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. Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 6 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, June 20, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumTigers 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. |
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