1972 American League Championship Series (ALCS)
Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers

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The 1972 American League Championship Series (ALCS), was the playoff round that Oakland Athletics beat Detroit Tigers to win the 1972 American League pennant. Oakland Athletics advanced to play the winner of the 1972 National League Championship Series in the 1972 World Series

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1972 American League Championship Series (ALCS):
Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers

Oakland Athletics (93 - 62) vs Detroit Tigers (86 - 70).
The Oakland Athletics defeat Detroit Tigers 3 games to 2.

1972 ALCS Game by Game Breakdown 1972 ALCS Game #1 Recap 1972-10-07 at Oakland Coliseum with 29536 people in attendance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Runs Hits Errors Oakland Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 1 Detroit Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2 Pitchers for game 1 in the 1972 ALCS OAK - Hunter, Blue (9), Fingers (9) DET - Lolich, Seelbach (11) Home Runs in game 1 in the 1972 ALCS OAK - DET - Cash, Kaline 1972 ALCS Game #2 Recap 1972-10-08 at Oakland Coliseum with 31088 people in attendance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Runs Hits Errors Oakland Athletics 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 5 8 0 Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Pitchers for game 2 in the 1972 ALCS OAK - Odom DET - Fryman, Zachary (5), Scherman (5), LaGrow (6), Hiller (7) Home Runs in game 2 in the 1972 ALCS OAK - DET - 1972 ALCS Game #3 Recap 1972-10-10 at Tiger Stadium with 41156 people in attendance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Runs Hits Errors Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 1 Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Pitchers for game 3 in the 1972 ALCS DET - Coleman OAK - Holtzman, Fingers (5), Blue (6), Locker (7) Home Runs in game 3 in the 1972 ALCS DET - Freehan OAK - 1972 ALCS Game #4 Recap 1972-10-11 at Tiger Stadium with 37615 people in attendance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Runs Hits Errors Detroit Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 1 Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2 Pitchers for game 4 in the 1972 ALCS DET - Lolich, Seelbach (10), Hiller (10) OAK - Hunter, Fingers (8), Blue (9), Locker (10), Horlen (10), Hamilton (10) Home Runs in game 4 in the 1972 ALCS DET - McAuliffe OAK - Epstein 1972 ALCS Game #5 Recap 1972-10-12 at Tiger Stadium with 50276 people in attendance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Runs Hits Errors Detroit Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 Oakland Athletics 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Pitchers for game 5 in the 1972 ALCS DET - Fryman, Hiller (9) OAK - Odom, Blue (6) Home Runs in game 5 in the 1972 ALCS DET - OAK -