The Angels score nine runs in the 4th inning but Detroit counters with eight runs in the 6th to win the wild affair, 11 – 9. Aurelio Rodriguez touches off the comeback with a double and ends the scoring with another extra base hit, a three-run homer. In between are six singles and a sac fly.

After playing in 414 games and accumulating over 1500 career at-bats, Larry Bowa hits his first major league home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper at Veterans Stadium. It will take another two years before the 26 year-old shortstop, who will go deep only 15 times in his 16-year career, will put a ball over the fence for a homer.

1972 – In Atlanta, Johnny Bench drives in five runs on a home run, double and single, to lead the Reds to a 12 – 2 win over the Braves.

1972 – Bengals manager Billy Martin literally picks his starting lineup out of a hat in an attempt to halt the Tigers’ four-game losing streak. The ploy works as Detroit defeats Cleveland, 3 – 2. Using a regular lineup in the nightcap, the Tigers lose, 9 – 2.

In an effort to stop a four-game losing streak, Tigers skipper Billy Martin picks his starting lineup out of a hat for the first game of a doubleheader. The idea works as Detroit edges the Indians in the opener, 3-2, but using a regular lineup in the nightcap, the team loses, 9-2.

1972 – The White Sox top the A’s, 3 – 1, in 11 innings. The Sox‚ who were 8 1/2 games behind Oakland on July 18th‚ take over first place in the AL West.

The A’s defeat the White Sox, 5 – 3, on Joe Rudi’s two-run homer in the 19th inning off Stan Bahnsen. The game had been suspended after a 3 – 3 tie in 17 frames yesterday.

After much speculation about the future of the team, the Yankees sign a thirty-year lease to play in the ‘new’ Yankee Stadium beginning in 1976. After completing the Stadium’s 50th-Anniversary next season, the Bronx Bombers will play their home games for the next two years at Shea Stadium while the ‘House that Ruth Built’ is completely remodeled.