The Twins held Bat Day, drawing a crowd of 35,815, but the Tigers did the stick-swinging with a grand-slam homer by Dick McAuliffe and two-run smash by Willie Horton to gain an 8-2 victory. Mickey Lolich, the victim of four losses by one-run margins early in the season, won his third straight game to even his record at 5-5. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      3, 1973 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  1    4  2  0    0  1  0  -   8 13  1
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .244      Terrell 3b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .271
G. Brown dh           5   1   2   0     0   0   .259      Carew 2b              4   0   3   2     0   0   .310
Horton lf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .372      Killebrew dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Sims c                3   1   0   0     0   1   .297      Darwin rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .239
Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Thompson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Reese pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .123      Walton lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .163
Freehan 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .304      Lis 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .135
  Sharon rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   2   5     0   0   .272      Hisle cf              3   1   0   0     0   2   .274
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .203      Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .290        Goltz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  13   8     0   4             Totals               34   2   7   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 35,815
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Twins 6
DP: Tigers 1, Twins 3
Errors: Brinkman
Doubles: Rodriguez (11), McAuliffe (10), Terrell 3 (4)
Triples: Carew (5)
Home Runs: McAuliffe (2), Horton (5)
Stolen Bases: Thompson (1)
GIDP: Horton (5), G. Brown 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Sims (2,by Hands)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(5-5)           9     7   2   1   1   7   0  35   3.25
Totals                  9     7   2   1   1   7   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(5-5)            4.1   9   7   7   0   1   2  21   4.29
Goltz                   4.2   4   1   1   0   3   0  17   3.54
Totals                  9    13   8   8   0   4   2  38

Hit by Pitch: Hands (2)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley flied out to center; G. Brown singled;
Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[G. Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell doubled; Carew lined to center; Killebrew
grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline
popped to second; Freehan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson singled; Thompson stole second; Walton
popped to second; Lis lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
doubled; Brinkman singled [Rodriguez to third]; Stanley singled
[Rodriguez scored, Brinkman to third]; G. Brown grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stanley out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald flied out to right; Hisle reached on an
error by Brinkman [Hisle to second]; Terrell grounded out
(second to first) [Hisle to third]; Carew tripled [Hisle scored
(unearned)]; Killebrew flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Twins 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton struck out; Sims was hit by a pitch; Kaline
singled [Sims to second]; Freehan singled [Sims to third, Kaline
to second]; McAuliffe homered [Sims scored, Kaline scored,
Freehan scored]; Rodriguez popped to shortstop; Brinkman flied
out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin struck out; Thompson popped to second; Walton
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley popped to shortstop in foul territory; G.
Brown singled; Horton homered [G. Brown scored]; GOLTZ REPLACED
HANDS (PITCHING); Sims struck out; Kaline grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Lis flied out to left; Mitterwald popped to
shortstop; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7,
Twins 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe
flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Terrell doubled; Carew singled [Terrell scored];
Killebrew flied out to right; Darwin popped to second; Thompson
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Twins 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman struck out; Stanley singled; G. Brown
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Twins
2.

TWINS 7TH: Walton lined to shortstop; Lis struck out; Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7,
Twins 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Horton singled; Sims popped to third in foul
territory; Kaline forced Horton (pitcher to second); REESE RAN
FOR KALINE; Freehan singled [Reese to second]; McAuliffe doubled
[Reese scored, Freehan to third]; Rodriguez popped to second; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SHARON REPLACED
FREEHAN (PLAYING RF); Hisle struck out; Terrell doubled; Carew
singled [Terrell to third]; Killebrew struck out; Darwin walked
[Carew to second]; Thompson forced Darwin (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 8, Twins 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
struck out; G. Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Walton struck out; Lis grounded out (third to first);
Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 8, Twins 2.