Jim Perry, who was the A. L.'s Cy Young Award winner last year with a 24-12 record for the Twins, balanced his ledger this season at 14-14 by pitching a four-hitter to beat the Tigers, 3-1. Al Kaline homered for the Tigers' run in the first inning. Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Tuesday, August 24, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumTwins 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 1 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .305 McAuliffe 2b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Carew 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .284 Kaline rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .290 Oliva rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .352 G. Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .374 Killebrew 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .242 Cash 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .281 Reese 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .206 Northrup cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Cardenas ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Freehan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Nettles cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Mitterwald c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .244 Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Roof c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Collins ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Perry p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Totals 31 3 9 3 2 1 Totals 29 1 4 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 17,058 Left on Base: Twins 5, Tigers 2 DP: Twins 2, Tigers 3 Errors: Oliva, Rodriguez Doubles: Cardenas (20), Tovar (24) Home Runs: Kaline (12) Caught Stealing: Nettles (2) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (2), Mitterwald (4) GIDP: Oliva 2 (15), Northrup (12), Jones (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(14-14) 9 4 1 1 1 4 1 30 4.21 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 4 1 30 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(6-6) 6.2 8 3 2 1 0 0 28 4.31 Scherman 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.75 Timmermann 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.14 Totals 9 9 3 2 2 1 0 35 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left; Oliva forced Carew (shortstop to second); Killebrew walked [Oliva to second]; Reese flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline homered; G. Brown singled to first; Cash walked [G. Brown to second]; Northrup grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cash out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (second to first); Nettles singled to left; Mitterwald singled to right [Nettles to second]; Perry popped to shortstop; Tovar forced Mitterwald (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to left; Rodriguez popped to second; Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TWINS 3RD: Carew singled to center; Oliva grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carew out at second]; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Niekro flied out to center; McAuliffe lined to right; Kaline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TWINS 4TH: Reese singled to center; Cardenas doubled to right [Reese to third]; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to center [Reese scored, Cardenas to third]; Mitterwald hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cardenas scored]; Perry popped to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Cash popped to second; Northrup singled to right [Northrup to second (error by Oliva)]; Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TWINS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to center; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TWINS 6TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Reese flied out to right; Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe flied out to right; Kaline struck out; G. Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 1. TWINS 7TH: Nettles flied out to left; Mitterwald reached on an error by Rodriguez [Mitterwald to second]; Perry grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar doubled to left [Mitterwald scored (unearned)]; SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Cash struck out; Northrup popped to second; Freehan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. TWINS 8TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Killebrew walked; Reese lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Killebrew out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez singled to center; COLLINS BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Collins struck out; JONES BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Jones grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. TWINS 9TH: COLLINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); TIMMERMANN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Cardenas singled to shortstop; Nettles forced Cardenas (second to shortstop); Nettles was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Mitterwald was called out on strikes; George Mitterwald and Twins Manager Bill Rigney ejected by HP umpire Lou DiMuro; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: ROOF REPLACED MITTERWALD (PLAYING C ); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline flied out to center; G. Brown grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 1. |
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