Northrup’s wallop wins it for Tigers in ALCS Game 4

Northrup’s wallop wins it for Tigers in ALCS Game 4

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[adrotate banner=”32″] Oct 11, 1972 – The Detroit Tigers even the ALCS series with a 10th-inning 3-run rally to beat the A’s 4-3. Jim Northrup bats in the game-winner after Dave Hamilton walks home the tying run. For eight innings it was a tight pitching duel between Game 1 aces Catfish Hunter and Mickey Lolich….

Bobby Winkles, former head baseball coach at Arizona State, becomes the first major league skipper taken from the collegiate ranks since Hugo Bezdek managed the Pirates in 1917. The Angel coach, who compiled a 524-173 record en route to three national championships with ASU, replaces the fired Del Rice, who spent one season with the fifth-place (75-80) Halos.

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Bobby Winkles, former head baseball coach at Arizona State, becomes the first major league skipper taken from the collegiate ranks since Hugo Bezdek managed the Pirates in 1917. The Angel coach, who compiled a 524-173 record en route to three national championships with ASU, replaces the fired Del Rice, who spent one season with the fifth-place (75-80) Halos.

Bob Moose Wild Pitch gives Reds the NLCS Title
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Bob Moose Wild Pitch gives Reds the NLCS Title

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October 11, 1972 In one of the most dramatic games in franchise history, the Reds clinched the National League pennant with a 4-3 win over the Pirates in game five of the NLCS before 41,887 at Riverfront Stadium. Pittsburgh led 3-1 after four innings. From then on, Pedro Borbon, Clay Carroll and Tom Hall held…