OAK @ DET

October 11, 1972

Final Score: OAK 3 - DET 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Tiger Stadium
Attendance
37,615
Game Duration
184 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
John Hiller
Losing Pitcher
Joe Horlen

Umpires

Home Plate
Don Denkinger
First Base
Nestor Chylak
Second Base
John Rice
Third Base
Red Flaherty

Weather & Field Conditions

Temperature
65°F
Sky
Sunny
Field Condition
Dry
Precipitation
None
Wind Direction
tocf
Wind Speed
17 mph

Line Score

OAK @ DET — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
OAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2
DET 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 1

OAK Batting

OAK @ DET — OAK Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Matty Alou 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .400
Sal Bando 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Vida Blue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tim Cullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dave Duncan 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Epstein 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Rollie Fingers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick Green 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Dave Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
George Hendrick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joe Horlen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Catfish Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Reggie Jackson 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400
Ted Kubiak 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bob Locker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Angel Mangual 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gonzalo Marquez 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Dal Maxvill 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Joe Rudi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gene Tenace 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 39 3 9 3 2 6 3 0 1 0 .231

DET Batting

OAK @ DET — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Gates Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Norm Cash 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Bill Freehan 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
John Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willie Horton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Al Kaline 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Mickey Lolich 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick McAuliffe 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500
Jim Northrup 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200
Aurelio Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chuck Seelbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Duke Sims 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Mickey Stanley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tony Taylor 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 35 4 10 4 6 8 3 0 1 0 .286

OAK Pitching

OAK @ DET — OAK Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Vida Blue - 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Rollie Fingers - 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Dave Hamilton - 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Joe Horlen (L) L 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.00
Catfish Hunter - 7.1 6 1 1 3 5 1 1.23
Bob Locker - 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 10 4 4 6 8 1 4.00

DET Pitching

OAK @ DET — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
John Hiller (W) W 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mickey Lolich - 9.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 1.00
Chuck Seelbach - 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 27.00
Team Totals 10.0 9 3 3 2 6 1 2.70

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