Saturday August 21, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Mickey Lolich became a 20-game winner for the first time in his career when the Tigers' southpaw defeated the Brewers, 7-2. This is Lolich's 13th season in O. B. and ninth year with the Tigers.

Andy Kosco accounted for the Brewers' runs with a homer in the first inning, but the Tigers took command with four runs in the third on a triple by Aurelio Rodriguez, single by Ed Brinkman, pass to Lolich and homer by Dick McAuliffe. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 21, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 Tigers 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 x - 7 8 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 McAuliffe 2b 4 2 3 4 0 0 .205 Theobald 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Northrup cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .279 Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Kaline rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .293 Kosco 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .226 Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .284 Briggs 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 G. Brown lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .384 Mitchell rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .204 Stanley cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .192 Freehan c 4 0 1 2 0 1 .287 Heise ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .254 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .239 Lockwood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .106 Brinkman ss 4 2 1 1 0 1 .223 Krausse p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .029 Lolich p 2 1 0 0 1 0 .090 Pena ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 9 Totals 32 7 8 7 3 6 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 29,929 Left on Base: Brewers 6, Tigers 5 DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 0 Errors: Heise 2 Doubles: Heise (6), McAuliffe (12) Triples: Rodriguez (5) Home Runs: Kosco (7), McAuliffe (15) Stolen Bases: Northrup (6), Kaline (2) Sacrifice Hits: Lolich (13) Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (8,by Lolich) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lockwood L(8-10) 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 12 3.11 Krausse 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 15 3.04 Morris 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.49 Weaver 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.27 Totals 8 8 7 6 3 6 1 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich W(20-9) 9 6 2 2 1 9 1 35 3.01 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 9 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Lolich (6) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro BREWERS 1ST: Harper lined to left; Theobald singled to center; Cardenal flied out to center; Kosco homered [Theobald scored]; Briggs popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to left; Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Mitchell was called out on strikes; Rodriguez singled to second; Heise doubled to left [Rodriguez to third]; Lockwood popped to first in foul territory; Harper walked; Theobald forced Heise (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash struck out; G. Brown popped to first; Freehan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Cardenal flied out to left; Kosco popped to first in foul territory; Briggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez tripled to left; Brinkman singled to left [Rodriguez scored]; Lolich walked [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe homered [Brinkman scored, Lolich scored]; Northrup singled to third; Kaline walked [Northrup to second]; KRAUSSE REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Northrup stole third and Kaline stole second; Cash struck out; G. Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Northrup out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Kaline to third, G. Brown to second]; Freehan popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4. BREWERS 4TH: Mitchell flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Heise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4. TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Brinkman reached on an error by Heise [Brinkman to first]; Lolich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe singled to right [Brinkman scored (unearned), McAuliffe to second (on throw)]; Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. BREWERS 5TH: Krausse was called out on strikes; Harper was called out on strikes; Theobald lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. TIGERS 5TH: Kaline flied out to right; Cash grounded out (second to first); G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. BREWERS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Kosco struck out; Briggs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Freehan struck out; Rodriguez reached on an error by Heise [Rodriguez to second]; Brinkman was called out on strikes; Lolich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. BREWERS 7TH: Mitchell singled to left; Rodriguez struck out; Heise flied to right in foul territory; PENA BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Pena lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: MORRIS REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); McAuliffe doubled to right; Northrup struck out; Kaline was walked intentionally; Cash singled to center [McAuliffe to third, Kaline to second]; WEAVER REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Freehan singled to center [McAuliffe scored, Kaline scored, Cash out at third (center to first to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 7. BREWERS 8TH: Harper flied out to right; Theobald flied out to center; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 7. TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 7. BREWERS 9TH: Kosco singled to left; Briggs popped to first; Mitchell flied out to center; Rodriguez was hit by a pitch [Kosco to second]; Heise struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 7.

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