Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, July 25, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 6 14 1 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .238 Monday cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241 Davis ph,lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .319 Kaline rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Hovley lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Horton lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272 Jackson rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .265 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Epstein 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .266 Stanley cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Northrup ph,cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Bando 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .268 I. Brown 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Hendrick lf,cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .313 Cash ph,1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Tenace c 4 0 2 2 1 1 .254 Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .218 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .248 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .407 Blue p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .114 Denehy p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Blefary ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Gilbreth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Jones ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Chance p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McAuliffe ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 39 6 14 5 4 6 Totals 31 1 3 0 5 6 Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 53,565 Left on Base: A's 12, Tigers 8 DP: A's 0, Tigers 1 Errors: Campaneris, Rodriguez 3 Doubles: Epstein (11), Rodriguez (16) Home Runs: Bando (16) Stolen Bases: Tenace (2) Caught Stealing: Jackson (7) Sacrifice Hits: Hendrick (1) Hit by Pitch: Blue (2,by Denehy) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(19-3) 6 1 1 0 3 6 0 23 1.37 Fingers SV(10) 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 2.62 Totals 9 3 1 0 5 6 0 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denehy L(0-3) 3.1 6 3 3 1 2 1 19 3.68 Kilkenny 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 5 5.79 Timmermann 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.97 Gilbreth 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 3.86 Niekro 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.86 Scherman 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.79 Chance 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 3.23 Totals 9 14 6 5 4 6 1 45 Hit by Pitch: Denehy (3) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez doubled to left; Taylor flied out to right [Rodriguez to third]; Kaline reached on an error by Campaneris [Rodriguez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kaline to first]; Horton struck out; Freehan flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bando homered; Hendrick flied out to right; Tenace walked; Green grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; I. Brown struck out; Brinkman walked; Denehy walked [Brinkman to second]; Rodriguez walked [Brinkman to third, Denehy to second]; Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue singled to left; Campaneris struck out; Monday flied out to right; Jackson singled to right [Blue to second]; Epstein doubled to right [Blue scored, Jackson scored]; Bando singled to left [Epstein to third]; Hendrick flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Kaline struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace singled to left; Tenace stole second; Green struck out; Blue was hit by a pitch; Campaneris reached on an error by Rodriguez [Tenace to third, Blue to second, Campaneris to first]; KILKENNY REPLACED DENEHY (PITCHING); DAVIS BATTED FOR MONDAY; Davis struck out; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Stanley popped to first in foul territory; I. Brown struck out; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein singled to left; Bando singled to left [Epstein to second]; Hendrick singled to left [Epstein to third, Bando to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED KILKENNY (PITCHING); Tenace singled to left [Epstein scored, Bando scored, Hendrick to second]; Green lined into a double play (left to second) [Hendrick out at second]; Blue struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Collins popped to third; Rodriguez lined to left; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: GILBRETH REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to left; Davis popped to first in foul territory; Jackson singled to center; Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied to left in foul territory; Horton struck out (catcher to first); Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein singled to left; Bando walked [Epstein to second]; NIEKRO REPLACED GILBRETH (PITCHING); Hendrick out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Epstein to third, Bando to second]; Tenace grounded out (second to first) [Epstein stayed at third]; Green walked; BLEFARY BATTED FOR BLUE; SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR BLEFARY; Brown reached on an error by Rodriguez [Epstein scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bando out at home (shortstop to catcher), Green to second, Brown to first]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR STANLEY; Northrup grounded out (second to first); CASH BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Cash grounded out (catcher to first); Brinkman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (third to first); Jackson singled to right; Epstein flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); JONES BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Jones singled to right; Rodriguez forced Jones (third to second); Taylor walked [Rodriguez to second]; Kaline flied out to left; Horton forced Taylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: CHANCE REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Bando popped to first; Hendrick singled to third [Hendrick to second (error by Rodriguez)]; Tenace struck out; Green was walked intentionally; Fingers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup walked; Cash singled to right [Northrup to second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher) [Northrup to third, Cash to second]; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR CHANCE; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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