Although held to only three hits by Jim Lonborg, the Tigers scored with the aid of walks in the eighth and ninth innings o defeat the Brewers, 2-1. The Brewers counted their tally off Mickey Lolich in the third on a pass to Rick Auerbach, a sacrifice and a single by Ellie Rodriguez.

Lonborg protected the lead until the eighth when Jim Northrup walked and scored from second with two out on a pinch-single by Duke Sims, who batted for Lolich. In the ninth, Dick McAuliffe walked and Mickey Stanley sacrificed. After an intentional pass to pinch-hitter Al Kaline, Bill Freehan fiied out but Norm Cash came to the plate and singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 3 0 Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .234 Theobald 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Stanley cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Lahoud ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 G. Brown lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .234 O'Brien ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Kaline rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Rodriguez c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .291 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 May cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Cash 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .254 Heise ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Northrup rf,lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Davis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .199 Brown rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Lolich p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .076 Ferraro 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Sims ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .200 T. Reynolds lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Staton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Auerbach ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 .216 Zachary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lonborg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .159 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Totals 26 2 3 2 5 7 Totals 28 1 5 1 2 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 7,762 Left on Base: Tigers 4, Brewers 4 DP: Tigers 1, Brewers 2 Doubles: Theobald (8) Caught Stealing: Staton (1), Auerbach (7) Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2), Lonborg 2 (9) GIDP: Stanley (15), Freehan (6), T. Reynolds (4) Hit by Pitch: McAuliffe (2,by Lonborg) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich 7 4 1 1 1 5 0 25 2.56 Zachary 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.92 Scherman W(7-3) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.51 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 6 0 32 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lonborg L(12-11) 9 3 2 2 5 7 0 33 2.79 Totals 9 3 2 2 5 7 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (10) Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe was hit by a pitch; Stanley grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; G. Brown walked; Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Theobald doubled to left; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); May lined to shortstop; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash walked; Northrup struck out; Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Brown struck out; Ferraro singled to right; T. Reynolds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ferraro out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe flied out to left; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach walked; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Auerbach to second]; Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first) [Auerbach to third]; Rodriguez singled to right [Auerbach scored]; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown singled to right; Freehan grounded into a double play (second to first) [G. Brown out at second]; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown made an out to shortstop; Ferraro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 5TH: T. Reynolds flied out to right; Auerbach made an out to shortstop; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Lolich struck out; McAuliffe struck out; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. TIGERS 7TH: G. Brown flied out to left; Freehan struck out; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown singled to left; Ferraro flied out to right; T. Reynolds made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Northrup walked; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first) [Northrup to second]; Brinkman flied out to right; SIMS BATTED FOR LOLICH; Sims singled to center [Northrup scored]; STATON RAN FOR SIMS; Staton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: ZACHARY REPLACED STATON (PITCHING); Auerbach singled to left; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Auerbach to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR THEOBALD; SCHERMAN REPLACED ZACHARY (PITCHING); O'BRIEN BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Auerbach was caught stealing third (catcher to third); O'Brien struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Brewers 1. TIGERS 9TH: O'BRIEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); McAuliffe walked; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown was walked intentionally; Freehan flied out to center [McAuliffe to third]; Cash singled to right [G. Brown to second, McAuliffe scored]; Northrup flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KALINE REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING RF); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); HEISE BATTED FOR MAY; Heise walked; DAVIS RAN FOR HEISE; Scott flied out to center; Brown forced Davis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

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