Oakland's Ken Holtzman shut down the New York batters and drove in 3 runs with 2 hits, almost single-handily winning Game 2 for the A's 4-0. Holtzman went the distance, getting a shutout victory and evening the Series 1 game to 1. Reggie Jackson opened the scoring for Oakland with a solo blast in the 2nd inning off Yankee starter Mel Stottlemyre. Before the inning was over Holtzman had driven in 2 more runs and had enough run support to win the game. The two teams have the day off tomorrow and head to Oakland for the last 3 games of the 5 game Series.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Oakland A's At 1972 New York Yankees 10/8/1972
A's AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
B.Campaneris SS 5 0 0 0 .000 H.Clarke 2B 4 0 1 0 .125
M.Alou RF 4 0 3 0 .625 T.Munson C 3 0 1 0 .571
C-G.Hendrick CF 1 0 0 0 .000 R.White LF 4 0 1 0 .375
J.Rudi LF 5 0 2 0 .444 B.Murcer CF 4 0 0 0 .000
R.Jackson CF,RF 4 1 2 1 .286 J.Ellis 1B 4 0 2 0 .500
M.Epstein 1B 3 1 1 0 .286 F.Alou RF 4 0 0 0 .000
A-M.Hegan PR,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Sanchez 3B 4 0 1 0 .200
S.Bando 3B 5 2 1 0 .111 G.Michael SS 4 0 1 0 .167
D.Duncan C 4 0 0 0 .250 M.Stottlemyre P 2 0 0 0 .000
D.Green 2B 2 0 1 0 .400 L.McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 ----
K.Holtzman P 4 0 2 3 .500 B-R.Swoboda PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Cox P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 38 4 12 4 Totals 34 0 7 0
A-Pinch Ran For Epstein In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McDaniel In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Alou In 8th Inning
A's............. 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 12 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
A's (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Holtzman WIN(1-0) 9 7 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 0 0 1 1 0
Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Stottlemyr LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 11 4 3 0 4 1 4.76
L.McDaniel 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
C.Cox 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 12 4 3 2 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,679 DATE- Sunday, October 8th 1972 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Larry Barnett, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- A's:11 Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Yankees: 1
ERRORS- C.Sanchez
DOUBLES- K.Holtzman, T.Munson(2nd), J.Ellis(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Michael(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Jackson(1st)
WALKS- R.Jackson, M.Epstein, T.Munson
HIT BY PITCH- D.Green-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Alou, G.Hendrick, R.Jackson, S.Bando, D.Duncan-2, K.Holtzman,
B.Murcer
GIDP- J.Rudi
RLISP 2-out- B.Campaneris, G.Michael, B.Murcer-2, M.Epstein, M.Alou, J.Rudi-2,
R.Swoboda, S.Bando
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Thurman Munson blocked the plate, saving a run!
Ken Holtzman hurled a fine complete game shutout and he had 2 base hits and 3
RBI at Yankee Stadium as the Oakland A's beat the New York Yankees by the
count of 4 to 0.
Holtzman(1-0) was in control of the game from the outset. He surrendered only
7 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. Oakland banged out 12 hits on the afternoon.
Mel Stottlemyre(0-1) was the loser. He surrendered 11 hits and no walks in 5
and 2/3 innings.
