A homer by Chuck Hinton in the 11th inning gave the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader and the Indians also were leading in the second game, 7-6, when electrical trouble forced the suspension of play at the start of the eighth inning. The contest was completed September 28.

Roy Foster hit two homers and drove in four runs for the Indians in the lidlifter. Aurelio Rodriguez, Jim Northrup and Gates Brown homered for the Tigers, Brown's blow coming as a pinch-hitter to tie the score in the ninth inning.

Hinton homered again for the Indians in the nightcap, connecting with a man on base to cap a five-run outburst in the first inning. The Tigers erupted for five of their own in the sixth, Dalton Jones and Jim Price each hitting a homer with a man on base, but the Indians came back to regain the lead with two runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      20, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       1  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  -   6  8  1
Indians      4  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  -   7  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          4   2   2   1     1   1   .245      Nettles 3b            5   1   1   0     0   2   .251
Northrup rf,1b        5   2   2   3     0   1   .281      Leon 2b               3   1   0   0     2   2   .272
Horton lf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .273      R. Foster rf          4   2   2   4     1   1   .257
Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .354
  Kaline ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .317        Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Harrelson lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .199
  I. Brown ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .364        Uhlaender pr,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Taylor 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Ford cf               4   2   1   0     0   0   .210
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .282        Pinson cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Heidemann ss          5   0   2   2     0   0   .174
  Price c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Suarez c              4   0   1   0     1   1   .190
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Dunning p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .156
Brinkman ss           5   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Lolich p              2   1   0   0     0   1   .125        Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  G. Brown ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .324        Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Hinton ph,1b        1   1   1   1     1   0   .255

Totals               38   6   8   6     2   4             Totals               38   7   9   7     6  11

Time of Game: 3:15
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Indians 8
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 1
Errors: Rodriguez
Doubles: Northrup (16), Heidemann (3), Pinson (10)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (7), Northrup (5), G. Brown (1), R. Foster 2 (7), Hinton (2)
Caught Stealing: Heidemann (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2)
Sacrifice Flies: I. Brown (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lolich (1,by Dunning), Price (1,by Colbert), Chambliss (1,by Lolich)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  8     7   6   5   3  11   2  34   3.37
Scherman L(5-1)         2     2   1   1   3   0   1  11   1.86
Totals                 10     9   7   6   6  11   3  45

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning                 7     6   5   5   2   3   2  30   3.86
Mingori                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.70
Hennigan                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.48
Austin                  0.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   3   3.68
Colbert W(2-1)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.15
Totals                 11     8   6   6   2   4   3  44

Passed Balls: Price (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lolich (4), Dunning (2), Colbert (3)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez homered; Northrup struck out; Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (second to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Nettles singled to second; Leon walked [Nettles to
second]; R. Foster homered [Nettles scored, Leon scored];
Chambliss was hit by a pitch; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Chambliss to second]; Ford reached on a fielder's choice
[Chambliss out at third (shortstop to third)]; Heidemann doubled
to right [Ford scored]; Suarez walked; Dunning was called out on
strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 4.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe flied out to center; Freehan flied out to
right; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles struck out; Leon struck out; R. Foster
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to left; Lolich was hit by a
pitch; both teams warned by HP umpire Larry McCoy; there had
been a brawl two days ago; Rodriguez walked [Lolich to
second]; Northrup homered [Lolich scored, Rodriguez scored];
Horton singled to right; Cash flied out to right; McAuliffe
popped to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss struck out; Harrelson popped to catcher
in foul territory; Ford lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Indians 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan flied out to right; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brinkman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); Suarez
singled to center; Dunning struck out; Nettles struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Lolich popped to second; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon flied out to center; R. Foster flied out to
left; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Indians 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton flied out to left; Cash singled to right;
McAuliffe flied out to center; Freehan walked [Cash to second];
Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Ford
singled to third [Ford to second (error by Rodriguez)];
Heidemann singled to center [Ford scored (unearned)]; Suarez
struck out while Heidemann was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Lolich struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Dunning was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup doubled to center; Horton singled to
shortstop [Northrup to third]; MINGORI REPLACED DUNNING
(PITCHING); KALINE BATTED FOR CASH; Kaline popped to second; I.
BROWN BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; I. Brown hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Horton to second, Northrup scored]; HENNIGAN REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); JONES BATTED FOR FREEHAN; Jones was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TAYLOR REPLACED I. BROWN
(PLAYING 2B); PRICE REPLACED JONES (PLAYING C ); R. Foster
homered; Chambliss flied out to left; Harrelson walked;
UHLAENDER RAN FOR HARRELSON; Ford lined to shortstop; Heidemann
forced Uhlaender (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, Indians 6.

TIGERS 9TH: UHLAENDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PINSON
REPLACED FORD (PLAYING CF); Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
first); Brinkman flied out to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR LOLICH;
AUSTIN REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); G. Brown homered; Rodriguez
singled to left; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Indians 6.

INDIANS 9TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Suarez lined
to third; HINTON BATTED FOR AUSTIN; Hinton walked; Price allowed
a passed ball [Hinton to second]; Nettles popped to third; Leon
walked; R. Foster walked [Hinton to third, Leon to second];
Chambliss lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Indians 6.

TIGERS 10TH: HINTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); COLBERT
REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PITCHING); Horton grounded out (pitcher to
first); Kaline flied out to left; Taylor grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Indians 6.

INDIANS 10TH: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first);
Pinson doubled to left; Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to
first); Suarez popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Indians 6.

TIGERS 11TH: Price was hit by a pitch; Stanley out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Price to second]; Brinkman
lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Price out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Indians 6.

INDIANS 11TH: Hinton homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Indians 7.