Walks to Harmon Killebrew and Leo Cardenas with the bases loaded in the eighth inning handed the Twins a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. Jim Perry helped himself by hitting a single to lead off. Cesar Tovar was safe on an error and Rod Carew walked to fill the sacks.

Killebrew then drew a pass to force in Perry with the tie-breaking tally. After Tovar was out at the plate on a grounder by Tony Oliva, Cardenas walked to send Carew home. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      1, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  2
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  x  -   3  4  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .190      Tovar cf,lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .308
Kaline rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .316      Carew 2b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .230
Northrup cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Killebrew 1b          1   0   0   1     3   0   .295
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .256        Reese pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Oliva rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .367
Freehan c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Cardenas ss           3   0   0   1     1   1   .291
Rodriguez 3b          1   1   0   0     2   0   .223      Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .214        Holt cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Cain p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Braun 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .286
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                          Perry p               3   1   1   0     0   0   .241

Totals               31   1   5   1     2   6             Totals               28   3   4   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 10,980
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Twins 6
DP: Tigers 2, Twins 0
Errors: Rodriguez, Brinkman
Triples: Brinkman (1)
Caught Stealing: Freehan (6)
GIDP: Carew (10), Oliva (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain L(2-1)             7.2   4   3   0   5   6   0  32   0.89
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.95
Totals                  8     4   3   0   5   6   0  33

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(7-4)            9     5   1   1   2   6   0  33   4.16
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   6   0  33

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to left; Kaline flied out to
center [McAuliffe to second]; Northrup grounded out (second to
first) [McAuliffe to third]; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Carew grounded out (second to
first); Killebrew walked; Oliva singled to left [Killebrew to
second]; Cardenas forced Killebrew (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (second to first); Freehan singled
to left; Freehan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Rodriguez walked; Brinkman tripled to left
[Rodriguez scored]; Cain flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Alyea struck out; Braun struck out; Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe flied out to right; Kaline singled to
left; Northrup popped to catcher in foul territory; Horton flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Perry grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled
to right; Carew grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash popped to third in foul territory; Freehan
lined to second; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew lined to third; Oliva grounded out (first
to pitcher); Cardenas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Cain
struck out; McAuliffe popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Alyea flied out to center; Braun struck out;
Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline made an out to first; Northrup made an out to
second; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Perry reached on an error by Brinkman; Tovar singled
to left [Perry to second]; Carew forced Perry (pitcher to third)
[Tovar to second]; Killebrew walked [Tovar to third, Carew to
second]; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to first to
first) [Tovar scored (unearned) (no RBI), Killebrew out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; Freehan
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez walked; Brinkman
forced Rodriguez (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas grounded out (catcher to first); Alyea
grounded out (third to first); Braun grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 1.

TIGERS 8TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cain struck out; McAuliffe struck out;
Kaline singled to right; Northrup struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald popped to first in foul territory; Perry
singled to center; Tovar reached on an error by Rodriguez [Perry
to second]; Carew walked [Perry to third, Tovar to second];
Killebrew walked [Perry scored (unearned), Tovar to third, Carew
to second]; REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Oliva forced Tovar (first
to catcher) [Reese to second, Carew to third]; Cardenas walked
[Carew scored (unearned), Reese to third, Oliva to second];
SCHERMAN REPLACED CAIN (PITCHING); Holt forced Oliva (third
unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 3.

TIGERS 9TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Horton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (first unassisted);
Freehan made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Twins 3.