Ike Brown, making his first start of the season at second base for the Tigers, had a perfect night at bat with three hits and a sacrifice fly in an 8-1 victory over the Angels. Brown's biggest blow was a homer with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, California Angels 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       12, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  1
Tigers       1  0  0    3  0  2    0  2  x  -   8 10  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .190      Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .172      Northrup 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .316
  Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Horton lf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .211
Johnson lf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .248      Kaline rf             2   3   2   0     2   0   .279
Repoz rf,1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .311      Rodriguez 3b          4   2   2   0     0   0   .248
McMullen 3b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .239      I. Brown 2b           3   2   3   4     0   0   .455
Stephenson c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .387      Price c               3   0   1   2     0   0   .200
O'Brien ss            3   0   2   1     0   0   .259      Brinkman ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .210
Berry cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .156      Coleman p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
May p                 2   0   1   0     0   0   .154
  A. Reynolds p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gonzalez ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               32   1   8   1     1   7             Totals               31   8  10   7     2   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  7,908
Left on Base: Angels 5, Tigers 3
DP: Angels 1, Tigers 3
Errors: McMullen, Horton, Price
Doubles: McMullen (6), Kaline (5), Rodriguez (4)
Home Runs: I. Brown (2)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (7)
Sacrifice Flies: I. Brown (1), Price (1)
GIDP: McMullen (4), Berry (3), Stephenson (1), Coleman (1)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(3-2)              5.1   6   5   4   1   5   1  23   3.12
A. Reynolds             1.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   7   1.59
Fisher                  1     1   2   2   1   1   0   5   2.38
Totals                  8    10   8   7   2   6   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(3-0)          9     8   1   1   1   7   0  33   2.50
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   7   0  33

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to second; Alomar stole second
[Alomar to third (error by Price)]; Spencer struck out; Johnson
struck out; Repoz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley flied out to right; Northrup popped to
third; Horton singled to center; Kaline singled to third [Horton
scored (error by McMullen) (unearned), Kaline to third];
Rodriguez flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Tigers 1.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen struck out; Stephenson grounded out (first
unassisted); O'Brien singled to left [O'Brien to second (error
by Horton)]; Berry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown singled to left; Price flied out to left;
Brinkman grounded out (third to first) [I. Brown to second];
Coleman lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers
1.

ANGELS 3RD: May singled to center; Alomar was called out on
strikes; Spencer popped to third in foul territory; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley was called out on strikes; Northrup struck
out; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers
1.

ANGELS 4TH: Repoz singled to right; McMullen grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Repoz out at second];
Stephenson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline walked; Rodriguez singled to right [Kaline to
third]; I. Brown homered [Kaline scored, Rodriguez scored];
Price flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to right; Coleman
was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Tigers 4.

ANGELS 5TH: O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Berry flied
out to center; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Northrup
grounded out (second to first); Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Spencer flied
out to right; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline doubled to left; Rodriguez flied out to
center; A. REYNOLDS REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); I. Brown singled to
first [Kaline to third]; Price singled to shortstop [I. Brown to
second, Kaline scored]; Brinkman singled to left [Price to
second, I. Brown scored]; Coleman grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 6.

ANGELS 7TH: Repoz flied out to right; McMullen doubled to left;
Stephenson singled to second [McMullen stayed at second];
O'Brien singled to left [Stephenson to second, McMullen scored];
Berry grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[O'Brien out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers
6.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Northrup
grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 6.

ANGELS 8TH: GONZALEZ BATTED FOR A. REYNOLDS; Gonzalez grounded
out (second to first); Alomar grounded out (second to first);
Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FISHER
REPLACED SPENCER (PITCHING); REPOZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Kaline walked; Rodriguez doubled to left [Kaline to third];
I. Brown hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rodriguez to third,
Kaline scored]; Price hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rodriguez
scored]; Brinkman struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Tigers 8.

ANGELS 9TH: Johnson singled to left; Repoz walked [Johnson to
second]; McMullen flied out to left; Stephenson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Repoz out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 8.