Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
May 1, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1971 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 1, California Angels 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
  Gutierrez 2b 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 2 0 0 0
  Stanley pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Northrup cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Horton lf 2 0 1 0
  Jones ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
  Price c 1 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Denehy p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Hannan p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 0 0
Spencer 1b 5 1 2 1
Johnson lf 5 1 3 1
Conigliaro rf 3 1 1 1
  Berry cf 0 0 0 0
Repoz cf,rf 1 1 0 1
McMullen 3b 4 1 0 0
O'Brien ss 3 2 1 0
Stephenson c 4 1 2 3
Messersmith p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 7
Detroit 000 000 010142
California 050 000 40x992
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  L (0-4) 1.2 4 5 1 1 2
  Denehy   2.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Hannan   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   1.0 3 4 2 0 0
  Timmermann   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
3
5
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (2-2) 9.0 4 1 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
7

  E–Rodriguez (5), Brinkman (5).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Price (1,off Messersmith), California Stephenson 2 (2,off Chance,off Patterson); Spencer (3,off Chance); Johnson (4,off Denehy); Conigliaro (8,off Patterson).  HBP–Kaline (1,by Messersmith).  WP–Hannan (1).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:32.  A–12,838.
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