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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