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Held hitless by Bill Parsons for the first six innings, the Tigers erupted with a three-run homer by Al Kaline to defeat the Brewers, 3-2. Dick McAuliffe singled in the seventh for the Tigers' first hit. Jim Northrup also singled and Kaline followed with his homer. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2Game Played on Friday, August 20, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumBrewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 9 1 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 5 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper lf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .262 McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .199 Theobald 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Northrup lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .279 Briggs 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Kaline rf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .294 Cardenal cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Cash 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .284 May rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Freehan c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Kosco 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .221 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Stanley cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Voss ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Heise ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Pena ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Lopez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Parsons p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .113 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schofield ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .206 Totals 34 2 9 2 2 6 Totals 27 3 5 3 1 3 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 20,510 Left on Base: Brewers 8, Tigers 3 DP: Brewers 2, Tigers 0 Errors: Morris, Northrup Doubles: Cardenal (4) Home Runs: Harper (11), Kaline (11) Caught Stealing: Harper (3) Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (5), Niekro (5) GIDP: Rodriguez (11), Freehan (10) Hit by Pitch: Freehan (8,by Parsons) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parsons L(10-15) 6 4 3 3 0 1 1 22 2.87 Morris 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.20 Sanders 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.04 Totals 8 5 3 3 1 3 1 30 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(6-5) 8.1 8 2 2 1 4 1 33 4.42 Scherman 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.80 Timmermann SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.21 Totals 9 9 2 2 2 6 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Parsons (4) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled to center; Harper was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first); Briggs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to right; Northrup flied out to center; Kaline popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Cardenal doubled to right; May was called out on strikes; Kosco grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; Freehan flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Heise grounded out (second to first); Parsons grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper singled to left [Harper to second (error by Northrup)]; Theobald walked; Briggs flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Stanley flied out to right; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cardenal lined to left; May flied out to right; Kosco singled to center; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Northrup grounded out (second to first); Kaline grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Heise grounded out (first to pitcher); Parsons struck out; Harper lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Cash grounded out (first to pitcher); Freehan was hit by a pitch; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Briggs grounded out (catcher to first); Cardenal flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. BREWERS 7TH: May singled to right; Kosco singled to shortstop [May to second]; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to third, Kosco to second]; Heise grounded out (pitcher to first); Parsons struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Northrup singled to right [McAuliffe to third]; Kaline homered [McAuliffe scored, Northrup scored]; Cash singled to center; MORRIS REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING); Freehan grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cash out at second]; Rodriguez struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 3. BREWERS 8TH: Harper homered; Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs popped to third; Cardenal struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Stanley struck out; Brinkman singled to left; Niekro reached on an error by Morris on a sacrifice bunt [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe forced Niekro (shortstop to second) [Brinkman to third]; Northrup walked [McAuliffe to second]; SANDERS REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 3. BREWERS 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Kosco singled to left; VOSS BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); MITCHELL BATTED FOR VOSS; Mitchell struck out; PENA BATTED FOR HEISE; Pena walked [Kosco to second]; LOPEZ RAN FOR PENA; SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR SANDERS; Schofield singled to center [Kosco scored, Lopez to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Harper was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 3. |
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