The Oakland A's had a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th inning at Yankee Stadium before the New York batters finally got to starter Catfish Hunter in Game 1 of the 1972 ALCS. With 2 out and a runner on 1st, Thurman Munson doubled to left-centerfield scoring pinch runner Jerry Kenney from 1st base on a close play at the plate. Roy White then followed with a single to center, scoring Munson on another close play at the plate and giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead. Sparky Lyle came on in relief for the 9th inning and closed out the game, giving New York a 1-0 lead in the best of 5 series. Ken Holtzman will be going for the A's tomorrow and Mel Stottelmyre will get the start for the Yankees.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Oakland A's At 1972 New York Yankees 10/7/1972
A's AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
B.Campaneris SS 4 0 0 0 .000 H.Clarke 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
M.Alou RF 4 1 2 0 .500 T.Munson C 4 1 3 1 .750
C-G.Hendrick CF 0 0 0 0 ---- R.White LF 4 0 2 1 .500
J.Rudi LF 4 0 2 0 .500 B.Murcer CF 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Jackson CF,RF 3 0 0 1 .000 R.Blomberg 1B 3 0 0 0 .000
M.Epstein 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Callison RF 3 0 0 0 .000
S.Bando 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Allen 3B 2 0 0 0 .000
D.Duncan C 4 0 2 0 .500 A-C.Sanchez 3B 1 0 0 0 .000
F-B.Odom PR 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Michael SS 2 0 0 0 .000
D.Green 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 E-J.Kenney PR,SS 0 1 0 0 ----
G-A.Mangual PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Kline P 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Hunter P 3 0 2 0 .667 B-F.Alou PH 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Gardner P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-R.Torres PH 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 1 10 1 Totals 29 2 5 2
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Allen In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kline In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Alou In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Gardner In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Michael In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Duncan In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Green In 9th Inning
INJURY: Bernie Allen INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
A's............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 5 0
A's (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Hunter LOSS(0-1) 7 2/3 5 2 2 1 0 0 2.35
D.Knowles 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 8 5 2 2 2 0 0
Yankees (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Kline 6 7 1 1 0 1 0 1.50
R.Gardner WIN(1-0) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S.Lyle SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 10 1 1 0 1 0
ATTENDANCE- 50,813 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1972 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Jim Odom, Don Denkinger, Ron Luciano
T- 1:54
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 7 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- M.Alou(1st), C.Hunter, T.Munson(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Rudi(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Munson(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Jackson
WALKS- B.Murcer, R.Blomberg
HIT BY PITCH- G.Michael
STRIKE OUTS- R.Jackson
GIDP- B.Campaneris
2-out RBI- T.Munson, R.White
RLISP 2-out- M.Epstein-2, R.Blomberg-2, B.Campaneris-2, C.Sanchez, R.Jackson,
B.Murcer
One run was the difference at Yankee Stadium as the New York Yankees defeated
the Oakland A's 2 to 1.
Rob Gardner(1-0) contributed a very nice performance in relief. He was stingy
on the mound, allowing just 2 hits and no walks in 2 innings. Oakland had a
chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.
Sparky Lyle got the save, his 1st. Catfish Hunter(0-1) was tagged with the
loss. He pitched 7 and 2/3 innings and surrendered 5 hits and 1 walk.
'We didn't get the key hits when we needed them' Dick Williams said. 'We did
what we could, we just didn't pull out the win. What can you say?'
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