Monday June 28, 1971
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This game was suspended after 13 innings and resumed the following day. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Monday, June 28, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 9 16 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG I. Brown 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Belanger ss 7 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Cash ph,1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .286 Blair cf 6 1 2 0 0 1 .260 Taylor 2b 7 0 1 1 1 1 .231 Rettenmund lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .290 Kaline rf 7 2 5 2 1 0 .332 F. Robinson rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .299 Horton lf 7 1 2 0 0 3 .284 Richert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Freehan c 5 1 1 2 0 1 .265 Boswell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Northrup ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 B. Robinson 3b 6 1 1 3 0 1 .285 Lamont c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 Powell 1b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Rodriguez 3b 7 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Johnson 2b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Stanley cf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .307 Etchebarren c 6 0 1 0 0 2 .239 Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 McNally p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .149 G. Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .431 Dukes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gutierrez pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Motton ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .077 McAuliffe ph,ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 .198 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 5 0 0 0 0 2 .127 Buford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Scherman p 0 1 0 1 1 0 .222 Salmon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .156 Crowley rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Totals 60 9 16 9 5 8 Totals 51 4 7 4 2 14 Time of Game: 4:25 Attendance: 17,034 Left on Base: Tigers 12, Orioles 6 DP: Tigers 0, Orioles 2 Errors: Belanger 2 Doubles: Kaline 2 (11), Blair (12) Home Runs: Freehan (6), Kaline (8), B. Robinson (8) Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (3) Sacrifice Flies: F. Robinson (4) GIDP: Freehan (7), Lolich (2) Hit by Pitch: Rettenmund (4,by Lolich) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich 13 7 4 4 2 12 1 49 3.16 Scherman W(6-2) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.04 Totals 15 7 4 4 2 14 1 55 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally 6.2 8 4 4 1 3 2 30 3.18 Dukes 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.54 Watt 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.86 Hall 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 12 5.40 Richert L(0-4) 1.2 3 5 5 3 0 0 11 5.40 Boswell 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.31 Totals 15 16 9 9 5 8 2 66 Hit by Pitch: Lolich (5) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice TIGERS 1ST: I. Brown singled to center; Taylor flied out to right; Kaline doubled to left [I. Brown to third]; Horton struck out; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to left; Blair flied out to right; Rettenmund singled to center; F. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Stanley singled; Brinkman reached on an error by Belanger [Stanley to second, Brinkman to first]; Lolich flied out to right; I. Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out (second to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. TIGERS 3RD: Taylor struck out; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton singled to left; Freehan homered [Horton scored]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren made an out to second; McNally struck out; Belanger popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Brinkman flied out to center; Lolich grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Blair grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund struck out; F. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. TIGERS 5TH: I. Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Taylor walked; Kaline singled to left [Taylor to second]; Horton flied out to center; Freehan made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Stanley flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Etchebarren flied out to right; McNally singled to left; Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Blair struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. TIGERS 7TH: Lolich was called out on strikes; I. Brown singled to center; Taylor flied out to right; Kaline homered [I. Brown scored]; DUKES REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); Horton struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); F. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 0. TIGERS 8TH: Freehan struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Johnson struck out; Etchebarren grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 0. TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Lolich struck out; CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 9TH: CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOTTON BATTED FOR DUKES; Motton walked; Belanger struck out; Blair doubled to left [Motton to third]; Rettenmund walked; F. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Motton scored, Blair to third]; B. Robinson homered [Blair scored, Rettenmund scored]; Powell grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 10TH: WATT REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Taylor grounded out (second to first); Kaline singled to left; Horton reached on an error by Belanger [Kaline to second, Horton to first]; Freehan grounded into a double play (third to first) [Kaline out at third, Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 10TH: Johnson flied out to center; Etchebarren singled to right; BUFORD BATTED FOR WATT; Buford struck out; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 11TH: HALL REPLACED BUFORD (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to left; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Rodriguez to second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown was walked intentionally; GUTIERREZ RAN FOR G. BROWN; Lolich grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gutierrez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 11TH: GUTIERREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Blair flied out to center; Rettenmund struck out; F. Robinson singled to left; B. Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 12TH: Cash struck out; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline doubled to right; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 12TH: Powell struck out; Johnson flied out to right; Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 13TH: NORTHRUP BATTED FOR FREEHAN; Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; Stanley singled to left; Gutierrez forced Stanley (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 13TH: LAMONT REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING C ); SALMON BATTED FOR HALL; Salmon struck out; Belanger flied out to right; Blair singled to left; Rettenmund was hit by a pitch [Blair to second]; F. Robinson made an out to second; game suspended and completed the next day; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 14TH: CROWLEY REPLACED SALMON (PLAYING RF); RICHERT REPLACED F. ROBINSON (PITCHING); JONES BATTED FOR LOLICH; Jones made an out to second; Cash flied out to left; Taylor made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 14TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); B. Robinson flied out to center; Powell grounded out (second to first); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 4. TIGERS 15TH: Kaline walked; Horton singled to left [Kaline to second]; Lamont forced Horton (shortstop to second) [Kaline to third]; Rodriguez flied out to right; Stanley singled to center [Kaline scored, Lamont to second]; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ; McAuliffe walked [Lamont to third, Stanley to second]; Scherman walked [Lamont scored, Stanley to third, McAuliffe to second]; Cash singled to right [Stanley scored, McAuliffe scored, Scherman to third]; BOSWELL REPLACED RICHERT (PITCHING); Taylor singled to center [Scherman scored, Cash to third]; Kaline lined to shortstop; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 9, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 15TH: MCAULIFFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Etchebarren was called out on strikes; Crowley was called out on strikes; Belanger made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Orioles 4.

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