Four walks, the last one coming with the bases loaded, enabled the Tigers to score a run in the ninth inning for a 10-9 victory over the Twins. Jim Northrup homered with two men on base for the Tigers in the third, but the Twins exploded for six runs in the sixth, including a homer by Tony Oliva. The Tigers came back with six in the seventh to take a 9-6 lead. However, pinch-homers by Charlie Manuel in the eighth and Bob Allison in the ninth, Allison's blow coming with a man on base, tied the score. In the Tigers' half, Al Kaline walked and was forced by Norm Cash. After Bill Freehan grounded out, passes to Don Wert and Ike Brown loaded the bases. Bill Zepp then relieved Pete Hamm and walked Elliott Maddox on five pitches to force in the Tigers' winning run. [The Sporting News] |
Detroit Tigers 10, Minnesota Twins 9
Game Played on Friday, July 31, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 - 9 16 0 Tigers 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 - 10 7 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .299 McAuliffe 2b 3 1 1 2 2 0 .266 Thompson 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .250 Stanley cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .264 Oliva rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .326 Northrup rf,lf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .278 Killebrew 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .307 G. Brown lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Reese 1b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .271 Kaline rf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .284 Alyea lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .295 Cash 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .252 Holt lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Freehan c 4 0 0 1 0 0 .231 Allison ph,lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .173 Wert 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .234 Cardenas ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .282 Gutierrez ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Tischinski c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Nagelson ph 0 1 0 1 2 0 .161 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ratliff c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 I. Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLain p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Manuel ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .217 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Hamm p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Zepp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Maddox ph,ss 2 1 1 2 1 1 .238 Totals 41 9 16 8 3 2 Totals 32 10 7 10 11 4 Time of Game: 3:17 Attendance: 35,247 Left on Base: Twins 8, Tigers 9 DP: Twins 0, Tigers 2 Errors: Wert Doubles: Oliva (16), Maddox (8) Home Runs: Oliva (17), Manuel (1), Allison (1), Northrup (20) Sacrifice Hits: McLain (2) Hit by Pitch: Freehan (4,by Hall) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 6 3 5 5 5 1 1 26 2.87 Perranoski 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 1.84 Williams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.58 Hall 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 2.75 Hamm L(0-1) 1.2 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 10.80 Zepp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.18 Totals 8.2 7 10 10 11 4 1 45 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McLain 5 8 4 4 1 1 1 23 4.89 Patterson 0.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 6 4.69 Scherman 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.83 LaGrow 1.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 5.40 Hiller 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 3.31 Timmermann W(4-3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.44 Totals 9 16 9 9 3 2 3 44 Hit by Pitch: Hall (2) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson struck out; Oliva made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Stanley popped to third in foul territory; Northrup flied out to center; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew singled to right; Reese flied out to left; Alyea singled to left [Killebrew to second]; Cardenas lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Alyea out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan flied out to center; Wert flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 3RD: Tischinski lined to shortstop; Blyleven flied out to right; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Gutierrez singled to left; McLain out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gutierrez to second]; McAuliffe popped to second; Stanley walked; Northrup homered [Gutierrez scored, Stanley scored]; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva doubled to left; Killebrew flied out to center; Reese lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 4TH: Cash grounded out (second to first); Freehan flied out to center; Wert grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 5TH: Alyea lined to second; Cardenas lined to right; Tischinski singled to left; Blyleven singled to center [Tischinski to third]; Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 5TH: Gutierrez grounded out (third to first); McLain flied out to right; McAuliffe walked; Stanley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 6TH: Thompson singled to center; Oliva homered [Thompson scored]; Killebrew walked; Reese singled to right [Killebrew to second]; PATTERSON REPLACED MCLAIN (PITCHING); Alyea singled to right [Killebrew scored, Reese scored (error by Wert) (no RBI), Alyea to second]; Cardenas singled to right [Alyea scored]; Tischinski grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Cardenas to second]; Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to left [Cardenas to third]; Thompson singled to center [Cardenas scored, Tovar to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 6 R, 7 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); G. Brown made an out to shortstop; Cash walked; Freehan forced Cash (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 3. TWINS 7TH: KALINE REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING RF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Killebrew walked; Reese forced Killebrew (first to shortstop); Alyea flied out to right; Cardenas forced Reese (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 3. TIGERS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING LF); Wert singled to left; NAGELSON BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ; Nagelson walked [Wert to second]; JONES BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; PERRANOSKI REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR JONES; Maddox doubled to left [Wert scored, Nagelson to third]; McAuliffe singled to center [Nagelson scored, Maddox scored]; Stanley singled to left [McAuliffe to second]; Northrup singled to right [McAuliffe scored, Stanley to second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED PERRANOSKI (PITCHING); Kaline walked [Stanley to third, Northrup to second]; HALL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Cash struck out; Freehan was hit by a pitch [Stanley scored, Northrup to third, Kaline to second]; Wert struck out; Nagelson walked [Northrup scored, Kaline to third, Freehan to second]; Maddox struck out; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 9. TWINS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LAGROW REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); RENICK BATTED FOR TISCHINSKI; Renick grounded out (third to first); MANUEL BATTED FOR HALL; Manuel homered; Tovar made an out to shortstop; Thompson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 9. TIGERS 8TH: HAMM REPLACED MANUEL (PITCHING); RATLIFF REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING C ); McAuliffe flied out to right; Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 9. TWINS 9TH: Oliva walked; Killebrew lined into a double play (third to first) [Oliva out at first]; HILLER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Reese singled to right; ALLISON BATTED FOR HOLT; Allison homered [Reese scored]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Cardenas singled to left; Ratliff flied to right in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 9. TIGERS 9TH: ALLISON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kaline walked; Cash forced Kaline (second to shortstop); Freehan grounded out (second to first) [Cash to second]; Wert was walked intentionally; I. BROWN BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; I. Brown walked [Cash to third, Wert to second]; ZEPP REPLACED HAMM (PITCHING); Maddox walked [Cash scored, Wert to third, I. Brown to second]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 10.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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