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Tuesday June 29, 1971
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Completing the previous night's suspended game, the Tigers exploded for five runs in the 15th inning to take a 9-4 victory before being overwhelmed by the Orioles in the regularly-scheduled contest that followed, 15-6. In the previous night's game, Brooks Robinson homered with two men on base in the ninth inning as the Orioles rallied to tie the score at 4-4. The Tigers' runs counted on homers by Bill Freehan and Al Kaline. The action was stopped by Baltimore's 11:59 p.m. curfew after 13 innings. When play resumed, the Tigers broke away against Pete Richert in the 15th, scoring all their runs after two were out. Kaline walked and Willie Horton singled. After Gene Lamont forced Horton and Aurelio Rodriguez was retired, Mickey Stanley singled to break the tie. Other runs followed on two walks and singles by Norm Cash and Tony Taylor.

In the regular-scheduled contest, the Orioles scored in every inning from the second through the eighth, with their hits including three-run homers by Andy Etchebarren and Brooks Robinson. The Tigers had two round-trippers by Jim Northrup and one by Cash. [The Sporting News]


Baltimore Orioles 15, Detroit Tigers 6

Game Played on Tuesday, June 29, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  3  -   6 12  1
Orioles      0  3  4    1  3  1    2  1  x  -  15 17  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b,ss       5   1   1   0     0   2   .198      Buford lf             4   1   2   2     2   0   .314
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .239      Blair cf              6   1   1   0     0   2   .258
  Taylor 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Rettenmund rf         3   3   2   1     3   1   .296
G. Brown lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .423      F. Robinson 1b        4   3   3   2     0   0   .307
  Jones pr,rf,lf      4   1   1   0     0   0   .275        Powell 1b           1   0   1   1     0   0   .215
Horton rf,lf          4   0   2   1     0   0   .287      B. Robinson 3b        4   1   1   3     2   1   .285
  Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson 2b            3   1   3   1     0   0   .285
  Freehan ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .268        DaVanon pr,2b       2   1   1   0     0   0   .462
Cash 1b               4   1   2   1     1   2   .291      Belanger ss           4   2   0   0     2   1   .281
Northrup cf,rf        4   2   2   4     1   0   .281      Etchebarren c         5   1   1   3     0   2   .237
Lamont c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .067      Dobson p              5   1   2   1     0   1   .171
Brinkman ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .202
  Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .305
Cain p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Niekro p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  I. Brown ph,2b      1   0   0   0     1   0   .328

Totals               39   6  12   6     4   7             Totals               41  15  17  14     9   8

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 21,299
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Orioles 13
DP: Tigers 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Lamont, Johnson
Doubles: Brinkman (9), F. Robinson 2 (10), Rettenmund (6), Powell (10)
Triples: Buford (3)
Home Runs: Cash (17), Northrup 2 (7), Etchebarren (2), B. Robinson (9)
GIDP: McAuliffe (4)
Hit by Pitch: F. Robinson (6,by Cain), Johnson (3,by Seelbach)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain L(5-2)             2     3   6   6   4   2   2  14   2.49
Niekro                  2.2   7   5   5   2   2   0  17   4.81
Seelbach                0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   0.00
Chance                  2     5   3   3   1   4   0  12   3.55
Denehy                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.92
Totals                  8    17  15  15   9   8   2  52

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(7-4)           9    12   6   6   4   7   3  43   3.53
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   7   3  43

