John Hiller, relieving Jim Perry with the bases loaded and two out in the sixth inning, struck out Winston Llenas and held the Angels scoreless the rest of the way to preserve the Tigers' 5-2 victory. After the Tigers started the game with two unearned runs, Frank Robinson homered with a man on base to tie the score in the Angels' half.

The Tigers went ahead to stay with a run-scoring double by Ed Brinkman in the second. Duke Sims doubled and Norm Cash singled for another run in the fourth before Brinkman ended the scoring with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 5, California Angels 2

Game Played on Tuesday, June 5, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Tigers       2  1  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Angels       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Meoli ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
  Northrup cf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .262        Brooks ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
G. Brown dh           3   1   0   0     0   1   .252      Berry cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .286
Horton lf             4   0   1   1     0   2   .367        Stanton lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Sharon lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Pinson lf,cf          5   0   0   0     0   3   .233
Sims c                3   1   1   1     0   1   .298      Robinson dh           3   1   1   2     1   0   .265
Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Epstein 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .211
N. Cash 1b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .208      Oliver rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .260
  I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Gallagher 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
  Reese 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .122      DaVanon 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .300
McAuliffe 2b          3   1   1   0     1   2   .273      Torborg c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .199        McCraw ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Brinkman ss           3   1   2   2     0   0   .297        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stephenson c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grabarkewitz ph     1   0   0   0     0   0   .155
                                                          Hand p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   8   5     1   9             Totals               35   2   8   2     4   7

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  9,777
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Angels 10
DP: Tigers 0, Angels 0
Errors: DaVanon
Doubles: Brinkman (7), Sims (5), Epstein (5)
Home Runs: Brinkman (2), Robinson (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Sims (3)
Hit by Pitch: G. Brown (1,by May)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(7-3)            5.2   7   2   2   2   3   1  26   2.21
Hiller SV(11)           3.1   1   0   0   2   4   0  13   1.84
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   7   1  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand L(3-4)             4     6   4   2   1   0   0  17   5.37
May                     5     2   1   1   0   9   1  18   3.21
Totals                  9     8   5   3   1   9   1  35

Hit by Pitch: May (2)
Wild Pitches: Perry (2)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - John Rice


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to center; G. Brown reached on an
error by DaVanon [Stanley to second]; Horton singled to right
[Stanley scored (unearned), G. Brown to third, Horton out at
second (first to shortstop)]; Sims hit a sacrifice fly to center
[G. Brown scored (unearned)]; Kaline grounded out (third to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: NORTHRUP REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING CF); Meoli popped
to shortstop; Berry singled to pitcher; Pinson flied to right;
Robinson homered [Berry scored]; Epstein walked; Perry threw a
wild pitch [Epstein to second]; Oliver walked; Gallagher was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Angels 2.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash grounded out (first unassisted); McAuliffe
singled to left; Rodriguez flied to center; Brinkman doubled to
center [McAuliffe scored, Brinkman out at third (center to
catcher to second to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 2ND: DaVanon singled to right; Torborg flied to center;
Meoli flied to center; Berry popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Angels 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup grounded out (second to first); G. Brown
flied to center; Horton popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Pinson struck out; Robinson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Epstein doubled to center; Oliver flied to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Angels 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Sims doubled to left; Kaline grounded out (pitcher
to first); N. Cash singled to right [Sims scored, N. Cash out at
second (right to first to shortstop to first)]; McAuliffe
walked; Rodriguez popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Gallagher grounded out (pitcher to first); DaVanon
lined to third; Torborg lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Angels 2.

TIGERS 5TH: MAY REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Brinkman homered;
Northrup popped to shortstop; G. Brown was hit by a pitch;
Horton struck out; Sims was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Meoli grounded out (second to first); Berry popped
to first in foul territory; Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline struck out; I. BROWN BATTED FOR N. CASH; I.
Brown flied to right; McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: REESE REPLACED I. BROWN (PLAYING 1B); Robinson
grounded out (third to first); Epstein singled to right; Oliver
popped to shortstop; Gallagher singled to left [Epstein to
second]; DaVanon singled to second [Epstein to third, Gallagher
to second]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR TORBORG; HILLER REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); LLENAS BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Llenas was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

TIGERS 7TH: STEPHENSON REPLACED LLENAS (PLAYING C ); Rodriguez
was called out on strikes; Brinkman flied to right; Northrup
singled to center; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Meoli walked; Berry was called out on strikes;
Ken Berry ejected by HP umpire Russ Goetz; Pinson flied to
left; Robinson walked [Meoli to second]; Epstein popped to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

TIGERS 8TH: STANTON REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING LF); PINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Horton struck out; Sims grounded out
(second to first); Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: SHARON REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); Oliver popped
to shortstop in foul territory; Gallagher flied to left; DaVanon
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, Angels 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Reese grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe was
called out on strikes; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR STEPHENSON; Grabarkewitz
grounded out (second to first); BROOKS BATTED FOR MEOLI; Brooks
struck out; Stanton singled to shortstop; Pinson struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Angels 2.

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