1972 AL Game of Note: Det. @ Oak.

September 2, 1972

Detroit's Mickey Lolich became the 3rd pitcher in the AL to win 20 games this season by defeating the Oakland A's 7-2. Al Kaline hit a Grand Slam Homerun in the 5th inning breaking a 2-2 tie. Lolich went the distance for the 18th time this year, improving his record to 20-5.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Detroit Tigers At 1972 Oakland A's                    9/2/1972
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Taylor 2B         3  1  0  0 .288     B.Campaneris SS     5  0  0  0 .258  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      3  1  0  1 .244     J.Rudi LF           5  0  2  0 .320  
  A.Kaline RF         4  1  1  4 .319     M.Alou RF           5  0  3  0 .316  
  F.Howard 1B         4  1  2  0 .218     R.Jackson CF        3  0  0  0 .284  
  W.Horton LF         4  1  1  0 .205     G.Tenace C          4  0  0  0 .246  
  M.Stanley CF        4  0  0  0 .225     M.Epstein 1B        4  1  2  1 .301  
  B.Freehan C         3  1  1  0 .212     S.Bando 3B          3  1  1  0 .212  
  E.Brinkman SS       4  1  1  0 .172     D.Maxvill 2B        4  0  1  0 .375  
  M.Lolich P          2  0  0  0 .118     V.Blue P            1  0  0  0 .121  
                                          D.Knowles P         0  0  0  0 .400  
                                        A-B.McNulty PH        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          R.Fingers P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-D.Green PH          1  0  0  0 .291  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  7  6  5                 Totals      35  2  9  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 5 0  0 0 0  -  7  6  1
A's............. 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  9  1
 
Tigers (73-54)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(20-5)        9       9   2   2   2   9   1   2.30
Totals                    9       9   2   2   2   9   1
 
A's (70-56)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Blue LOSS(8-5)          4 1/3   6   7   5   3   2   1   3.96
D.Knowles                 1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3.99
R.Fingers                 3       0   0   0   1   4   0   2.57
Totals                    9       6   7   5   4   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,577 DATE- Saturday, September 2nd 1972 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Larry Barnett, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 1  A's:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  A's: 3
ERRORS- T.Taylor, V.Blue
DOUBLES- W.Horton(12th)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(10th), M.Epstein(28th)
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Blue
WALKS- T.Taylor, A.Rodriguez, B.Freehan, M.Lolich, S.Bando, B.McNulty
HIT BY PITCH- R.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- A.Rodriguez-2, A.Kaline-2, W.Horton, M.Stanley, M.Lolich,
             B.Campaneris-2, M.Alou, R.Jackson-3, G.Tenace, D.Maxvill, V.Blue
GIDP- T.Taylor, B.Freehan, E.Brinkman, B.Campaneris
WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich
RLISP 2-out- G.Tenace, J.Rudi-3, B.Campaneris, M.Epstein
 
Mickey Lolich pitched a complete game as the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland
A's by a score of 7 to 2. Al Kaline hit a Grand Slam in the 5th inning.
 
Lolich(20-5) pitched a fine game.  He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.
Detroit won despite being out-hit by Oakland 9 hits to 6.  
 
Vida Blue(8-5) took the loss.  He allowed Detroit 7 runs in 4 and 1/3 innings
of work.