4/19/1972, ELE72-FOR72, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1972 Elephants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 12 0
1972 Fortress 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x 4 10 3 9 1
Elephants AB R H BI AVG Fortress AB R H BI AVG
Clarke 2b 5 2 2 0 .218 Alomar 2b 5 0 1 0 .125
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 1 .263 Thompson ss 4 0 2 0 .260
Powell 1b 5 0 0 0 .276 Goodson 1b 3 0 1 0 .355
Fisk c 4 0 1 0 .196 Bare p 0 0 0 0 .000
May,D cf 4 0 1 1 .318 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 .385
Pina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnson,Da ph 1 0 0 0 .273 Messersmith p 0 0 0 0 .000
Robinson,Br 3b 4 0 0 0 .304 Northrup cf 4 1 2 0 .305
Alley ss 2 0 0 0 .160 Stanton rf 4 1 1 0 .246
Reitz ph 1 0 1 0 .600 Brown,G lf 4 0 0 0 .200
Jackson,S ss 0 0 0 0 .500 McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0 .190
Stahl lf 3 0 2 0 .157 Blefary,C c 2 1 1 0 .276
Briles p 3 0 0 0 .000 Moses pr 1 0 0 1 .083
Lyttle cf 1 0 0 0 .231 Twitchell p 1 0 0 0 .000
37 2 9 2 McCovey ph 3 1 1 2 .105
35 4 10 3
Elephants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Briles 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 86 60 2.79
Pina L 0-2 2.0 2 2 2 1 3 43 27 4.00
8.0 10 4 4 2 7 129 87
Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Twitchell 5.0 4 2 0 3 7 95 56 1.96
Bare 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 23 15 0.00
Dal Canton 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 8 5 2.45
Messersmith W 1-3 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 29 15 2.38
9.0 9 2 0 4 8 155 91
ELE: Lyttle inserted at cf in the 7th
Reitz batted for Alley in the 8th
Jackson,S inserted at ss in the 8th
Johnson,Da batted for Pina in the 9th
FOR: McCovey batted for Twitchell in the 5th
McCovey moved to 1b in the 6th
Moses ran for Blefary,C in the 6th
Moses moved to c in the 7th
Arnold batted for Bare in the 7th
E-Thompson, McMullen, Twitchell. 2B-Reitz(1). HR-McCovey(1).
RBI-Cardenal(15), May,D(8), McCovey 2(4), Moses(4). K-Powell 2, Fisk,
Robinson,Br, Stahl, Briles 3, Alomar 2, Thompson, Northrup, McMullen,
Twitchell, McCovey. BB-Cardenal, Fisk, Alley, Stahl, McMullen, Blefary,C.
PB-Blefary,C. WP-Pina.
Nelson Briles was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 57, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH,
Rain Delays: 85 and 68 minutes.
