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.

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