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Wednesday August 12, 1970
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The Brewers rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Tigers, 6-5. Don Wert whacked a two-run homer for Tigers, who went into the eighth with a 5-2 lead behind Les Cain, who had allowed only three hits up to that point. However, with one out in the eighth, Mike Hegan walked and Ted Savage and Danny Walton singled for one run to chase Cain. Roberto Pena was safe on a two-base error after Tom Timmerman relieved, leading to an intentional pass for Tito Francona, loading the bases. Bernie Smith then greeted the appearance of Fred Scherman with a pinch-double, driving in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Wednesday, August 12, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Tigers       0  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  8  2
Brewers      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  4  x  -   6  6  4


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b,ss       4   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Harper 3b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .314
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .265      Hegan 1b              3   2   2   0     1   0   .249
Kaline rf             3   0   0   0     2   0   .276      Savage rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .294
Northrup lf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Walton lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .254
Cash 1b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .258        Snyder pr,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .253
Freehan c             5   2   3   0     0   0   .238      Pena ss               3   1   0   2     0   0   .241
Wert 3b               3   2   1   2     1   2   .250      Roof c                2   0   0   0     1   0   .251
Gutierrez ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Francona ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .231
  Jones ph,2b         2   0   0   0     1   1   .234        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Cain p                4   0   2   2     0   1   .143      May cf                3   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Smith ph,cf         1   0   1   2     0   0   .500
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .252
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Krausse p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .146
                                                            Gelnar p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alvis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .178
                                                            Brabender p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .079
                                                            McNertney ph,c      1   0   0   0     0   0   .259

Totals               36   5   8   4     7   6             Totals               29   6   6   5     7   6

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 17,648
Left on Base: Tigers 12, Brewers 7
DP: Tigers 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Freehan, Jones, Harper, Hegan, Pena 2
Doubles: Freehan (14), Walton (17), Smith (1)
Home Runs: Wert (6)
Caught Stealing: Northrup (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Pena (4)
GIDP: Harper (5)
Hit by Pitch: Wert (1,by Krausse)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain                    7.1   5   5   4   5   6   0  31   3.60
Timmermann L(4-4)       0     0   1   0   1   0   0   2   4.01
Scherman                0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.47
LaGrow                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   6.48
Totals                  8     6   6   4   7   6   0  37

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse                 5.1   5   5   3   3   2   1  28   4.43
Gelnar                  1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   4.85
Brabender W(6-14)       1     1   0   0   3   1   0   6   5.85
Bolin SV(1)             1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.49
Totals                  9     8   5   3   7   6   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Krausse (1)
Wild Pitches: Brabender (5)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
reached on an error by Pena [Stanley to first]; Kaline forced
Stanley (third to second); Northrup grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (second to first); Freehan singled
to left; Wert homered [Freehan scored]; Gutierrez popped to
third; Cain flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Brewers 0.

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

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe grounded out (third to first); Stanley
struck out; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Kubiak struck out; Krausse walked; Harper grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Krausse out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
flied out to right; Freehan singled to left; Wert was hit by a
pitch [Freehan to second]; Gutierrez forced Wert (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Hegan singled to left; Savage flied out to center;
Walton doubled to right [Hegan to third]; Pena hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Hegan scored, Walton to third]; Roof walked; Roof
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Freehan [Walton
scored (unearned), Roof to third]; May grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Cain struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (second to
first); Stanley reached on an error by Harper [Stanley to
first]; Kaline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Kubiak was called out on strikes; Krausse struck
out; Harper walked; Hegan singled to left [Harper to third];
Savage lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Brewers
2.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup singled to center; Northrup was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cash walked; Freehan
reached on an error by Pena [Cash to third, Freehan to second];
Wert was walked intentionally; JONES BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ; Jones
reached on an error by Hegan [Cash scored (no RBI), Freehan to
third, Wert to second, Jones to first]; Cain singled to right
[Freehan scored (unearned), Wert scored (unearned), Jones to
third]; McAuliffe walked [Cain to second]; GELNAR REPLACED
KRAUSSE (PITCHING); Stanley lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [McAuliffe out at first]; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCAULIFFE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Walton popped to first in foul
territory; Pena popped to shortstop; Roof grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline walked; Northrup forced Kaline (pitcher to
shortstop); Cash singled [Northrup to second]; Freehan forced
Cash (shortstop to second) [Northrup to third]; Wert struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: May was called out on strikes; Kubiak flied out to
center; ALVIS BATTED FOR GELNAR; Alvis popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: BRABENDER REPLACED ALVIS (PITCHING); Jones walked;
Cain singled to right [Jones to second]; McAuliffe grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Jones to third, Cain to second]; Stanley
walked; Brabender threw a wild pitch [Jones out at home (catcher
unassisted), Cain to third, Stanley to second]; the ball
caromed back off the screen; Kaline was walked
intentionally; Northrup struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Harper struck out; Hegan walked; Savage singled to
left [Hegan to second]; Walton singled to left [Hegan scored,
Savage to third]; SNYDER RAN FOR WALTON; TIMMERMANN REPLACED
CAIN (PITCHING); Pena reached on an error by Jones [Savage
scored (RBI), Snyder to third, Pena to second]; FRANCONA BATTED
FOR ROOF; Francona was walked intentionally; SCHERMAN REPLACED
TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); SMITH BATTED FOR MAY; Smith doubled to
right [Snyder scored, Pena scored (unearned), Francona to
third]; Kubiak was walked intentionally; MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR
BRABENDER; LAGROW REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); McNertney popped
to first in foul territory; Harper flied out to right; 4 R (3
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 6.

TIGERS 9TH: SNYDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BOLIN REPLACED
FRANCONA (PITCHING); MCNERTNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Cash flied out to right;
Freehan doubled to right; Wert struck out; Jones struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 6.



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