Aug 24, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Minnesota 48-78 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1971 Detroit 83-45 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E Detroit AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E Tovar LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .277 1 0 0 McAuliffe 2B 4 2 2 2 0 0 .214 2 4 0 Carew 2B 0 0 0 0 3 0 .294 3 0 0 Horton PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .281 0 0 0 Oliva RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .319 1 0 0 Taylor PR-2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 0 1 0 Killebrew 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 1 2 0 Kaline RF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .320 4 0 0 Reese 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .220 7 1 0 Brown,G LF 3 1 2 1 1 0 .366 0 0 0 Cardenas SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 1 1 0 Timmermann P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 Nettles CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 .255 7 0 0 Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 10 0 0 Mitterwald C 3 0 0 1 0 0 .229 3 1 0 Northrup CF-LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .310 4 0 0 Perry P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .113 0 0 0 Freehan C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .313 2 0 0 Corbin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 1 0 Rodriguez 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .251 0 3 0 Braun PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 0 0 0 Brinkman SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 .265 4 3 0 Strickland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Niekro P 2 0 1 0 0 1 .185 0 0 0 Alyea PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .157 0 0 0 Stanley CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 1 0 0 30 2 7 2 4 2 24 6 0 35 6 12 6 3 4 27 11 0 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Perry L(12-14) 4.2 8 6 6 2 3 1 92 4.73 Corbin 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 21 5.35 Strickland 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 39 1.93 8.0 12 6 6 2 3 4 152 Detroit IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Niekro W(7-4) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 2 106 3.80 Timmermann S(8) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 49 2.62 9.0 7 2 2 1 4 2 155 Min: Braun hit for Corbin in the 7th Alyea hit for Strickland in the 9th Det: Northrup moved to LF in the 7th Stanley moved to CF in the 7th Horton hit for McAuliffe in the 8th Taylor ran for Horton in the 8th 2B-Kaline(17) Northrup(21) 3B-McAuliffe(8) HR-Min Nettles(6) off Niekro(15) in the 2nd with bases empty Det McAuliffe(18) off Perry(31) in the 1st with bases empty Rodriguez(13) off Perry(32) in the 5th with 1 on base RBI-Min Mitterwald(37) Nettles(16) Det Brown,G(20) McAuliffe 2(55) Northrup(74) Rodriguez 2(44) SF-Mitterwald SH-Carew Niekro LOB-Min(5) Cardenas 3(95) Killebrew(94) Perry(14) Det(9) Brown,G(9) Cash(53) Kaline(55) Rodriguez 4(122) Timmermann 2(2) DP-Detroit 2 GWRBI-McAuliffe Game MVP:Dick McAuliffe Aug 24, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Minnesota 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1971 Detroit 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 1971 Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Tovar LF 1>S L3 5>S G43 2 Carew 2B W,12 3>W B53,12 8>W 3 Oliva RF P6 K G43,23 G463/dp 4 Killebrew 3B F9 L63/dp L6 F7 5 Reese 1B W,23,12 4>S 6>L4 9>F9 6 Cardenas SS K F8 G53 S 7 Nettles CF 2>HR S,13 L6 S,12 8 Mitterwald C F8 F9,3H/SF 7>G53 G43,23,12 9 Perry P G63 F9 Corbin P Braun PH G43 Strickland P Alyea PH F8 1971 Detroit Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 McAuliffe 2B 1>HR T,2H P4 G13 Horton PH S Taylor PR-2B 2 Kaline RF W P3 P5 D S,13 3 Brown,G LF W,12 S,3H 5>S F8 Timmermann P P6 4 Cash 1B L4 F8 P3 7>F8 5 Northrup CF-LF S,23,12 3>F8 D,13,1H F8 6 Freehan C K G53 F9 S 7 Rodriguez 3B G64/fo F8 HR G53 8 Brinkman SS 2>W 4>F7 K23 8>F8 9 Niekro P B34,12 S 6>K Stanley CF K Minnesota IN OUT Perry AB1-1 AB3-7 Corbin AB3-8 AB4-3 Strickland AB4-4 End Detroit IN OUT Niekro AB1-1 AB3-7 Timmermann End