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Friday September 17, 1971
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Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 17, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Tigers       0  0  0    3  0  0    1  1  x  -   5 11  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Blair cf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .256      McAuliffe 2b          4   1   2   1     1   1   .213
Rettenmund rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .247
F. Robinson 1b        3   1   1   1     1   0   .283      G. Brown lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .360
B. Robinson 3b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Kaline rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Motton lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .157      Cash 1b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .284      Freehan c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .274
Etchebarren c         4   0   1   1     0   0   .274      Northrup rf,lf        3   2   2   3     1   0   .277
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .266      Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .296
  DaVanon pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Brinkman ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .229
Leonhard p            3   0   1   0     0   2   .294      Scherman p            3   0   0   0     1   0   .208
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Salmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .171

Totals               32   3   6   3     4   3             Totals               33   5  11   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 29,458
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Tigers 8
DP: Orioles 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Etchebarren
Doubles: Blair (21), Etchebarren (8), Northrup (26)
Home Runs: F. Robinson (27), Johnson (17), Northrup (16), McAuliffe (18)
GIDP: Salmon (2), Rodriguez (13)
Hit by Pitch: Belanger (6,by Scherman)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonhard L(2-3)         6.2   9   4   4   2   2   2  30   2.32
Richert                 1.1   2   1   0   2   1   0   7   3.94
Totals                  8    11   5   4   4   3   2  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Scherman W(11-6)        9     6   3   3   4   3   2  37   2.78
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   3   2  37

Hit by Pitch: Scherman (5)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Blair flied out to right; Rettenmund flied out to
center; F. Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; G.
Brown grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson lined to first; Motton walked; Johnson
popped to second in foul territory; Etchebarren forced Motton
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash made an out to third; Freehan flied out to
center; Northrup walked; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger popped to first in foul territory;
Leonhard was called out on strikes; Blair doubled; Rettenmund
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman popped to pitcher; Scherman grounded out
(second to first); McAuliffe singled to center; Rodriguez
singled to right [McAuliffe to third]; G. Brown flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: F. Robinson homered; B. Robinson popped to catcher
in foul territory; Motton walked; Johnson made an out to second;
Etchebarren doubled to center [Motton scored]; Belanger was
walked intentionally; Leonhard was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash singled to right; Freehan singled to center
[Cash to second]; Northrup homered [Cash scored, Freehan
scored]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman
singled to left; On a bunt Scherman made an out to first;
Brooks Robinson intentionally dropped the bunt trying for double
play; umpires ruled one out only; Orioles manager Earl Weaver
protested the game; McAuliffe forced Brinkman (second to
shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Blair flied out to right; Rettenmund popped to
third in foul territory; F. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; G. Brown grounded out
(second to first); Cash flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 2, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: B. Robinson flied out to right; Motton flied out to
left; Johnson homered; Etchebarren made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
grounded out (second to first); Stanley flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger made an out to second; Leonhard singled to
center; Blair singled to left [Leonhard to second]; Rettenmund
flied out to center; F. Robinson walked [Leonhard to third,
Blair to second]; B. Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman struck out; Scherman grounded out (first to
pitcher); McAuliffe homered; Rodriguez singled to right; G.
Brown singled to center [Rodriguez to second]; RICHERT REPLACED
LEONHARD (PITCHING); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: KALINE REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING RF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Motton grounded out (third to
first); Johnson was called out on strikes; Etchebarren grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
doubled to left; Stanley was walked intentionally; Brinkman
singled to center [Northrup scored (error by Etchebarren; assist
by Blair) (unearned), Stanley out at third (catcher to third),
Brinkman to third (on throw)]; Scherman walked; McAuliffe was
called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Tigers 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: Belanger was hit by a pitch; DAVANON RAN FOR
BELANGER; SALMON BATTED FOR RICHERT; Salmon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [DaVanon out at
second]; Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
3, Tigers 5.



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