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Thursday May 20, 1971
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Ending a string of eight hitless appearances, Willie Horton smashed a homer after a walk to Jim Northrup in the 11th inning to give the Tigers a 5-3 victory over the Indians. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Thursday, May 20, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  -   5 11  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  -   3  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .196      Ford rf               6   0   1   1     0   1   .221
Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .298      Pinson cf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .235
Northrup cf,lf        4   1   2   1     1   1   .288      Nettles 3b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Horton lf             5   1   1   2     0   0   .222      Fosse c               5   0   2   0     0   0   .271
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      R. Foster lf          4   1   1   0     1   2   .224
Cash 1b               5   1   1   1     0   2   .282      Harrelson 1b          3   0   2   0     1   1   .188
Jones 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Colbert pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez 3b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Mingori p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Freehan c             5   0   3   0     0   0   .281      Leon 2b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .242
Brinkman ss           5   1   1   0     0   2   .197      Camilli ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Coleman p             3   0   1   1     0   1   .143        Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ss          2   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      A. Foster p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .083
                                                            Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinton ph,1b        1   0   1   0     1   0   .286

Totals               42   5  11   5     2   9             Totals               42   3   9   3     4   9

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance:  3,311
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Indians 10
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 1
Errors: Jones
Doubles: Coleman (1), Fosse (6)
Home Runs: Cash (8), Horton (8), Pinson (2)
Stolen Bases: Kaline (1)
Caught Stealing: Freehan (3)
GIDP: Kaline (3), Leon (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 8.2   7   3   3   3   7   1  36   2.85
Timmermann              0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.27
Scherman W(2-0)         2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   1.99
Totals                 11     9   3   3   4   9   1  46

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
A. Foster               7     9   3   3   0   4   1  28   3.67
Hennigan                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Mingori L(1-1)          2     2   2   2   1   3   1   9   2.51
Totals                 11    11   5   5   2   9   2  44

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline singled to left; Kaline
stole second; Northrup singled to center [Kaline scored]; Horton
flied out to center; Cash was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Ford lined to third; Pinson grounded out (second to
first); Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Jones popped to third; Freehan singled to left;
Brinkman was called out on strikes; Coleman forced Freehan
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse reached on an error by Jones; R. Foster
struck out; Harrelson was called out on strikes; Leon grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians
0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe singled to right; Kaline grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at
second]; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Camilli flied out to right; A. Foster popped to
shortstop; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton popped to third in foul territory; Cash flied
out to center; Jones flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Pinson was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded
out (first unassisted); Fosse flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to right; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Coleman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: R. Foster singled to left; Harrelson singled to
shortstop [R. Foster to second]; Leon singled to right
[Harrelson to second, R. Foster scored]; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR
CAMILLI; Uhlaender struck out; On a bunt A. Foster struck out;
Ford struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

TIGERS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED UHLAENDER (PLAYING SS); McAuliffe
popped to shortstop; Kaline grounded out (third to first);
Northrup singled to right; Horton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson homered; Nettles flied out to right; Fosse
doubled to right; R. Foster struck out; Harrelson walked; Leon
forced Fosse (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Indians 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash homered; Jones popped to first in foul
territory; Freehan singled to center; Freehan was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brinkman singled to
center; Coleman doubled to center [Brinkman scored]; McAuliffe
flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED JONES (PLAYING 3B); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); HODGE BATTED FOR A. FOSTER;
Hodge grounded out (third to first); Ford flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 8TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Kaline walked;
Northrup struck out; Horton flied out to center; Cash flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Pinson popped to third; Nettles flied out to
center; Fosse singled to center; R. Foster forced Fosse (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
flied out to center; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Harrelson singled to center; COLBERT RAN FOR
HARRELSON; On a bunt Leon grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to second) [Colbert out at second]; Stanley walked;
HINTON BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Hinton walked [Stanley to second];
TIMMERMANN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Ford singled to left
[Hinton to second, Stanley scored]; SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); Pinson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Indians 3.

TIGERS 10TH: MINGORI REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); HINTON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Scherman struck out; McAuliffe grounded
out (catcher to first); Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 10TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Foster walked; Mingori was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians
3.

TIGERS 11TH: Northrup walked; Horton homered [Northrup scored];
Cash struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first);
Freehan singled to left; Brinkman popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 11TH: STANLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Leon grounded out (first to
pitcher); Stanley grounded out (second to first); Hinton singled
to left; Ford forced Hinton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 3.



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