Bill Gilbreth, making his first major league start one day after his arrival from Toledo (International), pitched the Tigers to a 6-1 victory over the Indians. Willie Horton and Al Kaline smashed homers for the Tigers, Kaline's clout coming as a pinch-hitter with a man on base in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Friday, June      25, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  0    3  2  x  -   6 12  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bevacqua 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .278      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .201
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .244        Taylor ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Fosse c               4   0   2   0     1   0   .285      Stanley cf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .300
Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .333      Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
R. Foster rf          2   0   0   0     1   2   .261      Horton rf,lf          4   2   2   1     0   0   .283
Pinson cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .272      G. Brown lf           2   0   2   0     1   0   .429
Ford lf               2   0   1   0     2   0   .207        Kaline ph,rf        1   1   1   2     0   0   .311
Leon ss               2   0   0   0     1   1   .271      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .245
Dunning p             2   0   1   1     0   1   .176      Lamont c              2   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Northrup ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .278
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Freehan c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Gutierrez ss          3   1   1   1     0   0   .167
                                                          Gilbreth p            4   0   2   0     0   1   .500

Totals               29   1   5   1     7   7             Totals               33   6  12   6     2   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 24,714
Left on Base: Indians 11, Tigers 6
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Lamont
Doubles: Ford (5), Horton (16)
Triples: Rodriguez (2)
Home Runs: Horton (14), Kaline (6)
Stolen Bases: Fosse (4)
Caught Stealing: McAuliffe (1), G. Brown (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dunning (4), Leon (4), Gutierrez (1)
GIDP: Chambliss (2)
Hit by Pitch: R. Foster (3,by Gilbreth)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(6-5)          6.1   7   4   4   2   4   1  27   3.98
Mingori                 1     2   1   1   0   1   0   4   2.79
Hennigan                0.2   3   1   1   0   0   1   5   1.82
Totals                  8    12   6   6   2   5   2  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gilbreth W(1-0)         9     5   1   1   7   7   0  39   1.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   7   7   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Gilbreth (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Bill Kunkel


INDIANS 1ST: Bevacqua flied out to right; Debut game for Bill
Gilbreth; Nettles struck out; Fosse singled to center;
Chambliss walked [Fosse to second]; R. Foster was hit by a pitch
[Fosse to third, Chambliss to second]; Pinson popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; McAuliffe was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Stanley grounded out (third
to first); Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ford walked; Leon was called out on strikes;
Dunning out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Ford to
second]; Bevacqua flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton flied out to center; G. Brown singled to
left; Rodriguez struck out; Lamont was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Nettles popped to third; Fosse walked; Fosse stole
second [Fosse to third (error by Lamont)]; Chambliss was called
out on strikes; R. Foster was walked intentionally; Pinson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Gutierrez grounded out (second to first); Gilbreth
was called out on strikes; McAuliffe grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Ford doubled to right; Leon walked; Dunning struck
out; Bevacqua popped to shortstop; Nettles grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Cash flied
out to center; Horton homered; G. Brown singled to center;
Rodriguez forced G. Brown (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Foster struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Lamont struck out; Gutierrez grounded out (second to
first); Gilbreth singled to third; McAuliffe grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson singled to center; Ford walked [Pinson to
second]; Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ford
to second, Pinson to third]; Dunning singled to right [Ford to
third, Pinson scored]; Bevacqua reached on a fielder's choice
[Ford out at home (third to catcher), Dunning to second];
Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley flied out to center; Cash flied out to
right; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse singled to left; Chambliss grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Fosse out at second]; R.
Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: G. Brown walked; G. Brown was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Rodriguez tripled to center; NORTHRUP
BATTED FOR LAMONT; Northrup walked; Gutierrez reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Northrup to second,
Rodriguez scored]; Gilbreth singled to left [Gutierrez to
second, Northrup to third]; MINGORI REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING);
TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Taylor popped to catcher in foul
territory; Stanley singled to center [Northrup scored, Gutierrez
scored, Gilbreth out at third (center to third)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FREEHAN
REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING C ); Pinson flied out to center; Ford
flied out to right; Leon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Cash was called out on strikes; Horton doubled to
left; KALINE BATTED FOR G. BROWN; HENNIGAN REPLACED MINGORI
(PITCHING); Kaline homered [Horton scored]; Rodriguez singled to
center; Freehan flied out to center; Gutierrez singled to right
[Rodriguez to third]; Gilbreth lined to pitcher; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 6.

INDIANS 9TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HINTON BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Hinton
popped to second; Bevacqua lined to right; Nettles walked; Fosse
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
1, Tigers 6.