Mickey Lolich gained his 22nd victory for the Tigers and posted his third shutout of the season by beating the Indians, 7-0. Bill Freehan batted in three runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly. Norm Cash accounted for two with a triple and single. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 2, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Tigers       0  0  3    0  1  0    3  0  x  -   7 11  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      McAuliffe 2b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Kaline rf             2   2   1   0     2   0   .296
Hinton lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .244        I. Brown lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Fosse 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      G. Brown lf           3   2   2   0     1   0   .390
Bevacqua rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .202        Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Hodge 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Cash 1b               3   2   2   2     1   0   .290
Suarez c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .179      Northrup cf,rf        2   0   1   1     1   0   .271
Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Freehan c             3   1   2   3     0   0   .280
Dunning p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .180      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .240
  A. Foster p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .047      Brinkman ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .222
  Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Lolich p              3   0   0   0     1   2   .103
  Ballinger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               33   0   6   0     0   6             Totals               30   7  11   7     6   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 15,500
Left on Base: Indians 6, Tigers 7
DP: Indians 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Bevacqua
Doubles: Bevacqua (2), Kaline (18)
Triples: Cash (3)
Home Runs: Freehan (18)
Stolen Bases: Uhlaender (3), Kaline (3)
Caught Stealing: Kaline (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Northrup (2), Freehan (3)
GIDP: Lolich (4), Brinkman (11)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(8-13)         4.2   7   4   4   5   0   1  24   4.67
A. Foster               2.1   4   3   3   1   2   0  11   4.27
Ballinger               1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.09
Totals                  8    11   7   7   6   4   1  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(22-10)         9     6   0   0   0   6   0  33   3.02
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   6   0  33

Wild Pitches: Dunning (7)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender flied out to right; Leon singled to left;
Hinton flied out to center; Fosse flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Kaline
walked; Kaline stole second; G. Brown walked; Kaline was caught
stealing third (catcher to third) [G. Brown to second]; Cash
walked; Northrup grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bevacqua struck out; Hodge flied out to center;
Suarez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to
center; Brinkman singled to left; Lolich walked [Brinkman to
second]; McAuliffe popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Stanley struck out; Dunning singled to shortstop;
Uhlaender forced Dunning (shortstop to second); Uhlaender stole
second; Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline walked; Dunning threw a wild pitch [Kaline to
second]; G. Brown grounded out (second to first) [Kaline to
third]; Cash tripled to center [Kaline scored]; Northrup hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Cash scored]; Freehan homered; Rodriguez
popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Hinton flied out to right; Fosse lined to third;
Bevacqua doubled to left; Hodge lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Brinkman singled to left; On a bunt Lolich grounded
into a double play (catcher to shortstop to second) [Brinkman
out at second]; McAuliffe lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Suarez was called out on strikes; Stanley grounded
out (second to first); Dunning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brown
singled to right; Cash popped to third; Northrup singled to
center [G. Brown to third]; Freehan singled to right [G. Brown
scored, Northrup to third]; A. FOSTER REPLACED DUNNING
(PITCHING); Rodriguez forced Freehan (shortstop to second); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender singled to center; Leon popped to first
in foul territory; Hinton flied out to center; Fosse singled to
left [Uhlaender to second]; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman struck out; Lolich struck out; McAuliffe
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Hodge grounded out (third to first); Suarez flied
out to right; Stanley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline doubled to center; G. Brown singled to second
[Kaline to third]; Cash singled to right [Kaline scored, G.
Brown to third, Cash to second (error by Bevacqua)]; Northrup
was walked intentionally; Freehan hit a sacrifice fly to center
[G. Brown scored, Cash to third]; Rodriguez singled to center
[Cash scored, Northrup to third]; Brinkman grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Rodriguez out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 8TH: I. BROWN REPLACED KALINE (PLAYING LF); STANLEY
REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR A. FOSTER; Lowenstein struck
out; Uhlaender flied out to center; Leon lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 8TH: BALLINGER REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PITCHING); Lolich
struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); I. Brown
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 9TH: Hinton flied out to center; Fosse flied out to
center; Bevacqua singled to left; Hodge flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 7.