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Saturday August 22, 1970
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Denny McLain turned in his first complete game of the season and pitched the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. McLain was booed by the crowd of 19,286 when Tommy Harper opened the game with a homer for the Brewers. The Tigers came back in their half with three runs on singles by Dalton Jones and Mickey Stanley, a double by Jim Northrup, sacrifice fly by Gates Brown and infield out by Norm Cash. Dave May homered for the Brewers in the second, but the Tigers then turned to the long ball with circuit clouts by Bill Freehan in the fourth and Northrup in the fifth. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 22, 1970 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers      1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Tigers       3  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper 3b             5   1   1   1     0   2   .307      Jones 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .228
Snyder rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .249      Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .267
Hegan 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Northrup rf           4   2   2   2     0   1   .279
Walton lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .255      G. Brown lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .257
May cf                4   1   1   1     0   0   .229        Maddox lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Roof c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Cash 1b               4   0   0   1     0   0   .253
Gil 2b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Freehan c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .239
  Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .368      Wert 3b               3   0   2   0     1   0   .252
Kubiak ss             4   0   2   0     0   1   .257      Gutierrez ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Krausse p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .151      McLain p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .069
  Ellsworth p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Francona ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .232
  Alvis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .176

Totals               34   2   7   2     3   8             Totals               32   5  11   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 19,286
Left on Base: Brewers 8, Tigers 7
DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 0
Doubles: Northrup (13)
Home Runs: Harper (24), May (7), Freehan (16), Northrup (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Gutierrez (12), McLain (3)
Sacrifice Flies: G. Brown (3)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(11-14)        4.1   8   5   5   1   2   2  22   4.45
Ellsworth               1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.82
Baldwin                 2     3   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.22
Totals                  8    11   5   5   1   4   2  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLain W(3-4)           9     7   2   2   3   8   2  37   4.43
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   8   2  37

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Ed Runge, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Haller


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

TIGERS 1ST: Jones singled to right; Stanley singled to left
[Jones to second]; Northrup doubled to right [Jones scored,
Stanley to third]; G. Brown hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Stanley scored, Northrup to third]; Cash grounded out (first
unassisted) [Northrup scored]; Freehan grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: May homered; Roof struck out; Gil grounded out
(third to first); Kubiak singled to right; Krausse singled to
left [Kubiak to third]; Harper struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Brewers 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Wert singled to center; Gutierrez out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Wert to second]; McLain popped to second;
Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Snyder struck out; Hegan grounded out (first to
pitcher); Walton singled to left; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley flied out to right; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); G. Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Roof walked; Gil popped to first; Kubiak struck
out; Krausse flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash popped to second; Freehan homered; Wert walked;
Gutierrez singled to right [Wert to third]; McLain out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wert stayed at third,
Gutierrez to second]; Jones struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 2, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Snyder
singled to left; Hegan flied out to center; Walton walked
[Snyder to second]; May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Brewers 2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley flied out to center; Northrup homered; G.
Brown singled to right; ELLSWORTH REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING);
Cash flied out to center; Freehan popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Roof flied out to right; Gil struck out; Kubiak
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Wert grounded out (third to first); Gutierrez
grounded out (shortstop to first); McLain struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: BURDA BATTED FOR ELLSWORTH; Burda popped to first;
Harper struck out; Snyder popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: BALDWIN REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Jones grounded
out (second to first); Stanley singled to right; Northrup struck
out; G. Brown flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: MADDOX REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING LF); Hegan
grounded out (second to first); Walton flied out to right; May
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Cash grounded out (second to first); Freehan singled
to left; Wert singled to right [Freehan to second]; Gutierrez
popped to catcher in foul territory; McLain grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Roof flied out to center; SMITH BATTED FOR GIL;
Smith was called out on strikes; Kubiak singled to center;
FRANCONA BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Francona walked [Kubiak to second];
ALVIS RAN FOR FRANCONA; Harper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 5.



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