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Tuesday August 11, 1970
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Bill Freehan batted in one run and scored another to provide the Tigers with a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Mickey Stanley led off the game with a double and counted on a single by Freehan. Ted Savage homered to produce the Brewers' run in their half of the first. The Tigers broke the tie in the sixth when Freehan walked with two out and came around to score on singles by Jim Northrup and Don Wert. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Tuesday, August 11, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Harper 3b             2   0   0   0     3   1   .317
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .258      Hegan 1b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .245
Kaline 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Savage rf             3   1   2   1     1   1   .293
Freehan c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .232        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Northrup rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .277      Walton lf             4   0   2   0     0   2   .251
Wert 3b               3   0   1   1     1   1   .249      Pena ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Maddox lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .224      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   2   .234
Gutierrez ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Roof c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .254
Kilkenny p            3   0   1   0     0   0   .094      Kubiak 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .254
  Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Downing p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Smith ph,rf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .462
                                                            Francona ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               33   2   7   2     4   5             Totals               30   1   8   1     6   9

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 15,853
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Brewers 10
DP: Tigers 2, Brewers 2
Errors: Harper
Doubles: Stanley (13), Kubiak (7)
Home Runs: Savage (10)
Stolen Bases: Smith (1), May (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Downing 2 (6)
GIDP: Maddox (5), Kaline (13), May (9), Hegan (7)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny W(7-2)         8     8   1   1   5   9   1  35   4.33
Timmermann SV(20)       1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.01
Totals                  9     8   1   1   6   9   1  38

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(4-9)          7     6   2   2   4   3   0  30   3.36
Sanders                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   1.94
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   5   0  37

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


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley doubled to left; McAuliffe grounded out
(first unassisted) [Stanley to third]; Kaline lined to
shortstop; Freehan singled to left [Stanley scored]; Northrup
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Hegan grounded out
(second to first); Savage homered; Walton struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Wert walked; Maddox grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wert out at second]; Gutierrez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Pena grounded out (third to first); May struck out;
Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kilkenny popped to shortstop; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Kubiak doubled; Downing out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Kubiak to third]; Harper struck out; Hegan
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline struck out; Freehan grounded out (shortstop
to first); Northrup walked; Wert struck out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Savage walked; Walton singled to left [Savage to
second]; Pena forced Savage (pitcher to third) [Walton to
second]; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Pena out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Gutierrez
popped to first in foul territory; Kilkenny singled to left;
Stanley lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Roof flied out to right; Kubiak walked; Downing out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kubiak to second]; Harper
walked; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe popped to first in foul territory; Kaline
grounded out (third to first); Freehan walked; Northrup singled
to right [Freehan to third]; Wert singled to center [Freehan
scored, Northrup to second]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Savage struck out; Walton singled to left; Pena
singled to right [Walton to third]; May was called out on
strikes; Roof grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Gutierrez singled to center; On a bunt Kilkenny
forced Gutierrez (pitcher to shortstop); Stanley reached on an
error by Harper [Kilkenny to second, Stanley to first];
McAuliffe walked [Kilkenny to third, Stanley to second]; Kaline
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Kubiak popped to first; SMITH BATTED FOR DOWNING;
Smith singled to left; Smith stole second; Harper walked; Hegan
struck out; Savage was credited with a single when a runner was
hit by the batted ball to shortstop [Smith out at third
(shortstop unassisted), Harper to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SANDERS REPLACED
SAVAGE (PITCHING); Freehan popped to first in foul territory;
Northrup flied out to right; Wert grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Walton struck out; Pena popped to first in foul
territory; May singled to center; May stole second; Roof walked;
Kubiak popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Brewers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Maddox struck out; Gutierrez struck out; JONES
BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Jones singled to right; Stanley grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers
1.

BREWERS 9TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); FRANCONA
BATTED FOR SMITH; Francona flied out to left; Harper walked;
Hegan grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Harper out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers
1.



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