After building up a 5-0 lead, the Tigers had to battle to gain a 5-4 victory over the Twins. Aurelio Rodriguez and Norm Cash had three hits apiece for the Tigers and Dick McAuliffe smashed a homer. After scoring one run in the sixth, the Twins rallied for three in the eighth, but Fred Scherman replaced Joe Coleman with two out and retired the side on one pitch, getting Steve Braun on a grounder. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      2, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       2  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 13  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   4  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   1   1   1     0   1   .190      Tovar lf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .307
Rodriguez 3b          4   2   3   0     1   0   .234      Carew 2b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .235
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .314      Oliva rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .371
Cash 1b               4   1   3   2     0   0   .283      Killebrew 1b,3b       4   0   0   0     0   2   .288
  Gutierrez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holt cf               4   0   1   1     0   2   .287
  Jones 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .389      Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Horton lf             4   0   2   0     1   0   .262        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Northrup cf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .267      Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
  Stanley cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Mitterwald c          4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Freehan c             2   0   1   0     3   0   .270      Hamm p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           5   0   0   1     0   0   .208        Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Coleman p             4   0   0   0     0   2   .143        Strickland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Nettles ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .364
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reese ph,1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .175
                                                            Alyea ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241

Totals               37   5  13   5     6   4             Totals               35   4   9   4     0   7

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance: 13,800
Left on Base: Tigers 12, Twins 5
DP: Tigers 0, Twins 3
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Rodriguez 2 (7), Kaline (7), Northrup (13), Tovar (11)
Triples: Oliva (2)
Home Runs: McAuliffe (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Corbin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (2)
GIDP: Coleman (2), Cash (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(5-1)          7.2   9   4   4   0   7   0  32   3.88
Scherman SV(6)          1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.87
Totals                  9     9   4   4   0   7   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamm L(1-1)             0.2   4   2   2   1   0   0   7   5.40
Corbin                  2.2   5   2   2   1   1   1  14   3.18
Strickland              2.2   3   1   0   1   1   0  11   0.00
Williams                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.53
Hall                    1     1   0   0   2   0   0   5   3.45
Totals                  9    13   5   4   6   4   1  44

Wild Pitches: Hamm (1), Hall (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe lined to second; Rodriguez doubled to
left; Hamm threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to third]; Kaline
grounded out (third to first); Cash singled to right [Rodriguez
scored]; Horton singled to center [Cash to second]; Northrup
singled to right [Cash scored, Horton to third, Northrup to
second (on throw)]; Freehan was walked intentionally; CORBIN
REPLACED HAMM (PITCHING); Brinkman forced Freehan (shortstop
unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew flied
out to center; Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Coleman grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Holt struck out;
Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline made an out to third; Cash singled to right;
Horton singled to left [Cash to second]; Northrup grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Horton to second, Cash to third]; Freehan
was walked intentionally; Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Cardenas singled to center; Mitterwald struck out;
Corbin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cardenas to
second]; Tovar popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Coleman struck out; McAuliffe homered; Rodriguez
singled to right; Kaline doubled to left [Rodriguez to third];
STRICKLAND REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Cash hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Kaline to third, Rodriguez scored]; Horton grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins
0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
tripled to right; Killebrew struck out; Holt struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup doubled to left; Freehan singled to left
[Northrup to third]; Brinkman reached on an error by Carew
[Freehan to second, Northrup scored (unearned)]; Coleman
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Freehan to third, Brinkman out at second]; McAuliffe struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Braun struck out; Cardenas made an out to second;
Mitterwald flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Twins 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez doubled to left; Kaline walked; Cash
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rodriguez to
third, Kaline out at second]; Horton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: NETTLES BATTED FOR STRICKLAND; Nettles struck out;
Tovar doubled to center; Carew singled to right [Tovar scored];
Oliva flied out to right; Killebrew grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TIGERS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED NETTLES (PITCHING); Northrup
grounded out (second to first); Freehan popped to catcher in
foul territory; Brinkman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING CF); Holt popped
to third in foul territory; Braun grounded out (second to
first); Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Coleman struck out; McAuliffe made an out to third;
Rodriguez walked; Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald singled to left; REESE BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Reese singled to right [Mitterwald to second]; Tovar
forced Reese (second unassisted) [Mitterwald to third]; Carew
singled to left [Tovar to second, Mitterwald scored]; Oliva
singled to right [Carew to third, Tovar scored]; Killebrew made
an out to shortstop; Holt singled to center [Oliva to third,
Carew scored]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Braun
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Twins 4.

TIGERS 9TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KILLEBREW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); HALL REPLACED BRAUN (PITCHING); Cash
singled to right; GUTIERREZ RAN FOR CASH; Hall threw a wild
pitch [Gutierrez to second]; Horton walked; Stanley flied into a
double play (right to first) [Horton out at first]; Freehan was
walked intentionally; Brinkman made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: JONES REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PLAYING 1B); Cardenas
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); ALYEA BATTED FOR REESE; Alyea
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Twins 4.