4/19/1972, ELE72-FOR72, Tiger Stadium
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1972 Elephants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 12 0
1972 Fortress 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x 4 10 3 9 1
Elephants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Clarke 2b 1>3/L S 5>e6.B-2 S.1-3 7
Cardenal rf 53 note 1 W 7 9>S
S.2-H;B-2
Powell 1b k 9.2-3 k 7>7 543/gdp
Fisk c 2>S k note 2 43 W
May,D cf 8 4>3/L S.3-H;1-2 8
Pina p
Johnson,Da ph 6/L
Robinson,Br 3b 7 k 43 8>Dal Canton
53
Alley ss W.1-2 e5.B-2 6>Bare
43
Reitz ph D
Jackson,S ss
Stahl lf k pb.2-3 S S.2-3
IW
Briles p 3>k k k
Lyttle cf note 3
note 4
1: POE1(e1).1-2 2: 46/f.2-3;B-1 3: Messersmith 4: 42.3xH;1-2;B-1
Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Alomar 2b 1>5 S k 7>Pina 64/f
k/b
Thompson ss 43 S.1-2 S k
Goodson 1b S 8 7
Bare p
Arnold ph 3/g
Dal Canton p
Messersmith p
Northrup cf 8 k S.1-3 8>S
Stanton rf 2>3 4>43 8 S.1-3
Brown,G lf 8 7 6>9 9
McMullen 3b S 5 k W.1-2
Blefary,C c 8 5>S W
Moses pr note 1
note 2
Twitchell p 3>k(23)
McCovey ph HR.1-H 64/f k
1: wp.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: FC.3-H;2-3;B-1
Elephants IN OUT ER Fortress IN OUT ER
Briles A1 C9 2 Twitchell A1 C6 0
Pina D1 E1 2 L 0-2 Bare C7 D5 0
Dal Canton D6 D8 0
Messersmith D9 E5 0 W 1-3
4/19/1972, ELE72-FOR72, Tiger Stadium
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1972 Elephants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 12 0
1972 Fortress 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x 4 10 3 9 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Clarke lined out to first (BX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Cardenal grounded out to third (CBX)
0-0 2 --- 12 Powell struck out (FBSC)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Fortress batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Alomar popped out to third (BFBFBX)
0-0 1 --- 02 Thompson grounded out to second (CFFFFFX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Goodson lined a single down the left field line (X)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Northrup flied out to center (BFX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Fisk lined a single to shallow center (BBSCX)
0-0 0 1-- 12 May,D flied out to center (SBFFX)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Robinson,Br lined out to left (11CX)
0-0 2 1-- 30 Alley walked, Fisk to second (BBBB)
0-0 2 12- 02 Stahl struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Fortress batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Stanton popped out to first (CX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Brown,G flied out to center (BX)
0-0 2 --- 00 McMullen lined a single to shallow left (X)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Blefary,C flied out to center (CBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Briles struck out (CSBC)
0-0 1 --- 32 Clarke lined a single to shallow center (BBSFFFBX)
0-0 1 1-- 10 On pickoff throw to first, Clarke to second on an error
by the pitcher Twitchell (Bp1)
0-0 1 -2- 20 Cardenal grounded a single between first and second,
Clarke scored, Cardenal to second (Bp1.BX)
1-0 1 -2- 11 Powell flied out to right, Cardenal to third (BSX)
1-0 2 --3 32 Fisk struck out (CBSBBS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Fortress batting
1-0 0 --- 02 Twitchell struck out, Fisk to Powell (CFS)
1-0 1 --- 11 Alomar lined a single down the right field line (CBX)
1-0 1 1-- 00 Thompson grounded a single between first and second,
Alomar to second (11X)
1-0 1 12- 12 Goodson flied out to center (CFBX)
1-0 2 12- 12 Northrup struck out (CCBS)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Elephants batting
1-0 0 --- 12 May,D lined out to first (FFBX)
1-0 1 --- 22 Robinson,Br struck out (BBCSFS)
1-0 2 --- 11 Alley to second on an error by the third baseman McMullen
(BCX)
1-0 2 -2- 00 Blefary,C allowed a passed ball, Alley to third (B)
1-0 2 --3 30 Stahl was walked intentionally (B.III)
