Norm Cash and Mickey Stanley slugged the Tigers to a 9-1 victory over the Yankees behind the five-hit pitching of Joe Coleman. Stanley batted in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and homered with two men on base in the fourth. Cash hit his 29th homer of the season in the fifth and followed with a two-run shot for No. 30 in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 9, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 4, 1971 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers       0  1  0    3  1  0    4  0  0  -   9  9  1
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   1   0     0   2   .240      Kenney 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .252
Taylor 2b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .257      Gibbs c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Kaline rf             3   1   1   1     1   2   .299      Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .322
  Lane lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Cash 1b               3   3   2   4     0   0   .292      Blomberg rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Price c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .250      Cater 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
I. Brown lf           0   1   0   0     1   0   .268      Clarke 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .239
  Northrup ph,lf,rf   2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Baker ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .123
Stanley cf            3   1   1   4     0   0   .280      Closter p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .223        Lyttle ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Coleman p             4   0   1   0     0   1   .098        Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Munson ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .258
                                                            Ley p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   9   9   9     2   7             Totals               30   1   5   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  9,315
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Yankees 5
DP: Tigers 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Coleman, Closter
Home Runs: Stanley (4), Cash 2 (30)
Stolen Bases: Kenney (9), White 2 (13)
Caught Stealing: Cater (3)
Sacrifice Hits: I. Brown (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Stanley (2)
GIDP: Lyttle (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (6,by Closter), Gibbs (3,by Coleman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(16-8)         9     5   1   0   2   4   0  33   3.28
Totals                  9     5   1   0   2   4   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Closter L(2-2)          5     5   5   5   2   5   2  23   3.60
Hardin                  3     4   4   4   0   1   1  13   5.03
Ley                     1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.50
Totals                  9     9   9   9   2   7   3  39

Hit by Pitch: Coleman (6), Closter (2)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez struck out; Taylor struck out; Kaline
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Kenney singled to center; Kenney stole second;
Kenney was picked off second but was safe on an error by Coleman
[Kenney scored (unearned)]; Gibbs flied out to left; Murcer
struck out; White singled to first; White stole second; Blomberg
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Yankees 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash was hit by a pitch; Price singled to left [Cash
to second]; I. Brown reached on an error by Closter on a
sacrifice bunt [Cash to third, Price to second, I. Brown to
first]; Stanley sacrifice flied into a double play to center
[Cash scored, Price out at third (center to first to third), I.
Brown to second]; Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater singled to center; Clarke struck out while
Cater was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Baker
walked; Closter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Coleman singled to right; Rodriguez forced Coleman
(third to second); Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Rodriguez to second]; Kaline was walked intentionally; Cash
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Kenney grounded out (pitcher to first); Gibbs flied
out to right; Murcer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Price singled to shortstop; I. Brown walked [Price
to second]; Stanley homered [Price scored, I. Brown scored];
Brinkman struck out; Coleman grounded out (second to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to right; Blomberg flied out to
center; Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Taylor grounded out (second to first); Kaline struck
out; Cash homered; Price made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke walked; Baker forced Clarke (shortstop to
second); LYTTLE BATTED FOR CLOSTER; Lyttle grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Baker out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 6TH: HARDIN REPLACED LYTTLE (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED
FOR I. BROWN; Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley
flied out to center; Brinkman lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kenney
grounded out (second to first); Gibbs flied out to left; Murcer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Yankees 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Coleman grounded out (first to pitcher); Rodriguez
singled to center; Taylor singled to left [Rodriguez to second];
Kaline singled to left [Rodriguez scored, Taylor to third]; Cash
homered [Taylor scored, Kaline scored]; Price popped to first;
Northrup popped to first; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: LANE REPLACED KALINE (PLAYING LF); NORTHRUP CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); White flied out to left; Debut game
for Marvin Lane; Blomberg flied out to center; Cater
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9,
Yankees 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman
flied out to left; Coleman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 9, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
singled to right; MUNSON BATTED FOR HARDIN; Munson struck out;
Kenney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 9, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 9TH: LEY REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Taylor flied out to left; Lane popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Gibbs was hit by a pitch; Murcer singled to right
[Gibbs to second]; White forced Murcer (first to shortstop)
[Gibbs to third]; White stole second; Blomberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cater flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 9, Yankees 1.