Brewers @ Yankees
August 12, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Brewers 6 14 1
Yankees 10 13 0
Top 9 R H E
Brewers 6 14 1
Yankees 10 13 0

John Briggs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .280
OBP .250 .368
At Bats 4 296
Hits 1 83
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 2 48

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 26
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Yankee Stadium - August 12, 1972
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson
Ron Blomberg
Horace Clarke
Celerino Sanchez
Gene Michael
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Ron Swoboda
John Briggs
Ollie Brown
Dave May
John Felske

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Brewers 6 14 1 9
New York Yankees 10 13 0 7
Winning Pitcher Fritz Peterson
Losing Pitcher Jim Lonborg
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Celerino Sanchez
Attendance 12,734
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Briggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heise scores. Felske moves to third. May moves to second.
Top 9 Scott strikes out.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Munson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez scores. Heise moves to third. Felske moves to second.
Top 9 John Felske pinch hits for Jerry Bell. Felske hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third. Heise moves to second.
Top 9 Auerbach hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Heise hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 9 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Blomberg hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields the ball and throws to Bell covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jerry Bell now pitching. Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heise scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Briggs hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores.
Top 8 Scott hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. May moves to third.
Top 8 Ron Swoboda now playing right field. May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Lyle hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien juggles the ball. That's an error on O'Brien.
Bottom 7 Sanchez hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Callison hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Blomberg is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 White hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Clarke scores. Munson moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ken Sanders now pitching. Bob Heise now playing second base. Murcer is walked intentionally. Munson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 7 Syd O'Brien now playing third base. Earl Stephenson now pitching. Clarke takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Theobald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Auerbach is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Tommie Reynolds pinch hits for Jim Lonborg. Syd O'Brien pinch runs for Mike Ferraro. Reynolds hits a line drive towards short. Michael reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. Ferraro moves to third.
Top 7 Ferraro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Michael hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sanchez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Briggs who is chasing the ball. Sanchez reaches third base with a triple. Callison goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Briggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 5 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 May hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Theobald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Auerbach hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ferraro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lonborg bunts towards the mound. Peterson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ferraro is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Briggs hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Blomberg. The throw from Rodriguez and he is out, Auerbach applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Callison hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Bottom 3 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Murcer strikes out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Peterson covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Callison tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Peterson bunts towards the mound. Lonborg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Callison moves to third. Michael moves to second.
Bottom 2 Michael takes first base on ball four. Callison moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blomberg scores.
Bottom 2 Blomberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of May who is chasing the ball. Blomberg reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Theobald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Auerbach hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lonborg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Briggs scores. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 2 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ferraro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Briggs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Briggs reaches third base with a triple. Scott scores. Brown goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Top 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Murcer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Theobald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 May is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Theobald hits a line drive towards third. Sanchez catches it and throws to first to double up Auerbach.
Top 1 Auerbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.