M.Epstein 1B 4 2 2 1 .300
R.Blomberg 1B 5 1 3 3 .276 B.Voss RF 5 2 2 0 .255
B.Allen 3B 5 2 2 3 .226 S.Bando 3B 4 1 1 0 .224
R.Torres RF 4 0 0 0 .178 D.Duncan C 2 2 1 2 .183
G.Michael SS 5 0 2 0 .224 T.Cullen 2B 3 0 0 1 .333
M.Stottlemyre P 1 0 0 0 .237 C-A.Mangual PH 0 0 0 0 .300
L.McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 .333 E-G.Tenace 2B 0 0 0 0 .317
B-F.Alou PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Odom P 1 0 0 0 .125
S.Lyle P 1 0 0 0 .250 A-M.Hegan PH 1 0 0 0 .432
D.Knowles P 1 0 1 1 .571
D-A.Garrett PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Horlen P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 38 7 11 6 Totals 36 8 9 7
A-Pinch Hit For Odom In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McDaniel In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cullen In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Mangual In 10th Inning
Yankees......... 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 2
A's............. 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 - 8 9 2
Yankees (40-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Stottlemyr 6 1/3 4 5 1 2 5 1 2.69
L.McDaniel HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.29
S.Lyle LOSS(2-3) BS(4th) 2 5 3 3 2 2 0 2.41
Totals 9 9 8 4 4 7 1
A's (42-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Odom 5 7 7 6 3 1 2 3.01
D.Knowles 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 3.44
J.Horlen WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.63
Totals 10 11 7 6 5 2 2
ATTENDANCE- 16,968 DATE- Tuesday, July 4th 1972 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Larry Barnett, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 A's: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 A's: 1
ERRORS- B.Murcer, G.Michael, D.Duncan, T.Cullen
DOUBLES- R.Blomberg-2(8th), G.Michael(2nd), B.Voss(6th)
TRIPLES- H.Clarke(4th), J.Rudi(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Allen-2(7th), M.Epstein(14th)
STOLEN BASES- R.White(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Stottlemyre-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Duncan
WALKS- H.Clarke, B.Murcer, R.White-2, R.Torres, R.Jackson, M.Epstein, S.Bando,
D.Duncan
HIT BY PITCH- D.Duncan, A.Mangual
STRIKE OUTS- T.Munson, M.Stottlemyre, B.Campaneris, J.Rudi, R.Jackson, B.Voss,
B.Odom, M.Hegan, A.Garrett
GIDP- R.Blomberg, T.Cullen
WILD PITCHES- D.Knowles
2-out RBI- R.Blomberg-2, J.Rudi-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Voss-2, R.White, H.Clarke, T.Munson-2, S.Bando, R.Blomberg,
R.Jackson, M.Epstein, S.Lyle
Mike Epstein slammed a homerun as the Oakland A's defeated the New York
Yankees in 10 innings by the score of 8 to 7 at Oakland Co Stadium.
The game was deadlocked at 7 after nine full innings. Oakland won the hard
fought contest in the 10th inning. Bill Voss slapped a one-base hit. Sal
Bando stepped up to the plate and he lined a base-hit. Dave Duncan then
stroked a base-hit resulting in an exciting win for Oakland and a wild
post-game celebration by the home town fans. Oakland managed 9 hits in their
victory.
Joe Horlen(1-0) allowed no runs in 1 inning, and picked up the victory. Sparky
Lyle(2-3) ended up with the loss in relief. He got hit hard, allowing 5 hits
and 2 walks in 2 innings.
With this win, Oakland has a division leading 42-28 record. They have been
7-3 lately. With the loss New York now has a record of 40-26.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1972 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1972 New York NYA 40 26 .606 ---- 91 31 35 .470 79 76 .510
1972 Detroit DEA 36 32 .529 5.0 37 31 .544 86 70 .551
1972 Cleveland CLA 34 33 .507 6.5 28 39 .418 72 84 .462
1972 Milwaukee MLA 33 34 .493 7.5 27 40 .403 65 91 .417
1972 Baltimore BAA 28 40 .412 13.0 38 30 .559 80 74 .519
1972 Boston BOA 27 39 .409 13.0 32 34 .485 85 70 .548
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1972 Oakland OAA 42 28 .600 ---- 93 46 24 .657 93 62 .600
1972 Minnesota MNA 41 28 .594 .5 36 33 .522 77 77 .500
1972 Kansas City KCA 39 30 .565 2.5 34 35 .493 76 78 .494
1972 California CAA 33 39 .458 10.0 32 40 .444 75 80 .484
1972 Chicago CHA 32 38 .457 10.0 41 29 .586 87 67 .565
1972 Texas TEA 26 44 .371 16.0 29 41 .414 54 100 .351
