Jim Northrup, who broke out of a slump with five straight hits, smashed his second homer of the game in the 11th inning to bring the Tigers a 3-2 victory over the Senators. Northrup homered for the first time in the second inning.

The Senators picked up their pair in the third on a double by Del Unser, single by Dave Nelson, double by Don Mincher and sacrifice fly by Tommy McCraw. The Tigers tied the score in the seventh on a double by Northrup, single by Mickey Stanley and sacrifice fly by Al Kaline. [The Sporting News]
Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 7, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  -   3  9  0
Senators     0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   2  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     2   0   .209      Unser cf,rf           5   1   1   0     0   3   .267
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Nelson 3b             5   1   1   1     0   1   .277
G. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .366      Mincher 1b            5   0   1   0     0   2   .288
  Gutierrez ss        2   0   0   0     0   0   .176      McCraw rf,lf          4   0   0   1     0   1   .209
Cash 1b               4   0   1   0     1   1   .290      Biittner lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Freehan c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .279        Harrah pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Northrup rf,lf        5   3   5   2     0   0   .277      Allen 2b              3   0   3   0     0   0   .264
Stanley cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .288        Randle pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     0   2   .224        Maddox ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Jones ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Billings c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .242
  Kaline ph,rf        2   0   0   1     0   0   .297      Cullen ss,2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Coleman p             3   0   0   0     1   2   .094      Thompson p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .063
  Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .235        Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
                                                            Lindblad p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .190

Totals               40   3   9   3     4  10             Totals               38   2   8   2     1  10

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  2,369
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Senators 5
DP: Tigers 2, Senators 0
Doubles: Northrup (24), Allen (7), Unser (18), Mincher (21), Biittner (4)
Home Runs: Northrup 2 (13)
Stolen Bases: Northrup (7)
Caught Stealing: Northrup (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (6), McCraw (3)
GIDP: Billings (4), Howard (27)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 9     8   2   2   1   8   0  34   3.24
Scherman W(9-6)         2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.53
Totals                 11     8   2   2   1  10   0  40

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thompson                6     5   2   2   3   6   1  25   4.67
Grzenda                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.20
Lindblad L(7-4)         4     3   1   1   1   4   1  16   2.92
Totals                 11     9   3   3   4  10   2  45

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez flied out to center; G.
Brown popped to third; Cash walked [McAuliffe to second];
Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser struck out; Nelson flied out to left;
Mincher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup homered; Stanley singled to center;
Brinkman struck out; Coleman walked [Stanley to second];
McAuliffe flied out to right; Rodriguez forced Coleman
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators
0.

SENATORS 2ND: McCraw popped to first in foul territory; Biittner
grounded out (first to pitcher); Allen doubled to left; Billings
walked; Cullen popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Senators 0.

TIGERS 3RD: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Cash struck
out; Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Thompson struck out; Unser doubled to center;
Nelson singled to center [Unser scored]; Mincher doubled to left
[Nelson to third]; McCraw hit a sacrifice fly to center [Nelson
scored, Mincher to third]; Biittner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup singled to center; Northrup stole second;
Stanley struck out; Northrup was caught stealing third (catcher
to third); Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Allen singled to center; Billings grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Allen out at
second]; Cullen popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Senators 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Coleman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Thompson was called out on strikes; Unser struck
out; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 2.

TIGERS 6TH: G. Brown struck out; Cash flied to right in foul
territory; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Mincher popped to third in foul territory; McCraw
grounded out (second to first); Biittner popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup doubled; Stanley singled to right [Northrup
to third]; JONES BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; GRZENDA REPLACED THOMPSON
(PITCHING); KALINE BATTED FOR JONES; Kaline hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Northrup scored]; On a bunt Coleman forced Stanley
(pitcher to shortstop); McAuliffe singled to first [Coleman to
second]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KALINE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GUTIERREZ REPLACED G. BROWN
(PLAYING SS); Allen singled to right; RANDLE RAN FOR ALLEN;
Billings singled to right [Randle to third]; Cullen reached on a
fielder's choice [Randle out at home (third to catcher),
Billings to second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Howard grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Cullen out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); RANDLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Gutierrez flied out to left; Cash singled
to second; Freehan flied out to center; Northrup singled to left
[Cash to second]; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: Unser was called out on strikes; Nelson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mincher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Kaline grounded out (third to first); Coleman was
called out on strikes; McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 9TH: McCraw struck out; Biittner doubled to right;
HARRAH RAN FOR BIITTNER; MADDOX BATTED FOR RANDLE; Maddox
grounded out (second to first) [Harrah to third]; Billings
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 10TH: HARRAH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CULLEN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
MCCRAW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MADDOX STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING CF); Gutierrez flied out to left; Cash flied out to
right; Freehan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 10TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Cullen
struck out; Lindblad grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 11TH: Northrup homered; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
first); Kaline flied out to right; Scherman struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 11TH: Nelson was called out on strikes; Mincher popped
to third in foul territory; McCraw grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 2.
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