Jim Northrup, who batted in four runs in the previous night's victory, drove in three more as the Tigers defeated the Orioles again, 5-1. Northrup homered in the first inning and accounted for his other RBIs with doubles in the third and fifth. After Northrup hit his two-bagger in the fifth, Al Kaline broke out of an 0-for-13 slump with a single to bat in his first run of the season. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     21, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Orioles      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Tigers       1  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   5  7  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .238      McAuliffe 2b          5   1   0   0     0   0   .204
  Salmon ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      G. Brown lf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .100
Blair cf              4   0   3   0     0   1   .292        I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
F. Robinson rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .326        Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Northrup cf,lf        4   2   3   3     0   1   .346
Rettenmund lf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .217      Kaline rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .347
B. Robinson 3b        3   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Cash 1b               2   1   0   0     2   1   .333
Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     0   2   .341      Freehan c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .304
Etchebarren c         3   1   1   1     0   2   .235      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .245
Dobson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .174
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              4   0   1   1     0   3   .182
  Buford ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .419
  Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   5   1     1   9             Totals               31   5   7   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 14,800
Left on Base: Orioles 4, Tigers 8
DP: Orioles 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Belanger, G. Brown
Doubles: Northrup 2 (4)
Home Runs: Etchebarren (1), Northrup (3)
Stolen Bases: G. Brown (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Freehan (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(1-1)           5.1   6   4   2   3   4   1  26   2.42
Jackson                 1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.45
Hardin                  0.2   1   1   1   2   0   0   5  13.50
Richert                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.91
Totals                  8     7   5   3   5   6   1  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(2-2)           9     5   1   1   1   9   1  32   3.82
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   9   1  32

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger popped to second; Blair singled to left;
F. Robinson flied out to center; Powell popped to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); G. Brown
lined to left; Northrup homered; Kaline walked; Cash struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Rettenmund flied out to center; B. Robinson struck
out; Johnson singled to left [Johnson out at second (left to
second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren homered; Dobson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Belanger flied out to center; Blair singled to left
[Blair to second (error by G. Brown)]; F. Robinson struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Lolich struck out; McAuliffe popped to second; G.
Brown singled; G. Brown stole second; Northrup doubled [G. Brown
scored]; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Rettenmund
walked; B. Robinson forced Rettenmund (third to second); Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash walked; Freehan struck out; Rodriguez grounded
out (first unassisted) [Cash to second]; Brinkman popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Etchebarren struck out; Dobson struck out; Belanger
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Lolich struck out; McAuliffe reached on an error by
Belanger [McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown grounded out (second to
first) [McAuliffe to third]; Northrup doubled to left [McAuliffe
scored (unearned)]; Kaline singled to left [Northrup scored
(unearned)]; Cash grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Blair singled to left; F. Robinson lined to center;
Powell lined to center; Rettenmund lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan singled to left; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to second to first) [Freehan to second]; Brinkman
walked; JACKSON REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Lolich struck out;
McAuliffe popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: B. Robinson flied out to center; Johnson struck
out; Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: I. BROWN BATTED FOR G. BROWN; I. Brown grounded out
(second to first); Northrup struck out; Kaline popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED I. BROWN (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BUFORD BATTED FOR JACKSON;
Buford struck out; SALMON BATTED FOR BELANGER; Salmon grounded
out (third to first); Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: SALMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HARDIN REPLACED
BUFORD (PITCHING); Cash walked; Freehan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Cash to second]; Rodriguez was walked
intentionally; Brinkman forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second)
[Cash to third]; Lolich singled to right [Brinkman to third,
Cash scored]; RICHERT REPLACED HARDIN (PITCHING); McAuliffe
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: F. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell
flied out to center; Rettenmund grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 5.