After being held to one hit in the first six innings, the Twins erupted to defeat the Tigers, 9-4. The Tigers, who scored on a triple by Willie Horton in the first inning, added three unearned runs in the seventh. That seemed to stir up the Twins, who began their comeback in the home half with singles by Tony Oliva, Rich Reese and Leo Cardenas for one run and a double by Jim Holt for another marker, chasing Joe Coleman.

Danny Thompson doubled off reliever Fred Scherman to tie the score at 4-4. After a sacrifice by George Mitterwald, Tom Timmerman took the mound for the Tigers, walked Harmon Killebrew and served up a single by Cesar Tovar, driving in the Twins' fifth run. Ron Perranoski became the Tigers' fourth pitcher of the inning and brought it to a close, but the Twins took advantage of an error by Perranoski and scored four more runs in the eighth, two on a single by Mitterwald and two on a homer by Killebrew. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    14, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   4  7  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    5  4  x  -   9 10  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .201      Tovar lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .299
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Horton lf             2   0   1   1     0   0   .298      Oliva rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .357
Northrup 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Nettles cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Freehan c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .289      Reese 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .208
Rodriguez 3b          3   1   0   0     0   0   .240      Cardenas ss           4   2   2   1     0   2   .288
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .402      Holt cf,rf            4   2   1   1     0   0   .261
  Taylor 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Braun 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Stanley cf            4   1   0   0     0   1   .279        Thompson ph         1   1   1   2     0   0   .292
Brinkman ss           3   1   1   1     1   0   .226        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Coleman p             2   0   1   1     0   1   .101      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   2     0   2   .243
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Luebber p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Haydel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Killebrew ph,3b     1   1   1   2     1   0   .253
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .256

Totals               32   4   7   4     2   2             Totals               33   9  10   9     2   4

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 19,246
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Twins 4
DP: Tigers 0, Twins 2
Errors: Perranoski, Carew
Doubles: Holt (11), Thompson (2)
Triples: Horton (1)
Home Runs: Killebrew (15)
Stolen Bases: Reese (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Mitterwald (2), Williams (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Coleman (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (9), McAuliffe (6)
Hit by Pitch: Horton 2 (5,by Luebber,by Williams)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 6     5   4   4   1   4   0  24   3.61
Scherman L(8-6)         0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.90
Timmermann              0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.29
Perranoski              1.2   3   4   0   0   0   1   9   6.90
Totals                  8    10   9   5   2   4   1  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber                 6.2   7   4   1   1   2   0  28   5.12
Haydel W(2-1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.11
Williams SV(3)          2     0   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.89
Totals                  9     7   4   1   2   2   0  37

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (5)
Hit by Pitch: Luebber (2), Williams (8)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Kaline lined to left;
Horton tripled to left [McAuliffe scored]; Northrup grounded out
(first unassisted); Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez made an out to second; Stanley struck out;
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese singled to right; Reese stole second; Cardenas
struck out; Holt reached on a fielder's choice [Reese out at
third (shortstop to third)]; Braun grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Coleman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe lined
to right; Kaline singled to left; Horton was hit by a pitch
[Kaline to second]; Northrup made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald struck out; Luebber grounded out (catcher
to first); Tovar lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Twins 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan walked; Rodriguez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second];
Stanley popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins
0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew walked; Oliva lined to center; Reese grounded
out (first unassisted) [Carew to second]; Cardenas struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; Coleman
singled to right; McAuliffe grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Coleman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Braun lined to
center; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
grounded out (third to first); Northrup grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Luebber lined to second; Tovar grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan singled to left; Rodriguez reached on an
error by Carew (assist by Cardenas) [Freehan to third, Rodriguez
to first]; Stanley reached on a fielder's choice [Freehan out at
home (shortstop to catcher), Rodriguez to second]; Brinkman
singled to right [Rodriguez scored (unearned), Stanley to
third]; Coleman hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stanley scored
(unearned), Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe singled to right
[Brinkman scored (unearned)]; HAYDEL REPLACED LUEBBER
(PITCHING); Kaline forced McAuliffe (shortstop to second); 3 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva singled to center; Reese singled to left [Oliva
to third]; Cardenas singled to right [Oliva scored, Reese to
third]; Holt doubled to left [Reese scored, Cardenas to third];
SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); THOMPSON BATTED FOR BRAUN;
Thompson doubled to left [Cardenas scored, Holt scored];
Mitterwald out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Thompson
to third]; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR HAYDEL; TIMMERMANN REPLACED
SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Killebrew walked; Tovar singled to left
[Thompson scored, Killebrew to second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED
TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Carew lined to shortstop; Oliva made an
out to shortstop; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 5.

TIGERS 8TH: KILLEBREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS
REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Horton was hit by a pitch;
Mitterwald allowed a passed ball [Horton to second]; Northrup
popped to second; Freehan grounded out (third to first); G.
BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; G. Brown grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING 3B); Reese popped
to catcher in foul territory; Cardenas singled to right; Holt
reached on an error by Perranoski [Cardenas to second, Holt to
first]; Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Cardenas to third, Holt to second]; Mitterwald singled to
center [Cardenas scored (unearned), Holt scored (unearned)];
Killebrew homered (unearned) [Mitterwald scored (unearned)];
Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 9.

TIGERS 9TH: NETTLES REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING CF); HOLT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Stanley flied out to left; Brinkman
walked; JONES BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; Jones lined to right;
McAuliffe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Twins 9.