A free-for-all fight that umpire Jim Honochick described as the bloodiest he had seen in his 23 years in baseball marked the Indians' 7-0 victory over the Tigers. The fisticuffs started after Ray Fosse of the Indians was hit by a pitched ball thrown by Bill Denehy in the eighth inning. Chris Chambliss did his swinging at the plate, driving in four runs for the Indians with a homer and triple. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Friday, June      18, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Indians      0  0  0    3  0  0    2  2  x  -   7  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Nettles 3b            3   1   2   1     1   0   .253
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .240      Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Northrup rf,1b,lf     3   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Fosse c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .275
Horton lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .274        Ford pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .211
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Suarez c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Cash 1b               1   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Chambliss 1b          3   2   2   4     1   0   .365
  Kaline ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .320      Baker lf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .174
Freehan c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Leon 2b               4   1   2   0     0   1   .275
  Price c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Heidemann ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .167
Stanley cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .298      Hand p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .214        Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Coleman p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .121        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gutierrez ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .154        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Colbert p           1   1   1   0     0   0   .167
  Jones 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .288

Totals               27   0   4   0     4   1             Totals               30   7   8   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 12,084
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Indians 4
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 4
Errors: Stanley, Chambliss
Doubles: Stanley (6), Nettles (6)
Triples: Chambliss (1)
Home Runs: Chambliss (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Coleman (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (1)
GIDP: Stanley (4), Freehan (4), G. Brown (1), Brinkman (6), Baker (1)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (3,by Hand), Northrup (1,by Farmer), Brinkman (3,by Colbert), Fosse (3,by Denehy)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(6-3)          6     4   3   3   2   4   0  23   4.24
Denehy                  1     3   3   2   0   0   0   7   2.76
Timmermann              1     1   1   1   1   2   1   5   3.95
Totals                  8     8   7   6   3   6   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand W(1-3)             5     2   0   0   2   0   0  19   5.33
Farmer                  0     0   0   0   2   0   0   3   0.00
Mingori                 0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.77
Colbert SV(2)           4     2   0   0   0   1   0  13   4.35
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   1   0  35

Passed Balls: Fosse (5)
Hit by Pitch: Denehy (2), Hand (2), Farmer (1), Colbert (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Northrup reached on an error by
Chambliss; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (third to first); Pinson
grounded out (first unassisted); Fosse grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash lined to second; Freehan was hit by a pitch;
Stanley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss flied out to left; Baker grounded out
(first unassisted); Uhlaender flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to left; Coleman out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Brinkman to second]; Fosse allowed a
passed ball [Brinkman to third]; McAuliffe flied out to right;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Leon flied out to right; Heidemann grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hand struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to right; Horton walked; Cash
walked [Horton to second]; Freehan grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles doubled to right; Pinson flied out to left;
Fosse singled to right [Nettles to third]; Chambliss tripled to
right [Fosse scored, Nettles scored]; Baker hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Chambliss scored]; Uhlaender grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled to left; Brinkman flied out to
right; Coleman popped to first in foul territory; McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon singled to left; On a bunt Heidemann struck
out; HODGE BATTED FOR HAND; Hodge struck out; Nettles walked
[Leon to second]; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

TIGERS 6TH: FARMER REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Rodriguez walked;
Northrup was hit by a pitch [Rodriguez to second]; MINGORI
REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Horton walked (walk was charged to
Farmer) [Rodriguez to third, Northrup to second]; KALINE BATTED
FOR CASH; COLBERT REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Kaline forced
Rodriguez (third to catcher) [Horton to second, Northrup to
third]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR FREEHAN; G. Brown grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kaline out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PRICE REPLACED
G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Fosse struck out; Chambliss walked; Baker grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Brinkman was
hit by a pitch; GUTIERREZ BATTED FOR COLEMAN; Gutierrez singled
[Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted)
[Gutierrez to second, Brinkman to third]; Rodriguez struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: DENEHY REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PITCHING); Uhlaender
flied out to center; Leon singled to center; Heidemann flied out
to right; Colbert singled to right [Leon to third]; Nettles
singled to center [Leon scored, Colbert scored (error by
Stanley) (unearned), Nettles to third]; Pinson flied out to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup flied out to left; Horton flied out to
left; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Fosse was hit by a pitch; Ray Fossse charged the
mound and both benches cleared; Willie Horton decked Ray Lamb
with a right to the jaw; Fosse was spiked by Bill Denehy and
required five stitches on his right hand; Fosse, Denehy, Horton,
Ike Brown and Gomer Hodge ejected by HP umpire Marty
Springstead; FORD RAN FOR FOSSE; JONES REPLACED DENEHY
(PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
TIMMERMANN REPLACED HORTON (PITCHING); Chambliss homered [Ford
scored]; Baker walked; Uhlaender popped to shortstop; Leon
struck out; Heidemann struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Indians 7.

TIGERS 9TH: SUAREZ REPLACED FORD (PLAYING C ); Price grounded
out (third to first); Stanley singled to third; Brinkman
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Stanley
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 7.