Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1971 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
  Gutierrez pr 0 0 0 0
  Stanley cf 2 0 1 0
Northrup cf,1b 6 1 0 0
Horton lf 6 1 3 1
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones rf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 1 1
Freehan c 5 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 6 0 1 0
Lolich p 5 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 3 8 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Harrah ss 5 0 1 1
Maddox rf 4 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 0 0
  McCraw pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Foy 3b 5 0 0 0
Billings lf 6 1 1 0
Casanova c 6 2 2 2
Unser cf 6 0 1 0
Cullen 2b 6 0 0 0
Janeski p 1 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 2 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 47 4 6 4
Detroit 010 011 000 000 000380
Washington 000 000 012 000 001461
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   13.0 5 3 3 6 6
  Timmermann  L (4-2) 1.2 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
14.2
6
4
4
6
9
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Janeski   6.0 5 3 2 5 2
  Grzenda   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Shellenback   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Pina   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad  W (2-0) 5.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
15.0
8
3
2
5
7

  E–Harrah (6).  DP–Detroit 2, Washington 1.  PB–Casanova (2).  2B–Detroit Stanley (3,off Lindblad).  HR–Detroit Horton (6,2nd inning off Janeski 0 on, 0 out); Rodriguez (3,5th inning off Janeski 0 on, 0 out), Washington Casanova (2,9th inning off Lolich 1 on, 2 out); Mincher (3,15th inning off Timmermann 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–McAuliffe (2,by Janeski); Kaline (2,by Grzenda).  IBB–Cash (2,by Janeski); Freehan (2,by Janeski); Howard (1,by Lolich).  SH–Foy (1,off Lolich).  CS–Rodriguez (1,2nd base by Janeski/Casanova); Harrah (2,2nd base by Lolich/Freehan).  WP–Lolich 2 (3).  HBP–Janeski (1,McAuliffe); Grzenda (1,Kaline).  IBB–Lolich (1,Howard); Janeski 2 (3,Cash,Freehan).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:35.  A–6,237.
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