An error by Reggie Jackson in the ninth inning enabled the Tigers to defeat the Athletics, 6-5. With two out, Al Kaline drew a pass from Jim Roland. Jim Northrup then singled to right and when Jackson let the ball get away, Kaline scored from first base. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 4, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

A's 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 6 2 Tigers 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 6 9 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .212 McAuliffe 2b 4 1 0 0 0 3 .213 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Kaline rf 3 2 1 0 2 2 .269 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .219 Northrup cf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .356 Mincher 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Horton lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .215 Bando 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .242 Cash 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .267 Monday cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .224 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .247 Mangual ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Price c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Duncan c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .247 Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .195 LaRussa pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tenace c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Green 2b 2 1 2 2 1 0 .234 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 I. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 6 4 4 6 Totals 35 6 9 5 3 10 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 10,121 Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 7 DP: A's 1, Tigers 1 Errors: Campaneris, Jackson, McAuliffe Doubles: Campaneris (6), Green (2), Northrup (8) Home Runs: Jackson (5), Rodriguez (2) Stolen Bases: Northrup (5) Caught Stealing: Campaneris (3) Sacrifice Hits: Fingers (3) Sacrifice Flies: Green (1) Hit by Pitch: McAuliffe (1,by Fingers) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fingers 6.1 4 3 3 2 7 1 26 4.06 Lindblad 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 0 4 3.94 Locker 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.60 Roland L(0-1) 0.2 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 5.56 Totals 8.2 9 6 5 3 10 1 39 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 7 3 4 2 4 5 1 28 3.66 Scherman 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 7 2.25 Timmermann W(4-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.31 Totals 9 6 5 3 4 6 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Fingers (3) Wild Pitches: Fingers (1), Coleman (2) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Merle Anthony ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris made an out to third; Rudi struck out; Jackson homered; Mincher grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe was hit by a pitch; Fingers threw a wild pitch [McAuliffe to second]; Kaline was called out on strikes; Northrup singled [McAuliffe scored]; Northrup stole second; Horton struck out; Cash was walked intentionally; Rodriguez singled [Cash to third, Northrup scored]; Price made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Monday reached on an error by McAuliffe [Bando scored (unearned) (no RBI), Monday to third]; Duncan walked; Green hit a sacrifice fly to right [Monday scored (unearned)]; Fingers forced Duncan (third to second); Campaneris grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Coleman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (first to pitcher); Jackson struck out; Mincher flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Kaline struck out; Northrup made an out to shortstop; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Monday flied out to center; Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Cash singled; Rodriguez flied out to left; Price lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green singled; Fingers grounded out (catcher unassisted) [Green to second]; Campaneris doubled [Green scored]; Rudi struck out while Campaneris was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Coleman grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson made an out to third; Mincher was called out on strikes; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Kaline walked; Northrup was called out on strikes; Horton flied out to left; Cash forced Kaline (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Monday made an out to shortstop; Duncan walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Duncan to second]; Green walked; Fingers out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Green to second, Duncan to third]; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez homered; Price flied out to center; Brinkman reached on an error by Campaneris; JONES BATTED FOR COLEMAN; LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Jones flied out to left; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Rudi lined to center; Jackson made an out to first; Mincher singled; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Kaline singled; Northrup doubled [Kaline to third]; LOCKER REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Horton singled [Northrup to third, Kaline scored]; Cash singled [Horton to second, Northrup scored]; Rodriguez flied out to left; Price struck out; Brinkman flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR MONDAY; Mangual flied out to center; Duncan singled; LARUSSA RAN FOR DUNCAN; Green doubled [LaRussa scored]; DAVIS BATTED FOR LOCKER; TIMMERMANN REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Davis grounded out (second to first) [Green to third]; Campaneris flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: ROLAND REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TENACE REPLACED LARUSSA (PLAYING C ); I. BROWN BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; I. Brown lined to right; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Kaline walked; Northrup singled to right [Kaline scored (error by Jackson) (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6.

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