Facing his former teammates for the first time, Denny McLain pitched the Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Tigers. McLain had a 2-0 lead going into the ninth inning, but the Tigers then erupted to tie the score on a single by Ike Brown with the bases loaded. In the Senators' half, Toby Harrah doubled, took third on an infield out and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Paul Casanova. [The Sporting News]
Washington Senators 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Friday, May 14, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  8  0
Senators     0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   3 11  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   0   1   0     0   2   .195      Unser cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .330
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .240      French c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .146
Northrup cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .314        Casanova ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .268
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      McCraw rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .254
Cash 1b               4   1   2   0     0   1   .288        Maddox ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .160
Horton lf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .204      Howard lf,1b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .277
Price c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Mincher 1b            3   0   3   0     1   0   .275
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Billings pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Collins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Foy 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .209
  Gutierrez ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cullen 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Zepp p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Harrah ss             3   1   3   0     1   0   .247
  Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .467      McLain p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .105
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scheinblum ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .149
  G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .238
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  I. Brown ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .500
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     3   7             Totals               33   3  11   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 18,694
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Senators 9
DP: Tigers 2, Senators 2
Errors: Unser
Doubles: Northrup (9), McAuliffe (5), Cash (3), McCraw (3), Howard (5), Mincher (8), Harrah (4)
Triples: Unser (3)
Home Runs: Howard (4)
Caught Stealing: Kaline (3), Harrah (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Casanova (1)
GIDP: Brinkman (3), French (3), Maddox (1)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (3,by McLain), Unser (1,by Zepp)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp                    5     7   2   2   2   3   1  24   6.28
Scherman                2     2   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.21
Timmermann              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.06
Patterson L(0-1)        0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   4.82
Kilkenny                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  30.86
Totals                  8.2  11   3   3   3   5   1  38

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLain W(4-5)           9     8   2   1   3   7   0  38   3.44
Totals                  9     8   2   1   3   7   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Zepp (2), McLain (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup doubled to left;
Kaline was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; French was called out on
strikes; McCraw grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash popped to second; Horton lined to left; Price
walked; Brinkman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Howard homered; Mincher singled to left; Foy flied
out to left; Cullen popped to shortstop; Harrah singled to right
[Mincher to second]; McLain struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Senators 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Zepp struck out; McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser was hit by a pitch; French grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Unser out at
second]; McCraw doubled to left; Howard grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to center; Kaline singled to
right; Cash struck out while Kaline was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Mincher singled to right; Foy forced Mincher
(shortstop to second); Cullen forced Foy (third to second);
Harrah walked [Cullen to second]; McLain struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton flied out to right; Price lined to shortstop;
Brinkman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Unser tripled to right; French flied out to
center; McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first) [Unser scored];
Howard doubled to center; Mincher was walked intentionally; Foy
forced Mincher (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Senators 2.

TIGERS 6TH: JONES BATTED FOR ZEPP; Jones singled to right;
McAuliffe doubled to right [Jones to third]; Rodriguez was
called out on strikes; Northrup struck out; Kaline popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 2.

SENATORS 6TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Cullen
grounded out (third to first); Harrah singled to center; Harrah
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McLain was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash doubled to right; Horton walked; Price flied
out to right; Brinkman grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: Unser singled to right; French struck out; MADDOX
BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Maddox grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); G. BROWN BATTED
FOR SCHERMAN; G. Brown walked; McAuliffe lined to center;
Rodriguez was hit by a pitch [G. Brown to second]; Northrup
lined to left; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Howard
popped to second; Mincher doubled to center; BILLINGS RAN FOR
MINCHER; Foy grounded out (third to first); Cullen popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 9TH: BILLINGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HOWARD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cash singled to center; Horton reached
on an error by Unser [Cash to second]; Price flied out to right;
COLLINS BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Collins singled to right [Horton to
second, Cash to third]; I. BROWN BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; I. Brown
singled to center [Collins to second, Horton scored (unearned),
Cash scored]; McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez forced I. Brown
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Senators 2.

SENATORS 9TH: GUTIERREZ REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING SS); PATTERSON
REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); Harrah doubled to left; SCHEINBLUM
BATTED FOR MCLAIN; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first)
[Harrah to third]; Unser was walked intentionally; KILKENNY
REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); CASANOVA BATTED FOR FRENCH;
Casanova hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harrah scored]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 3.
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