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.