The largest opening-game crowd in Detroit's history, 54,089, saw the Tigers defeat the Indians, 8-2, in 47-degree weather. Jim Northrup, playing first base for the first time in his career, batted in two runs with a triple in the fourth inning and scored himself on a single by Willie Horton. Steve Hargan pitched for the Indians in the absence of Sam McDowell, who was called home by a death in his family. [The Sporting News]
Detroit Tigers 8, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Tuesday, April 6, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0
Tigers       0  2  2    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   8  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brown ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .333      McAuliffe 2b          2   1   1   0     3   0   .500
Nettles 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .500      Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .250
R. Foster lf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Northrup 1b           4   2   1   2     1   0   .250
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Horton lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .500
Harrelson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   0   0     0   2   .000
Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Freehan c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
Ford rf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Stanley cf            3   2   1   1     1   0   .333
Bradford cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .333
Hargan p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lolich p              3   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Machemehl p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodge ph            1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
  Pascual p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Camilli ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   6   2     1   8             Totals               29   8   9   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 54,089
Left on Base: Indians 4, Tigers 7
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Northrup
Doubles: Nettles (1), Horton (1)
Triples: R. Foster (1), Bradford (1), Northrup (1)
Stolen Bases: McAuliffe (1)
Caught Stealing: Horton (1), Kaline (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lolich (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Brinkman (1)
GIDP: R. Foster (1), Fosse (1)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (1,by Hargan)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan L(0-1)           2     4   4   4   2   0   0  13  18.00
Machemehl               1     2   3   3   4   0   0   9  27.00
Dunning                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   2   0.00
Pascual                 3     1   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Lamb                    0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   5  13.50
Austin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8     9   8   8   7   4   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(1-0)           9     6   2   2   1   8   0  33   2.00
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   8   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Hargan (1)
Wild Pitches: Hargan (1), Lamb (1)
Balks: Machemehl (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Nick Avants, 3B - Jake O'Donnell


INDIANS 1ST: Brown singled to left; Nettles flied to right in
foul territory; R. Foster grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Hargan threw a wild
pitch [McAuliffe to second]; Kaline grounded out (third to
first); Northrup flied out to center; Horton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse was called out on strikes; Harrelson struck
out; Leon lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez was hit by a pitch; Freehan singled to
right [Rodriguez to third]; Stanley forced Freehan (second
unassisted) [Rodriguez scored]; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Stanley to second]; Lolich singled to left [Stanley
scored]; McAuliffe walked [Lolich to second]; Kaline flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargan struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup walked; Horton doubled to right [Northrup
to third]; MACHEMEHL REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Rodriguez
popped to catcher in foul territory; Debut game for Chuck
Machemehl; Freehan was walked intentionally; Machemehl
balked [Freehan to second, Horton to third, Northrup scored];
Stanley was walked intentionally; Brinkman hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Freehan to third, Horton scored]; Lolich grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Brown walked; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Brown to second]; R. Foster tripled to left [Brown
scored]; Fosse struck out; Harrelson flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe walked; Kaline walked [McAuliffe to
second]; Northrup tripled to center [Kaline scored, McAuliffe
scored]; Horton singled to right [Northrup scored]; DUNNING
REPLACED MACHEMEHL (PITCHING); Horton was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Rodriguez was called out on strikes;
Freehan struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon grounded out (third to first); Ford struck
out; Bradford tripled to center; HODGE BATTED FOR DUNNING; Hodge
singled to shortstop [Bradford scored]; Debut game for Gomer
Hodge; Brown flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 5TH: PASCUAL REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Stanley flied out
to left; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles singled to right; R. Foster popped to
shortstop; Fosse grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher); Kaline
singled to left; Kaline was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrelson reached on an error by Northrup; Leon was
called out on strikes; Ford struck out; Bradford forced
Harrelson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 7.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton popped to second; Rodriguez struck out;
Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 7.

INDIANS 8TH: CAMILLI BATTED FOR PASCUAL; Camilli flied out to
left; Brown flied out to center; Nettles doubled to right; R.
Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 7.

TIGERS 8TH: LAMB REPLACED CAMILLI (PITCHING); Stanley singled to
center; Brinkman singled to right [Stanley to third]; Lamb threw
a wild pitch [Brinkman to second, Stanley scored]; Lolich out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brinkman to third];
McAuliffe walked; McAuliffe stole second; Kaline struck out;
AUSTIN REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING); Northrup grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 8.

INDIANS 9TH: Fosse popped to first in foul territory; Harrelson
struck out; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 8.
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