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.

A single by Rich Reese, double by Leo Cardenas and successive sacrifice flies by Jim Nettles and George Mitterwald put the Twins ahead in the third and they added their last run in the seventh when Mitterwald reached second on a throwing error by Aurelio Rodriguez and scored on a double by Cesar Tovar. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    24, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        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.