Cesar Gutierrez became the first player in modern major league history to collect seven straight hits in one game as the Tigers defeated the Indians in 12 innings, 9-8, to sweep a doubleheader. Mickey Stanley decided the game with a homer. In the opener, Elliott Maddox, Dick McAuliffe and Stanley each batted in two runs as the Tigers snapped the Indians' seven-game winning streak, 7-2. Norm Cash contributed a homer. Jack Heidemann accounted for the Indians' two runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth innning.

In the nightcap, Gutierrez singled in the first, third and fifth innings, doubled in the seventh and singled in the eighth, 10th and 12th. Tony Horton hit a grand-slam homer for the Indians in the first and collected a fifth RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Chuck Hinton and Ted Uhlaender also homered for the Indians, while the Tigers had two homers by Dick McAuliffe and one by Al Kaline, each coming with a man on base, in addition to Stanley's winning wallop. The Tigers tied the score at 8-8 in the eighth when Gates Brown doubled and Gutierrez singled. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      21, 1970 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  4  -   7  8  2
Indians      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   1   2   2     0   0   .275      Heidemann ss          5   0   1   2     0   1   .214
  I. Brown 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .389      Leon 2b               5   0   0   0     0   2   .217
Stanley cf            5   0   2   2     0   2   .259      Pinson cf             4   0   2   0     1   0   .311
Northrup rf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Fosse c               5   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .319      Horton 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Cash 1b               3   2   1   1     1   1   .227      Foster lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .257
Freehan c             2   2   1   0     2   0   .217      Hinton rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .310
Maddox 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .231      Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .204
Szotkiewicz ss        3   1   0   0     1   2   .130      Hand p                0   0   0   0     1   0   .167
Cain p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .040        Rollins ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
  Niekro p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .167        McDowell pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Timmermann p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Klimchock ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .184
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240

Totals               34   7   8   7     5   8             Totals               33   2   6   2     7   7

Time of Game: 2:44
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Indians 11
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 0
Errors: I. Brown, Maddox
Doubles: Freehan (8), Maddox (4), Stanley (6)
Home Runs: Cash (8)
GIDP: Klimchock (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain                    3.1   3   2   2   5   4   0  19   4.03
Niekro W(7-6)           3.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  13   3.46
Timmermann SV(6)        2     0   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.86
Totals                  9     6   2   2   7   7   0  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand L(2-6)             4     5   3   3   1   2   1  17   4.56
Higgins                 2     0   0   0   2   3   0   8   5.74
Hennigan                2.2   3   4   4   2   3   0  13   4.02
Paul                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.61
Totals                  9     8   7   7   5   8   1  39

Wild Pitches: Cain (5)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Heidemann reached on an error by Maddox [Heidemann
to first]; Leon struck out; Pinson singled to left [Heidemann to
second]; Fosse lined to center; Horton walked [Heidemann to
third, Pinson to second]; Foster lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton popped to first in foul territory; Cash
homered; Freehan grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hinton grounded out (second to first); Nettles
walked; Hand walked [Nettles to second]; Heidemann lined to
center; Leon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Szotkiewicz was called out on strikes; Cain grounded
out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe singled to center; Stanley
singled to center [McAuliffe to third]; Northrup lined to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Fosse struck
out; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians
0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton popped to catcher in foul territory; Cash
walked; Freehan doubled to left [Cash to third]; Maddox doubled
to center [Cash scored, Freehan scored]; Maddox was out trying
to advance to third (catcher to third); Szotkiewicz struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Foster singled to center; Hinton walked [Foster to
second]; Cain threw a wild pitch [Foster to third]; Nettles
struck out; ROLLINS BATTED FOR HAND; Rollins walked [Hinton to
second]; MCDOWELL RAN FOR ROLLINS; Heidemann singled to center
[Foster scored, Hinton scored, McDowell to second]; NIEKRO
REPLACED CAIN (PITCHING); Leon lined to center; Pinson flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 5TH: HIGGINS REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Niekro struck
out; McAuliffe lined to right; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse flied out to right; Horton popped to
shortstop; Foster popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup popped to third in foul territory; Horton
walked; Cash struck out; Freehan walked [Horton to second];
Maddox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Hinton singled to center; Nettles walked [Hinton to
second]; KLIMCHOCK BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Klimchock grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Hinton to third,
Nettles out at second]; Heidemann was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 7TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED KLIMCHOCK (PITCHING); Szotkiewicz
popped to second; Niekro was called out on strikes; McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Leon was called out on strikes; Pinson singled to
right; Fosse singled to left [Pinson out at third (left to
third)]; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley struck out; Northrup popped to shortstop;
Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Foster
struck out; Hinton grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash grounded out (first to pitcher); Freehan
walked; Maddox singled to left [Freehan to second]; Szotkiewicz
walked [Freehan to third, Maddox to second]; Timmermann was
called out on strikes; McAuliffe singled to right [Freehan
scored, Maddox scored, Szotkiewicz to third, McAuliffe to second
(on throw)]; Stanley doubled to center [Szotkiewicz scored,
McAuliffe scored]; PAUL REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); Northrup
popped to shortstop; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: I. BROWN REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PLAYING 2B); UHLAENDER
BATTED FOR PAUL; Uhlaender reached on an error by I. Brown
[Uhlaender to second]; Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to
first); Leon flied out to center; Pinson walked; Fosse forced
Pinson (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 7,
Indians 2.