Passed Balls: Lamont (2)
Hit by Pitch: Cain (2), Seelbach (1)
Wild Pitches: Cain (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez singled to left; G.
Brown reached on an error by Johnson [Rodriguez to second, G.
Brown to first]; JONES RAN FOR G. BROWN; Horton forced Jones
(shortstop to second) [Rodriguez to third]; Cash walked [Horton
to second]; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Buford walked; Blair was called out on
strikes; Rettenmund walked [Buford to second]; Cain threw a wild
pitch [Buford to third, Rettenmund to second]; F. Robinson flied
out to right; B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Lamont grounded out (second to first); Brinkman
doubled to left; Cain flied out to center; McAuliffe grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson singled to left; Belanger walked [Johnson
to second]; Etchebarren homered [Johnson scored, Belanger
scored]; Dobson was called out on strikes; Buford made an out to
second; Blair grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Jones
popped to second in foul territory; Horton singled to left; Cash
singled to right [Horton to second]; Northrup flied out to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Rettenmund walked; F. Robinson was hit by a pitch
[Rettenmund to second]; B. Robinson homered [Rettenmund scored,
F. Robinson scored]; NIEKRO REPLACED CAIN (PITCHING); Johnson
singled to left; Belanger forced Johnson (shortstop to second);
Etchebarren grounded out (third to first) [Belanger to second];
Dobson singled to right [Belanger scored]; Buford walked [Dobson
to second]; Blair made an out to second; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 7.

TIGERS 4TH: Lamont flied out to right; Brinkman walked; Niekro
struck out; McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund was called out on strikes; F. Robinson
doubled to right; B. Robinson walked; Johnson singled to left
[F. Robinson scored, B. Robinson to second]; Belanger made an
out to second; Etchebarren struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 8.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Jones
grounded out (pitcher to first); Horton flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dobson made an out to second; Buford made an out to
shortstop; Blair singled to left; Rettenmund doubled to right
[Blair scored]; F. Robinson doubled to left [Rettenmund scored];
SEELBACH REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); B. Robinson walked;
Debut game for Chuck Seelbach; Johnson was hit by a pitch
[F. Robinson to third, B. Robinson to second]; DAVANON RAN FOR
JOHNSON; Lamont allowed a passed ball [F. Robinson scored, B.
Robinson to third, DaVanon to second]; Belanger walked;
Etchebarren lined to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 11.

TIGERS 6TH: DAVANON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cash homered;
Northrup homered; Lamont struck out; Brinkman grounded out
(pitcher to first); I. BROWN BATTED FOR SEELBACH; I. Brown
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Orioles 11.

ORIOLES 6TH: MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); CHANCE
REPLACED BRINKMAN (PITCHING); I. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); Dobson grounded out (second to first); Buford singled to
center; Blair made an out to shortstop; Rettenmund walked
[Buford to second]; F. Robinson singled to right [Buford scored,
Rettenmund to third]; B. Robinson was called out on strikes; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 12.

TIGERS 7TH: POWELL REPLACED F. ROBINSON (PLAYING 1B); McAuliffe
singled to pitcher; Rodriguez singled to left [McAuliffe to
second]; Jones flied out to right; Horton singled to right
[McAuliffe scored, Rodriguez to third]; Cash was called out on
strikes; Northrup walked [Horton to second]; Lamont grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 12.

ORIOLES 7TH: DaVanon singled to left; Belanger was called out on
strikes; Etchebarren struck out; Dobson singled to center
[DaVanon to second]; Buford tripled [DaVanon scored, Dobson
scored]; Blair struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Orioles 14.

TIGERS 8TH: STANLEY BATTED FOR CHANCE; Stanley was called out on
strikes; I. Brown walked; McAuliffe grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [I. Brown out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 14.

ORIOLES 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING 3B); JONES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DENEHY REPLACED HORTON
(PITCHING); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); STANLEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Rettenmund singled to center;
Powell doubled to left [Rettenmund scored, Powell to third
(error by Lamont)]; B. Robinson made an out to second; DaVanon
grounded out (third to first); Belanger flied out to left; 1 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 15.

TIGERS 9TH: Taylor flied out to right; Jones singled; FREEHAN
BATTED FOR DENEHY; Freehan singled to left [Jones to second];
Cash struck out; Northrup homered [Jones scored, Freehan
scored]; Lamont grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 6, Orioles 15.



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