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Sunday May 23, 1971
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Detroit Tigers 11, Washington Senators 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 23, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Tigers       0  0  0    2  5  0    1  3  x  -  11 11  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .281      McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   2     1   0   .198
Maddox lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .152      Rodriguez 3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Howard 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .294      Northrup cf,rf        4   1   1   1     0   0   .283
Fernandez rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Horton lf             3   2   1   1     1   1   .232
Foy 3b                1   0   0   0     3   0   .204      Cash 1b               4   2   3   5     0   0   .289
Casanova c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Jones rf              2   1   2   1     1   0   .406
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Stanley cf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Cullen 2b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .164      Price c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .190
  Allen ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Brinkman ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .201
Thompson p            2   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Cain p                1   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kaline ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .296
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Niekro p            1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mincher ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               32   0   6   0     5   7             Totals               32  11  11  11     6   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 53,337
Left on Base: Senators 10, Tigers 3
DP: Senators 2, Tigers 1
Doubles: Maddox (1), Howard (8), Cash (5), Northrup (11), Niekro (1)
Home Runs: Cash 2 (11), Jones (2), Horton (9)
GIDP: Biittner (1), Price (1)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thompson L(0-2)         4.2   4   6   6   5   2   2  22   5.40
Shellenback             1.1   3   1   1   0   1   1   6   4.96
Riddleberger            2     4   4   4   1   0   1  10   7.41
Totals                  8    11  11  11   6   3   4  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain W(1-0)             6     3   0   0   4   6   0  25   0.00
Niekro SV(1)            3     3   0   0   1   1   0  12   5.08
Totals                  9     6   0   0   5   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: Niekro (2)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators
0, Tigers 0.

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

SENATORS 2ND: Fernandez struck out; Foy walked; Casanova struck
out; Harrah lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
doubled to left; Jones walked; Price grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Cullen walked; Thompson struck out; Unser flied
out to left; Maddox doubled to left [Cullen to third]; Howard
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman walked; Cain popped to third in foul
territory; McAuliffe popped to shortstop; Rodriguez struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Fernandez walked; Foy forced Fernandez (pitcher to
second); Casanova flied out to center; Harrah forced Foy
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); Horton
struck out; Cash homered; Jones homered; Price popped to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
singled to right; Unser forced Thompson (second to shortstop);
Maddox forced Unser (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Senators 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman lined to left; Cain walked; McAuliffe
walked [Cain to second]; Rodriguez flied out to left; Northrup
doubled to left [McAuliffe to third, Cain scored]; Horton was
walked intentionally; SHELLENBACK REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING);
Cash homered [McAuliffe scored, Northrup scored, Horton scored];
Jones singled to center; Price singled to right [Jones out at
third (right to third)]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0,
Tigers 7.

SENATORS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED JONES (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Howard doubled to right;
Fernandez grounded out (third to first); Foy walked; Casanova
flied out to center; Harrah forced Foy (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman flied out to right; KALINE BATTED FOR CAIN;
Kaline struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 7.

SENATORS 7TH: NIEKRO REPLACED KALINE (PITCHING); Cullen singled
to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Biittner grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cullen out at
second]; Unser singled to second; Niekro threw a wild pitch
[Unser to second]; Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 7TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Rodriguez
flied out to center; Northrup grounded out (second to first);
Horton homered; Cash grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 8.

SENATORS 8TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fernandez flied out to left; Foy walked; Casanova singled to
right [Foy to second]; Harrah grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley singled to left; Price walked [Stanley to
second]; Brinkman forced Stanley (catcher to third) [Price to
second]; Niekro doubled to left [Brinkman to third, Price
scored]; McAuliffe singled to center [Niekro scored, Brinkman
scored]; Rodriguez flied into a double play (center to first)
[McAuliffe out at first]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0,
Tigers 11.

SENATORS 9TH: ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN; Allen struck out; MINCHER
BATTED FOR RIDDLEBERGER; Mincher popped to catcher in foul
territory; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 11.



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