Al Kaline collected the 2,500th hit of his major league career and Willie Horton drove in his 500th run, but the Athletics scored four unearned runs after two were out in the sixth inning to defeat the Tigers, 4-2. Kaline singled for his milestone hit in the fifth inning, took second on a single by Norm Cash and scored when Horton singled.

Bert Campaneris singled with two away in the A's sixth and scored when Earl Wilson threw wildly on a smash to the mound by Felipe Alou. A single by Joe Rudi plated Alou to tie the game at 2-2. After Sal Bando walked, Don Mincher and Frank Fernandez followed with run-scoring singles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Friday, June      5, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  2
A's          0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  x  -   4  6  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Campaneris ss         3   1   1   0     1   0   .229
Gutierrez ss          3   1   0   0     1   0   .224      Alou rf,lf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .338
  Jones ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .232      Rudi lf               4   1   1   1     0   2   .325
Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     1   2   .331        Jackson rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .242      Bando 3b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .267
Horton lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .313      Mincher 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Northrup cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Fernandez c           4   0   1   1     0   3   .271
Freehan c             2   0   2   0     2   0   .228      Monday cf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .283
Wert 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .183      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Wilson p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Odom p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Francona ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Lachemann p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               32   2   6   1     7   5             Totals               31   4   6   3     2   9

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  6,915
Left on Base: Tigers 10, A's 5
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Errors: Gutierrez, Wilson, Campaneris
GIDP: Kaline (7)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(3-3)           5.2   5   4   0   1   5   0  24   3.39
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.14
Patterson               1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   7.04
Kilkenny                1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   6.09
Totals                  8     6   4   0   2   9   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom                    4.1   5   2   1   5   1   0  23   4.40
Segui W(2-3)            1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.16
Lachemann SV(1)         3     1   0   0   1   3   0  10   1.35
Totals                  9     6   2   1   7   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bob Stewart


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe popped to third in foul territory;
Gutierrez walked; Kaline walked [Gutierrez to second]; Cash
forced Kaline (second to shortstop) [Gutierrez scored (error by
Campaneris) (unearned) (no RBI), Cash to second]; Horton popped
to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to center; Alou lined to
shortstop; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Freehan
singled to left; Wert forced Freehan (third to second); Wilson
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando lined to left; Mincher lined to second;
Fernandez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe walked; Gutierrez forced McAuliffe (third
to second); Kaline struck out; Cash walked [Gutierrez to
second]; Horton forced Cash (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Monday singled to left; Green made an out to
shortstop; Odom flied out to right; Campaneris reached on an
error by Gutierrez [Monday to second]; Monday was picked off
second (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to center; Freehan walked; Wert
singled to left [Freehan to second]; Wilson made an out to
shortstop; McAuliffe flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Rudi grounded out (catcher to first); Bando struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Gutierrez popped to first in foul territory; Kaline
singled to center; Cash singled to left [Kaline to second];
Horton singled to center [Cash to second, Kaline scored]; SEGUI
REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Northrup flied out to left; Freehan
walked [Cash to third, Horton to second]; Wert flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Mincher grounded out (pitcher to first);
Fernandez struck out; Monday grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Wilson struck out; McAuliffe made an out to second;
Gutierrez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Green flied out to right; FRANCONA BATTED FOR
SEGUI; Francona struck out; Campaneris singled to left; Alou
reached on an error by Wilson [Alou to third, Campaneris scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Rudi singled to center [Alou scored
(unearned)]; Bando walked [Rudi to second]; Mincher singled to
center [Bando to third, Rudi scored (unearned)]; Fernandez
singled to left [Mincher to third, Bando scored (unearned)];
SCHERMAN REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); Monday struck out; 4 R (0
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 7TH: LACHEMANN REPLACED FRANCONA (PITCHING); Kaline
struck out; Cash made an out to third; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: PATTERSON REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Green
flied out to right; Lachemann was called out on strikes;
Campaneris walked; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup struck out; Freehan singled to center; Wert
forced Freehan (pitcher to second); G. BROWN BATTED FOR
PATTERSON; G. Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KILKENNY REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Rudi
struck out; Bando singled to left; Mincher flied out to center;
Fernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics
4.

TIGERS 9TH: JACKSON REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); McAuliffe flied out to left; JONES
BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ; Jones walked; Kaline grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Jones out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 4.