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. Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3Game Played on Friday, May 28, 1971 (Night game) at County StadiumTigers 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. |
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