The Angels jumped on Dean Chance for five runs in the second inning and defeated the Tigers, 9-1. John Stephenson, who drove in one run with a double in second, added two RBIs with another double in the seventh. The hits were the first of the season for the reserve catcher. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 9, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       1, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  2
Angels       0  5  0    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   9  9  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Alomar 2b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .182
  Gutierrez 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Spencer 1b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .205
Kaline rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Johnson lf            5   1   3   1     0   0   .293
  Stanley pr,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Conigliaro rf         3   1   1   1     1   0   .244
Northrup cf,rf        3   0   1   1     1   0   .325        Berry cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .123
Horton lf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .208      Repoz cf,rf           1   1   0   1     3   0   .318
  Jones ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .625      McMullen 3b           4   1   0   0     0   1   .232
Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      O'Brien ss            3   2   1   0     0   0   .227
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .319      Stephenson c          4   1   2   3     0   0   .182
  Price c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Messersmith p         4   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .187
Chance p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Denehy p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  G. Brown ph,lf      1   1   0   0     1   0   .125

Totals               32   1   4   1     3   7             Totals               33   9   9   7     5   2

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 12,838
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Angels 6
DP: Tigers 2, Angels 0
Errors: Rodriguez, Brinkman, Johnson, O'Brien
Doubles: Price (1), Stephenson 2 (2), Spencer (3), Johnson (4), Conigliaro (8)
GIDP: Johnson 2 (5)
Hit by Pitch: Kaline (1,by Messersmith), O'Brien (1,by Patterson)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Chance L(0-4)           1.2   4   5   1   1   2   0  11   2.67
Denehy                  2.1   2   0   0   2   0   0  10   0.00
Hannan                  2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.60
Patterson               1     3   4   2   0   0   0   8   4.50
Timmermann              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.45
Totals                  8     9   9   3   5   2   0  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(2-2)      9     4   1   1   3   7   0  36   2.23
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   7   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Patterson (1), Messersmith (1)
Wild Pitches: Hannan (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline
reached on an error by Johnson [Kaline to second]; Northrup
walked; Horton flied out to right; Cash was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer
grounded out (second to first); Johnson singled to right;
Conigliaro flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Angels 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
lined to shortstop; Brinkman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Repoz walked; McMullen was called out on strikes;
O'Brien singled to left [Repoz to second]; Stephenson doubled to
left [O'Brien to third, Repoz scored]; Messersmith struck out;
Alomar reached on an error by Brinkman [Stephenson scored
(unearned) (no RBI), O'Brien scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Spencer doubled to center [Alomar scored (unearned)]; DENEHY
REPLACED CHANCE (PITCHING); Johnson doubled to left [Spencer
scored (unearned)]; Conigliaro walked; Repoz walked [Johnson to
third, Conigliaro to second]; McMullen flied out to center; 5 R
(1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

TIGERS 3RD: Denehy grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe
popped to first in foul territory; Kaline flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 3RD: O'Brien flied out to left; Stephenson grounded out
(first unassisted); Messersmith popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Horton
singled to shortstop [Horton to second (error by O'Brien)]; Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Horton to third]; Freehan
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 4TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Spencer
singled to right; Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Angels 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); COLLINS BATTED FOR DENEHY;
Collins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 5TH: HANNAN REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Conigliaro
grounded out (third to first); Repoz walked; McMullen forced
Repoz (shortstop to second); Hannan threw a wild pitch [McMullen
to second]; O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe lined to first; Kaline was hit by a pitch;
STANLEY RAN FOR KALINE; Northrup forced Stanley (second to
shortstop); Horton walked [Northrup to second]; Cash flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 6TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Stephenson flied out to right;
Messersmith popped to second; Alomar grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
flied out to left; Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 7TH: PATTERSON REPLACED HANNAN (PITCHING); PRICE REPLACED
FREEHAN (PLAYING C ); Spencer flied out to center; Johnson
singled to center; Conigliaro doubled to left [Johnson scored,
Conigliaro to third (on throw)]; Repoz grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Conigliaro scored]; McMullen reached on an error by
Rodriguez; O'Brien was hit by a pitch [McMullen to second];
Stephenson doubled to right [O'Brien scored (unearned), McMullen
scored (unearned)]; Messersmith flied out to right; 4 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Angels 9.

TIGERS 8TH: BERRY REPLACED CONIGLIARO (PLAYING CF); REPOZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); G. BROWN BATTED FOR PATTERSON;
G. Brown walked; McAuliffe struck out; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first) [G. Brown to second]; Northrup singled to
center [G. Brown scored, Northrup to second (on throw)]; JONES
BATTED FOR HORTON; Jones struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Angels 9.

ANGELS 8TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); G. BROWN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TIMMERMANN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING);
GUTIERREZ REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PLAYING 2B); Alomar walked;
Spencer forced Alomar (first to shortstop); Johnson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spencer out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Angels 9.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash popped to second; Price doubled to left; I.
BROWN BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; I. Brown struck out; Brinkman
singled to shortstop [Price to third]; G. Brown flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Angels 9.