The Athletics' seven-game winning streak came to an end when they lost to the Tigers, 10-2. Mickey Lolich and Fred Scherman held the A's to three hits. Dick McAuliffe, Bill Freehan and Willie Horton homered for the Tigers. McAuliffe also had a double and drove in a total of five runs. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 10, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, April     25, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  2  0    3  4  1    0  0  0  -  10 15  0
A's          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  3  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   2   5     1   1   .224      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   1     0   0   .165
Stanley cf            5   0   3   1     0   0   .278      Rudi lf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .264
Northrup rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .209
Horton lf             5   1   2   1     0   2   .212      Mincher 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .246
Cash 1b               5   0   1   0     0   2   .267      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Freehan c             5   2   3   1     0   1   .333      Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .255
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   1   0     0   1   .242      Duncan c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Brinkman ss           3   2   1   1     1   0   .161        Fernandez c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Lolich p              3   2   1   0     1   1   .214      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gardner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                          Fingers p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Lachemann p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRussa ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  10  15   9     4   8             Totals               29   2   3   2     2   8

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 10,677
Left on Base: Tigers 7, A's 2
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Doubles: McAuliffe (4), Campaneris (4)
Home Runs: Freehan (4), McAuliffe (2), Horton (3)
Caught Stealing: Horton (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (2)
GIDP: Northrup (4)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(3-2)           7     3   2   2   2   7   0  25   3.60
Scherman SV(2)          2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.93
Totals                  9     3   2   2   2   8   0  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fingers L(1-2)          4.1   8   7   7   3   6   3  24   4.97
Lachemann               0.1   2   2   2   1   0   0   4  54.00
Klimkowski              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Roland                  3     3   1   1   0   1   0  10   5.91
Gardner                 1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.50
Totals                  9    15  10  10   4   8   3  44

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Larry Napp


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Stanley singled; Northrup
walked [Stanley to second]; Horton flied out to center; Cash
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi lined to
shortstop; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan homered; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to
first); Brinkman singled; Lolich was called out on strikes;
McAuliffe walked [Brinkman to second]; Stanley singled
[McAuliffe to second, Brinkman scored]; Northrup flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mincher walked; Bando struck out; Monday was
called out on strikes; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Horton struck out; Cash made an out to catcher;
Freehan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green lined to left; Fingers singled; Campaneris
doubled [Fingers scored]; Rudi singled [Campaneris scored, Rudi
out at second (left to third to second)]; Jackson was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman walked; Lolich
singled [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe homered [Brinkman
scored, Lolich scored]; Stanley made an out to third; Northrup
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mincher grounded out (first to pitcher); Bando
grounded out (third to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton homered; Cash struck out; Freehan singled;
LACHEMANN REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled
[Freehan to third]; Brinkman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Rodriguez to second, Freehan scored]; Lolich walked;
McAuliffe doubled [Lolich scored, Rodriguez scored]; KLIMKOWSKI
REPLACED LACHEMANN (PITCHING); Stanley lined to center; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 9, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan made an out to third; Green made an out to
first; MANGUAL BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI; Mangual flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 6TH: FERNANDEZ REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); ROLAND
REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Northrup singled; Horton singled
[Northrup to third]; Horton was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop to first) [Northrup scored]; Cash was called out on
strikes; Freehan flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 10, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris made an out to shortstop; Rudi walked;
Jackson flied out to left; Mincher made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 10, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
made an out to first; Lolich grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 10, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
was called out on strikes; Fernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 10, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe flied out to left; Stanley singled;
Northrup grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 10,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Green flied
out to left; LARUSSA BATTED FOR ROLAND; LaRussa grounded out
(second to pitcher); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 10, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 9TH: LARUSSA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GARDNER
REPLACED GREEN (PITCHING); Horton struck out; Cash singled;
Freehan singled [Cash to second]; Rodriguez flied out to left;
Brinkman made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
10, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi flied out to left; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Mincher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 10, Athletics 2.