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. Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Tuesday, June 1, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumTigers 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. |
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".