After six straight defeats, Dean Chance gained his first victory in a Detroit uniform when the Tigers nipped the Senators, 1-0. Doubles by Dalton Jones and Ed Brinkman produced a run off Jerry Janeski in the fifth inning. Chance was lifted after walking three batters in the eighth and Fred Scherman saved the game. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 1, Washington Senators 0
Game Played on Friday, May       21, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   1  5  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .291      McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .193
Allen 3b,2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .283      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Mincher 1b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .278      Northrup cf,rf        3   0   1   0     1   0   .289
  Maddox pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Horton lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Howard lf,1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .282      Cash 1b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Biittner rf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .143      Jones rf              3   1   2   0     0   1   .407
  Billings ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .200
  Wert ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .091      Chance p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Cullen 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .158        Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Fernandez ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Janeski p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .143
  Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foy 3b              0   0   0   0     1   0   .206

Totals               29   0   3   0     6   8             Totals               26   1   5   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 25,833
Left on Base: Senators 8, Tigers 5
DP: Senators 1, Tigers 1
Doubles: Jones (1), Brinkman (5)
Stolen Bases: Foy (4)
Caught Stealing: Jones (2)
GIDP: Howard (10), Freehan (2)
Hit by Pitch: McAuliffe (3,by Janeski)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Janeski L(1-3)          5.2   4   1   1   2   3   0  22   3.57
Grzenda                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.42
Lindblad                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.66
Totals                  8     5   1   1   3   4   0  30

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Chance W(1-6)           7.2   3   0   0   6   5   0  31   2.72
Scherman SV(4)          1.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   4   1.88
Totals                  9     3   0   0   6   8   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Janeski (3)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Allen
singled to left; Mincher forced Allen (pitcher to shortstop);
Howard singled to right [Mincher to second]; Biittner walked
[Mincher to third, Howard to second]; Casanova grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Northrup singled to right; Horton
forced Northrup (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Harrah popped to shortstop; Cullen popped to
second; Janeski was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash walked; Jones struck out; Freehan grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cash out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser walked; Allen struck out; Mincher flied out
to left; Howard popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to right; Chance was called out
on strikes; McAuliffe was hit by a pitch; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Casanova
grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup popped to shortstop; Horton grounded out
(third to first); Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Cullen grounded out (second to first); Janeski was
called out on strikes; Unser singled to left; Allen popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Jones doubled to right; Freehan grounded out (second
to first) [Jones to third]; Brinkman doubled to left [Jones
scored, Brinkman out at third (left to second to third)]; Chance
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0,
Tigers 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Mincher walked; Howard grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Mincher out at second]; Biittner
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
popped to shortstop; Northrup walked; Horton singled to left
[Northrup to second]; GRZENDA REPLACED JANESKI (PITCHING); Cash
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Casanova lined to shortstop; Harrah struck out;
MCCRAW BATTED FOR CULLEN; McCraw grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); FOY REPLACED
GRZENDA (PLAYING 3B); ALLEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
Jones singled to first; Jones was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Freehan struck out; Brinkman popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0,
Tigers 1.

SENATORS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED JONES (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Foy walked; Unser popped to
third; Foy stole second; Allen popped to shortstop; Mincher
walked; MADDOX RAN FOR MINCHER; Howard walked [Foy to third,
Maddox to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED CHANCE (PITCHING); BILLINGS
BATTED FOR BIITTNER; Billings forced Howard (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HOWARD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BILLINGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Scherman grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe walked;
Rodriguez popped to catcher; Northrup flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.

SENATORS 9TH: Casanova struck out; WERT BATTED FOR HARRAH; Wert
struck out; FERNANDEZ BATTED FOR LINDBLAD; Fernandez struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 1.