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 2
Game Played on Friday, August    20, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Brewers      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.