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Tuesday May 25, 1971
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The Yankees' troubles in their bullpen were emphasized when the Tigers jumped on Lindy McDaniel and Jack Aker for four runs in the seventh inning to gain a 7-4 victory. Singles by Al Kaline, Jim Northrup and Norm Cash tied the score at 4-4 and knocked out McDaniel. After Aker relieved, Northrup beat the throw home on a grounder by Gates Brown to send the Tigers ahead. Singles by Aurelio Rodriguez and Ed Brinkman added extra runs. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 4

Game Played on Tuesday, May 25, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  0  -   4 10  1
Tigers       0  3  0    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   7 12  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .256      McAuliffe 2b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Munson c              4   0   1   0     1   2   .237      Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .295
White lf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .291      Northrup cf,lf        5   1   1   0     0   1   .280
Murcer cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .364      Horton lf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .241
Cater 1b,3b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .231        Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Alou rf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .246      Cash 1b               2   2   2   2     2   0   .303
Kenney 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .205      Freehan c             2   1   1   1     1   0   .275
  Hansen ph,ss        1   0   0   1     0   0   .242        G. Brown ph         1   1   0   1     0   0   .261
Michael ss            2   0   1   1     0   0   .241        Price c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Baker pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .273      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .211
  Ellis ph,1b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Brinkman ss           4   0   3   2     0   0   .216
Bahnsen p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Coleman p             2   0   1   0     1   0   .174
  Gibbs ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .162        Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kekich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Lyttle ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .214
  Waslewski p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   4     4   3             Totals               33   7  12   7     6   1

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 10,842
Left on Base: Yankees 12, Tigers 8
DP: Yankees 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Bahnsen
Doubles: Lyttle (2), Horton (6), Brinkman (6)
Triples: Freehan (1)
Caught Stealing: Horton (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Hansen (2)
GIDP: Clarke (4), Northrup (5)
Hit by Pitch: White (2,by Coleman), Michael (2,by Coleman)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen                 3     6   3   3   2   1   0  15   5.05
Kekich                  2     1   0   0   4   0   0  10   5.28
Waslewski               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.48
McDaniel L(2-6)         0.1   3   3   3   0   0   0   4   6.14
Aker                    1.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.11
Totals                  8    12   7   7   6   1   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 6.1   9   4   4   3   3   0  33   3.15
Scherman W(3-0)         2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0  10   1.67
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   3   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Coleman 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Bill Kunkel


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Munson
struck out; White was hit by a pitch; Murcer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (catcher to first); Kaline
walked; Northrup grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Tigers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater flied out to right; Alou flied out to center;
Kenney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton doubled to left; Cash singled to center
[Horton scored]; Freehan tripled [Cash scored]; Rodriguez
grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Brinkman singled to
pitcher [Freehan scored, Brinkman to second (error by Bahnsen)];
Coleman singled to center [Brinkman out at third (center to
third)]; McAuliffe forced Coleman (second to shortstop); 3 R, 5
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); Bahnsen
was called out on strikes; Clarke singled to center; Munson
walked [Clarke to second]; White walked [Clarke to third, Munson
to second]; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline made an out to first; Northrup struck out;
Horton singled to left; Cash walked [Horton to second]; Freehan
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Cater singled to right; Alou forced Cater (third to
second); Kenney singled to center [Alou to third]; Michael
singled [Kenney to second, Alou scored]; GIBBS BATTED FOR
BAHNSEN; Gibbs walked [Kenney to third, Michael to second];
Clarke grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Gibbs out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: KEKICH REPLACED GIBBS (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied
out to center; Brinkman doubled to right; Coleman walked;
McAuliffe made an out to second; Kaline forced Coleman (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson singled to right; White lined to right;
Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Cater forced Munson
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Horton
walked; Horton was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Cash walked; Freehan walked [Cash to second];
Rodriguez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Tigers 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Alou made an out to second; Kenney flied out to
left; Michael was hit by a pitch; BAKER RAN FOR MICHAEL; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR KEKICH; Lyttle doubled [Baker scored]; Clarke flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); WASLEWSKI
REPLACED LYTTLE (PITCHING); Brinkman grounded out (third to
first); Coleman grounded out (second to pitcher); McAuliffe
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Tigers 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson struck out; White singled to right; Murcer
singled to center [White to third]; Cater reached on a fielder's
choice [Murcer to second, White scored]; Alou singled to pitcher
[Cater to second, Murcer to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); HANSEN BATTED FOR KENNEY; Hansen hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Alou to second, Cater to third, Murcer scored]; ELLIS
BATTED FOR BAKER; Ellis was walked intentionally; WOODS BATTED
FOR WASLEWSKI; Woods flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: HANSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ELLIS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); CATER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
MCDANIEL REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Kaline singled to left;
Northrup singled to right [Kaline to second]; Horton flied out
to right; Cash singled to right [Northrup to third, Kaline
scored]; AKER REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR
FREEHAN; G. Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Cash to second,
Northrup scored]; Rodriguez singled to center [Cash scored, G.
Brown to third, Rodriguez to second (on throw)]; Brinkman
singled to left [G. Brown scored, Rodriguez out at home (left to
catcher), Brinkman to second (on throw)]; Scherman grounded out
(first unassisted); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 7.

YANKEES 8TH: PRICE REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); Clarke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson made an out to first;
White singled to left; Murcer made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe flied out to center; Kaline grounded out
(shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 7.

YANKEES 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cater grounded out (shortstop to
first); Alou grounded out (third to first); Hansen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Tigers 7.



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