The Tigers bunched four hits with a wild pitch and an error for four runs in the third inning to defeat the Brewers, 6-3. A single by Ed Brinkman, triple by Dick McAuliffe and single by Jim Northrup produced the first two tallies.

Northrup stopped at second on a single by Willie Horton and both then scored when Bill Parsons uncorked a wild pitch and catcher Phil Roof committed a throwing error after retrieving the ball. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Tigers       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   6  8  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   1     1   0   .189      Harper 3b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .185
Kaline rf             3   0   2   0     1   1   .311      Theobald 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .325
Northrup cf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .275        Kubiak ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Horton lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .248      Yates rf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .286
Cash 1b               3   1   0   0     0   1   .287      Walton lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .233
Freehan c             4   1   0   0     0   1   .268      Pena 1b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .186
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   2   .215        Hegan pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .215      May cf                4   1   1   0     0   1   .293
Cain p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Roof c                3   1   3   3     1   0   .225
  Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Scherman p          1   0   1   1     0   0   .167      Parsons p             1   0   1   0     1   0   .158
                                                            Kosco ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .194
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Briggs ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256

Totals               33   6   8   4     3   9             Totals               33   3   8   3     5   7

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  7,389
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Brewers 8
DP: Tigers 2, Brewers 1
Errors: May, Roof 2
Doubles: Rodriguez (5), May (8), Walton (3)
Triples: McAuliffe (3)
Home Runs: Roof (1)
Caught Stealing: Kaline (4)
GIDP: Horton (5), Walton (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (2,by Sanders)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain W(2-0)             6.2   6   2   2   3   6   1  27   1.42
Denehy                  0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.31
Scherman SV(5)          2.1   2   1   1   1   1   0  10   1.76
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   7   1  38

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons L(5-5)          7     5   4   3   3   9   0  28   1.99
Sanders                 2     3   2   1   0   0   0   9   2.84
Totals                  9     8   6   4   3   9   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Sanders (2)
Wild Pitches: Parsons (1)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Bill Deegan


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Kaline singled to center
[McAuliffe to third (error by May), Kaline to second]; Northrup
reached on a fielder's choice [McAuliffe out at home (first to
catcher), Kaline to third]; Kaline was picked off and caught
stealing home (catcher to second to third) [Northrup to second];
Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
flied out to center; Yates struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash lined to first; Freehan lined to left;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Walton struck out; Pena was called out on strikes;
May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to left; Cain struck out; McAuliffe
tripled to center [Brinkman scored]; Kaline struck out; Northrup
singled to right [McAuliffe scored]; Horton singled to left
[Northrup to second]; Parsons threw a wild pitch [Northrup
scored, Horton scored (error by Roof) (unearned)]; Cash struck
out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Roof walked; Auerbach lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Roof out at first]; Parsons walked; Harper
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald walked; Yates popped to third; Walton
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Theobald
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Cain struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kaline walked; Northrup walked [Kaline to second];
Horton popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Pena popped to second; May doubled to left; Roof
homered [May scored]; Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to
first); Parsons singled to center; Harper was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Freehan struck
out; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Yates
struck out; Walton doubled to left; Pena grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman popped to shortstop; Cain struck out;
McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: May was called out on strikes; Roof singled to
right; Auerbach popped to third in foul territory; KOSCO BATTED
FOR PARSONS; Kosco singled to left [Roof to second]; DENEHY
REPLACED CAIN (PITCHING); Harper walked [Roof to third, Kosco to
second]; KUBIAK BATTED FOR THEOBALD; SCHERMAN REPLACED DENEHY
(PITCHING); Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: KUBIAK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SANDERS REPLACED
KOSCO (PITCHING); Kaline singled to shortstop; Northrup flied
out to right; Horton grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Yates singled to left; Walton struck out; Pena
walked [Yates to second]; HEGAN RAN FOR PENA; May lined to
shortstop; Roof singled to left [Hegan to second, Yates scored];
Auerbach lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Brewers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash was hit by a
pitch; Freehan reached on an error by Roof [Cash to third];
Rodriguez doubled to center [Freehan to third, Cash scored];
Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; Scherman singled to
center [Freehan scored (unearned), Rodriguez out at home (center
to catcher)]; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: BRIGGS BATTED FOR SANDERS; Briggs grounded out
(second to first); Harper grounded out (second to first); Kubiak
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 3.