Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Tuesday, August    31, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  3    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  1
Tigers       0  0  1    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3 12  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender lf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .289      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .213
Pinson cf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .259        Rodriguez ph,3b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .240
R. Foster rf          5   1   2   1     0   1   .247      Taylor 3b,2b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .253
Nettles 3b            4   2   1   2     0   1   .280      G. Brown lf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .383
Chambliss 1b          5   1   2   3     0   1   .298        Kaline ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Lowenstein 2b         5   0   2   0     0   1   .190      Cash 1b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .287
Suarez c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .189      Northrup rf,lf        3   0   1   1     2   1   .270
Stanley ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .232      Price c               5   1   2   0     0   1   .229
Colbert p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .118      Stanley cf            4   0   3   1     0   1   .282
  A. Foster p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .047      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     1   0   .221
  Hinton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  McDowell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                            Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                            Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freehan ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               36   6  11   6     3   6             Totals               37   3  12   2     5   7

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 27,209
Left on Base: Indians 9, Tigers 14
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Colbert, Price
Doubles: R. Foster (19)
Home Runs: Nettles (23), Chambliss (7)
Stolen Bases: Pinson (19)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Pinson (3), Niekro (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Stanley (1)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (2,by Niekro), Suarez (2,by Perranoski)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colbert W(4-4)          6.2  10   3   2   4   4   0  34   4.29
A. Foster               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.16
McDowell SV(1)          2     2   0   0   1   3   0   9   3.07
Totals                  9    12   3   2   5   7   0  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(6-7)           4     8   6   6   3   2   2  24   4.63
Denehy                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.91
Perranoski              3     2   0   0   0   1   0  12   6.22
Scherman                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.68
Totals                  9    11   6   6   3   6   2  42

Hit by Pitch: Niekro (2), Perranoski (4)
Wild Pitches: Colbert (3), McDowell (12)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender popped to shortstop; Pinson grounded out
(second to first); R. Foster singled to shortstop; Nettles
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Taylor singled to third
[McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown grounded out (second to first)
[McAuliffe to third, Taylor to second]; Cash popped to third;
Northrup was walked intentionally; Price forced Northrup (third
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (second to first);
Lowenstein singled to left; Suarez grounded out (second to
first) [Lowenstein to second]; Stanley walked; Colbert flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley singled to right; Brinkman forced Stanley
(third to second); Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe walked; Taylor
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender popped to third; Pinson walked; Pinson
stole second [Pinson to third (error by Price)]; R. Foster
doubled to left [Pinson scored]; Nettles homered [R. Foster
scored]; Chambliss singled to pitcher; Lowenstein grounded out
(second to first) [Chambliss to second]; Suarez walked; Stanley
singled to shortstop [Chambliss to third, Suarez to second];
Colbert forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: G. Brown singled to right; Cash singled to right [G.
Brown to second]; Northrup singled to left [G. Brown scored,
Cash to second]; Price flied out to center; Stanley struck out;
Brinkman forced Northrup (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Uhlaender grounded out (third to first); Pinson
singled to center; R. Foster grounded out (first unassisted)
[Pinson to second]; Nettles was hit by a pitch; Chambliss
homered [Pinson scored, Nettles scored]; Lowenstein was called
out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Collins flied out to
left; McAuliffe popped to third; Taylor was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 5TH: DENEHY REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Suarez flied
out to left; Stanley struck out; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: G. Brown struck out; Cash singled to right; Northrup
walked [Cash to second]; Price singled to left [Cash to third,
Northrup to second]; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cash
scored]; Colbert threw a wild pitch [Northrup to third, Price to
second]; Brinkman walked; JONES BATTED FOR DENEHY; Jones
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 6,
Tigers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Uhlaender
singled to center; Pinson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Uhlaender to second]; R. Foster flied out to right;
Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe lined to center; Taylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); G. Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded
out (second to first); Suarez was hit by a pitch; Stanley
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
grounded out (shortstop to first); Price singled to center;
Stanley singled to center [Price to second]; Stanley was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Colbert [Price scored
(unearned), Stanley to third]; A. FOSTER REPLACED COLBERT
(PITCHING); Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: HINTON BATTED FOR A. FOSTER; Hinton singled to
left; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first) [Hinton to
second]; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted) [Hinton to
third]; R. Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: MCDOWELL REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); FREEHAN BATTED
FOR PERRANOSKI; Freehan popped to first in foul territory;
RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Rodriguez struck out; Taylor
singled to center; KALINE BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Kaline walked
[Taylor to second]; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RODRIGUEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); SCHERMAN REPLACED FREEHAN (PITCHING); NORTHRUP CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first);
Chambliss struck out; Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Northrup was called out on strikes; Price struck
out; Stanley singled to center; McDowell threw a wild pitch
[Stanley to second]; Brinkman grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.