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Denny McLain was handed his 20th defeat of the season when the Tigers beat the Senators, 4-2, behind the pitching of Joe Coleman, who gained his 18th victory and struck out a career high of 14 in the game. Aurelio Rodriguez homered off McLain in the first inning, Mickey Stanley drove in a run with a single in the fourth, Norm Cash walked with the bases loaded in the fifth and Jim Northrup homered in the sixth. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 2Game Played on Wednesday, September 15, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumSenators 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Tigers 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 x - 4 6 0 Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .261 McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .206 Nelson 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .272 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .242 Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 G. Brown lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .368 Howard lf 4 0 1 1 0 3 .276 Kaline ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Allen 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .267 Cash 1b 2 1 0 1 2 1 .281 Harrah pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Freehan c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .274 Billings c 3 0 1 0 1 2 .241 Northrup rf,lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Stanley cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .299 Cullen ss,2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .192 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 McLain p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .109 Coleman p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .089 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Totals 34 2 7 2 3 14 Totals 27 4 6 4 5 7 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 8,066 Left on Base: Senators 8, Tigers 5 DP: Senators 2, Tigers 0 Doubles: Nelson (7), Howard (24), McAuliffe (15) Home Runs: Unser (9), Rodriguez (15), Northrup (14) Stolen Bases: Nelson (11) Sacrifice Hits: Coleman (8) GIDP: Freehan (12), Northrup (14) Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McLain L(10-20) 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 27 4.24 Grzenda 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 2.23 Totals 8 6 4 4 5 7 2 33 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman W(18-8) 9 7 2 2 3 14 1 37 3.08 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 14 1 37 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Nelson doubled to right; Mincher struck out; Howard doubled to center [Nelson scored]; Allen walked; Billings walked [Howard to third, Allen to second]; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to left; Rodriguez homered; G. Brown flied out to left; Cash struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. SENATORS 2ND: Cullen flied out to right; McLain was called out on strikes; Unser popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to center; Northrup popped to second; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. SENATORS 3RD: Nelson walked; Mincher grounded out (second to first) [Nelson to second]; Nelson stole third; Howard struck out; Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to left; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe flied out to right [Brinkman to third]; Rodriguez popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. SENATORS 4TH: Billings struck out; Burroughs flied out to right; Cullen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Cash walked; Freehan walked [Cash to second]; Northrup forced Freehan (second to shortstop) [Cash to third]; Stanley singled to left [Cash scored, Northrup to second]; Brinkman was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 1, Tigers 2. SENATORS 5TH: McLain was called out on strikes; Unser homered; Nelson grounded out (second to first); Mincher grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Coleman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe doubled to right; Rodriguez singled to second [McAuliffe to third]; G. Brown walked [Rodriguez to second]; Cash walked [McAuliffe scored, Rodriguez to third, G. Brown to second]; Freehan grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Rodriguez out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 3. SENATORS 6TH: Howard struck out; Allen struck out; Billings singled to center; Burroughs singled to left [Billings to second]; Cullen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Northrup homered; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Coleman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. SENATORS 7TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR MCLAIN; McCraw flied out to center; Unser struck out; Nelson singled to right; Mincher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: GRZENDA REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez struck out; KALINE BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. SENATORS 8TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Howard struck out; Allen singled to center; HARRAH RAN FOR ALLEN; Billings was called out on strikes; Burroughs forced Harrah (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: HARRAH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CULLEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Cash flied out to center; Freehan walked; Northrup grounded into a double play (second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. SENATORS 9TH: Cullen was called out on strikes; BIITTNER BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Biittner struck out; Unser grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Tigers 4. |
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