1-0 2 1-3 12 Briles struck out (BSCFS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Fortress batting
1-0 0 --- 11 Stanton grounded out to second (CBX)
1-0 1 --- 32 Brown,G flied out to left (CBBBCFX)
1-0 2 --- 01 McMullen popped out to third (CX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Elephants batting
1-0 0 --- 20 Clarke to second on an error by the shortstop Thompson
(BBX)
1-0 0 -2- 30 Cardenal walked (BBBB)
1-0 0 12- 02 Powell struck out (CCC)
Started raining
1-0 1 12- 21 Fisk grounded to second, forcing Cardenal at second,
Clarke to third, Fisk to first (BSBX)
1-0 2 1-3 22 May,D lined a single to left, Clarke scored, Fisk to
second (1BBSFFX)
2-0 2 12- 00 Robinson,Br grounded out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Fortress batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Blefary,C grounded a single up the middle (X)
Game delayed by rain for 85 minutes
McCovey pinch hitting for Twitchell
2-0 0 1-- 22 McCovey homered deep to right center, Blefary,C scored
(CFBBX)
2-2 0 --- 32 Alomar struck out (CBCBBS)
2-2 1 --- 12 Thompson reached on an infield single to short (BFFX)
2-2 1 1-- 21 Goodson flied out to left (BCBX)
2-2 2 1-- 00 Northrup grounded a single between first and second,
Thompson to third (X)
2-2 2 1-3 00 Stanton flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Elephants batting
Bare now pitching
McCovey moved to first base
2-2 0 --- 20 Alley grounded out to second (BBX)
2-2 1 --- 10 Stahl lined a single to shallow right (BX)
2-2 1 1-- 12 Briles struck out (Fb1BCS)
2-2 2 1-- 00 Clarke lined a single to right center, Stahl to third (1X)
2-2 2 1-3 01 Cardenal flied out to left (CX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Fortress batting
2-2 0 --- 00 Brown,G lined out to right (X)
2-2 1 --- 12 McMullen struck out (CSBS)
2-2 2 --- 32 Blefary,C walked (BFBFBB)
Moses pinch running for Blefary,C
2-2 2 1-- 00 McCovey grounded to short, forcing Moses at second (X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Elephants batting
Moses moved to catcher
2-2 0 --- 11 Powell flied out to left (SBX)
2-2 1 --- 00 Fisk grounded out to second (X)
2-2 2 --- 32 May,D flied out to center (CBBFBFX)
Game delayed by rain for 68 minutes
Briles left the game after a rain delay
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Fortress batting
Lyttle now playing center field
Pina now pitching
2-2 0 --- 22 Alomar struck out on a fouled bunt (CFbBbBbFb)
2-2 1 --- 12 Thompson struck out (FBCC)
Arnold pinch hitting for Bare
2-2 2 --- 11 Arnold grounded out to first (BCX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Elephants batting
Dal Canton now pitching
2-2 0 --- 12 Robinson,Br grounded out to third (BSSX)
Reitz pinch hitting for Alley
2-2 1 --- 00 Reitz lined a double to left center (X)
2-2 1 -2- 20 Stahl lined a single to shallow left, Reitz to third (BBX)
Messersmith now pitching
2-2 1 1-3 12 Lyttle grounded to second, Reitz out at home, Stahl to
second, Lyttle to first (CBFX)
2-2 2 12- 22 Clarke lined out to left (1BBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Fortress batting
Jackson,S now playing shortstop
2-2 0 --- 01 Northrup grounded a single up the middle (CX)
Started raining
2-2 0 1-- 32 Stanton lined a single down the left field line, Northrup
to third (BCFBBX)
2-2 0 1-3 11 Brown,G flied out to right (CBX)
2-2 1 1-3 32 McMullen walked, Stanton to second (CFBBBFFFB)
2-2 1 123 10 Pina threw a wild pitch, Northrup scored, Stanton to
third, McMullen to second (BB)
2-3 1 -23 21 Moses reached on a fielder's choice to second, Stanton
scored, McMullen to third, Moses to first (BB.SX)
2-4 1 1-3 22 McCovey struck out (BBSSC)
2-4 2 1-3 01 Alomar grounded to short, forcing Moses at second (FX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Elephants batting
2-4 0 --- 21 Cardenal lined a single to shallow center (BCBX)
2-4 0 1-- 32 Powell grounded into a double play, McMullen to Alomar to
McCovey (11CSBFBBFX)
2-4 2 --- 30 Fisk walked (BBBB)
Johnson,Da pinch hitting for Pina
2-4 2 1-- 21 Johnson,Da lined out to short (BCBX)