1972 AL Championship Series Game 2

October 8, 1972

 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 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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.