Dick McAuliffe, who entered the game with a batting average of .185, drove in six runs with a homer, double and single to lead the Tigers' slugging in a 12-8 victory over the Red Sox. Gates Brown and McAuliffe hit back-to-back homers in the third inning.

McAuliffe batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth and drove in three more with a bases-loaded double in the seventh. Norm Cash also homered for the Tigers, while George Scott connected for the circuit with two men on base for the Red Sox. [The Sporting News]
Detroit Tigers 12, Boston Red Sox 8

Game Played on Saturday, August 7, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  4    3  2  1  -  12 14  0
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  2  0    0  3  2  -   8 15  5


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   2   3   6     2   0   .191      Griffin 2b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .239
G. Brown lf           2   1   1   1     1   0   .384      Aparicio ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .214
  Kaline ph,rf        3   0   1   1     0   0   .296      Smith cf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .296
Horton rf,lf          6   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   1   0     1   0   .259
Cash 1b               6   1   1   1     0   2   .283      Petrocelli 3b         5   1   2   1     0   0   .254
Northrup cf           4   3   1   0     2   0   .294      Scott 1b              5   2   3   3     0   0   .266
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Lahoud rf             3   2   2   0     0   1   .232
Freehan c             4   2   2   0     1   0   .279        Tatum p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .240      Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Brinkman ss           4   2   2   1     1   1   .219      Siebert p             1   0   1   2     0   0   .242
Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Koonce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .262        Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Timmermann p        2   1   0   0     0   1   .091        Conigliaro rf       2   0   1   0     0   1   .275
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               43  12  14  10     7   7             Totals               40   8  15   8     1   2

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 25,857
Left on Base: Tigers 11, Red Sox 7
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Griffin, Aparicio 2, Smith, Yastrzemski
Doubles: McAuliffe (11), Lahoud (7), Aparicio (16)
Triples: Rodriguez (4)
Home Runs: McAuliffe (13), G. Brown (5), Cash (25), Scott (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Siebert (1)
GIDP: Griffin (6)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(4-5)           5     5   3   3   0   0   0  20   4.86
Timmermann              3.2   8   5   5   1   2   1  19   4.18
Scherman SV(15)         0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.81
Totals                  9    15   8   8   1   2   1  42

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(14-7)         5     4   4   4   4   4   2  24   3.12
Koonce                  0.2   2   2   0   0   0   0   4   4.74
Brett                   1     4   3   3   1   3   0   9   4.14
Tatum                   2.1   4   3   2   2   0   1  13   3.98
Totals                  9    14  12   9   7   7   3  50

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; G. Brown forced McAuliffe (first
to shortstop); Horton struck out; Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Smith made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); Freehan
flied out to right; Rodriguez tripled to right; Brinkman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first);
Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Niekro struck out; McAuliffe homered; G. Brown
homered; Horton flied out to right; Cash flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Lahoud doubled to left; Montgomery flied out to
center [Lahoud to third]; Siebert hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Lahoud scored]; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to center; Freehan lined to
right; Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman forced Rodriguez
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski lined to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe
reached on an error by Griffin [McAuliffe to first]; G. Brown
walked [McAuliffe to second]; Horton forced G. Brown (second to
shortstop) [McAuliffe to third]; Cash made an out to first; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli popped to first in foul territory; Scott
singled to right; Lahoud singled to right [Scott to third];
Montgomery made an out to second; Siebert singled to center
[Scott scored, Lahoud to second]; Griffin singled to left
[Lahoud scored, Siebert to second]; Aparicio made an out to
second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup walked; KOONCE REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING);
Freehan walked (walk was charged to Siebert) [Northrup to
second]; Sonny Siebert left with injured elbow; Rodriguez
lined to center; Brinkman singled to center [Northrup to third,
Freehan to second]; JONES BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Jones made an out
to shortstop; McAuliffe singled to center [Northrup scored,
Freehan scored, Brinkman scored (error by Smith) (unearned) (no
RBI), McAuliffe to third]; BRETT REPLACED KOONCE (PITCHING);
KALINE BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Kaline reached on an error by
Aparicio [McAuliffe scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kaline to
first]; Horton singled to left [Kaline to second]; Cash was
called out on strikes; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TIMMERMANN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING);
Smith singled to left; Yastrzemski lined to right; Petrocelli
lined to left; Scott singled to left [Smith to second]; Lahoud
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup singled; Freehan singled to left [Northrup
to third (error by Yastrzemski), Freehan to second]; Rodriguez
struck out; Brinkman was walked intentionally; Timmermann struck
out; McAuliffe doubled to center [Northrup scored, Freehan
scored, Brinkman scored]; TATUM REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING);
CONIGLIARO REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING RF); Kaline made an out to
first; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 9, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Montgomery made an out to third; Conigliaro struck
out; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 9, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Horton flied out to center; Cash homered; Northrup
walked; Freehan singled to left [Northrup to second]; Rodriguez
flied out to center; Brinkman singled to center [Northrup
scored, Freehan out at third (center to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 11, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
made an out to third; Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli singled to
right [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott homered [Yastrzemski
scored, Petrocelli scored]; Tatum singled to center; Montgomery
forced Tatum (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 11, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Timmermann reached on an error by Aparicio
[Timmermann to first]; McAuliffe walked [Timmermann to second];
Kaline singled to center [Timmermann scored (unearned),
McAuliffe to second]; Horton flied out to left; Cash forced
Kaline (first to shortstop) [McAuliffe to third]; Northrup lined
to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 12, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING CF); Conigliaro
singled to left; Griffin grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Conigliaro out at second]; Aparicio doubled to
left; Smith singled to right [Aparicio scored]; SCHERMAN
REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled to second
[Smith to second]; Petrocelli singled to left [Smith scored,
Yastrzemski to second]; Scott flied out to right; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 12, Red Sox 8.
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