Wed 8-9-72: DET 6-8, NY 4-6 (DH)

Bronx, NY- The Tigers battled back from a 5-0 deficit, outlasting the New York Yankees, 8-6 in 13 innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, gaining a sweep of the twinbill at Yankee Stadium. Detroit won Game 1, 6-4.

The home run-happy Tigers (64-41) slugged five round trippers in the two games, running their winning streak to four games.

In Game 1, Dick McAuliffe (8) and Aurelio Rodriguez (11) hit back-to-back solo homers in the seventh inning to broaden the Tigers' lead to 6-2. The Yankees rallied in the ninth inning on a two-run homer off the bat of Horace Clarke to account for the final score.

Woodie Fryman (1-0) got the win in the first game, in his first start as a Tiger since being claimed off waivers from Philadelphia last week. Fryman won despite issuing seven walks in 8.1 innings. Chris Zachary (7) got the save. Catcher Duke Sims, acquired from the Dodgers two days after the Tigers picked up Fryman, started the scoring with his first home run as a Tiger, a two-run shot in the second inning.

In Game 2, the Yankees scored five runs in the third inning off starter Tom Timmermann, but the Tigers chipped away, finally tying the game, 6-6, in the eighth inning. They won it in the 13th on a pair of bases-loaded walks, both issued by Jim Roland to the only two Tigers batters he faced.

Red-hot Willie Horton slugged a two-run homer (11) in the fourth inning of the second game to start the Tigers' rally. In the 13th with one out, Jim Northrup and Bill Freehan singled. Horton walked, which brought Roland in the game to relieve Ron Klimkowski. But the lefty walked both batters he faced, forcing in two runs. John Hiller (4-6) pitched four innings of shutout relief to earn the victory.

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GAME 1
DET 020 002 200 6-14-0
NY  000 200 002 4-7-0

WP: Fryman (1-0)
SV: Zachary (7)
LP: Stottlemyre
HR: Sims (DET; 1); McAuliffe (DET; 8); Rodriguez (DET; 11); Clarke (NY)

GAME 2
DET 000 201 210 000 2 8-16-3
NY  005 001 000 000 0 6-12-2

WP: Hiller (4-6)
LP: Klimkowski
HR: Horton (DET; 11); Freehan (DET; 17)

Tigers overall: 64-41
Home: 30-20
Away: 34-21