Homers by Gates Brown, Aurelio Rodriguez and Bill Freehan carried the Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Senators. Brown opened the scoring with a smash in the first inning.

After Rodriguez connected in the third, Brown walked, stole second and scored on a single by Jim Northrup. Freehan then provided what proved to be the winning blow, hitting a two-run homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Washington Senators 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 8, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Tigers       1  0  2    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  9  1
Senators     1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          5   0   0   0     0   2   .206      Unser rf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   1   1     0   1   .237      Nelson 3b             5   2   1   0     0   0   .275
G. Brown lf           1   2   1   1     3   0   .370      Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .282
Cash 1b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .290      Billings lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .242
Freehan c             4   1   1   2     0   0   .279      Maddox cf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .220
Northrup rf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .278      Casanova c            3   1   1   1     1   0   .203
Stanley cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .290      Allen 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .224      Cullen ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .194
Kilkenny p            3   0   1   0     0   1   .087      Broberg p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .081
  Whillock p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .264
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               34   5   9   5     4   5             Totals               36   3   8   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  2,973
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Senators 9
DP: Tigers 0, Senators 2
Errors: Kilkenny
Home Runs: G. Brown (8), Rodriguez (14), Freehan (19), Casanova (5)
Stolen Bases: G. Brown (4)
GIDP: McAuliffe (7), Brinkman (12)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny W(4-4)         7.2   8   3   2   3   3   1  35   4.64
Whillock SV(1)          1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   2   3   5   1  39

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(5-7)          7.2   9   5   5   4   3   3  34   3.09
Pina                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.58
Grzenda                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.16
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   5   3  38

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to right; Rodriguez popped to
shortstop; G. Brown homered; Cash singled to center; Freehan
forced Cash (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
reached on an error by Kilkenny [Nelson to second]; Howard flied
out to right [Nelson to third]; Billings singled to left [Nelson
scored (unearned)]; Maddox singled to center [Billings to
second]; Casanova grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup walked; Stanley flied out to center;
Brinkman singled to left [Northrup to second]; On a bunt
Kilkenny singled to pitcher [Northrup to third, Brinkman to
second]; McAuliffe grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Kilkenny out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 2ND: Allen grounded out (second to first); Cullen
grounded out (third to first); Broberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez homered; G. Brown walked; Cash popped to
catcher in foul territory; G. Brown stole second; Freehan flied
out to center [G. Brown to third]; Northrup singled to center
[G. Brown scored]; Stanley grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
popped to catcher in foul territory; Howard walked; Billings
forced Howard (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Senators 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Kilkenny grounded out
(first to pitcher); McAuliffe popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Maddox was called out on strikes; Casanova walked;
Allen singled to right [Casanova to third]; Cullen flied out to
left; Broberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
3, Senators 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez popped to second; G. Brown walked; Cash
popped to third; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
singled to center; Howard walked [Nelson to second]; Billings
struck out; Maddox singled to right [Nelson scored, Howard to
third]; Casanova forced Maddox (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley
singled to left; Brinkman grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Allen grounded out (second to first); Cullen
singled to center; Broberg forced Cullen (first to shortstop);
Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Senators 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Kilkenny struck out; McAuliffe struck out (catcher
to first); Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: Nelson flied out to left; Howard grounded out
(shortstop to first); Billings flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 2.

TIGERS 8TH: G. Brown walked; Cash forced G. Brown (first to
shortstop); Freehan homered [Cash scored]; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); Stanley singled to left; PINA REPLACED
BROBERG (PITCHING); Brinkman struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Casanova
homered; Allen popped to third; Cullen singled to left;
BURROUGHS BATTED FOR PINA; WHILLOCK REPLACED KILKENNY
(PITCHING); Burroughs was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Senators 3.

TIGERS 9TH: GRZENDA REPLACED BURROUGHS (PITCHING); Whillock
grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Senators 3.

SENATORS 9TH: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Senators 3.