Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 19, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1971 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 12, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 6 1 2 4
Kaline rf 3 4 3 2
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 3 1 0 0
  Stanley cf 2 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 1 2 2
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 1
Freehan c 2 1 0 0
  Price ph,c 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 1 1
Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 2 1 1 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 12 12
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford cf 5 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 3 0
Foster rf 5 0 2 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 0 0
Hinton lf 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 3 1 1 1
Camilli ss 4 0 0 0
Lamb p 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 1 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Suarez c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 7 1
Detroit 111 211 05012122
Cleveland 000 001 000170
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (6-3) 7.0 6 1 1 3 4
  Denehy  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lamb  L (1-1) 3.2 5 5 5 3 1
  Austin   2.1 3 2 2 4 2
  Mingori   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Colbert   0.1 3 5 5 2 0
  Hennigan   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
12
12
11
4

  E–Rodriguez (9), Brinkman (9).  2B–Detroit McAuliffe (6,off Austin); Northrup (10,off Colbert), Cleveland R Foster (4,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Jones (1,2nd inning off Lamb 0 on, 0 out); Kaline 2 (2,3rd inning off Lamb 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Austin 0 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (5,8th inning off Colbert 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Leon (2,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cash (1,off Austin).  SF–Brinkman (2,off Hennigan).  HBP–Freehan (1,by Austin).  IBB–Kaline (3,by Austin).  CS–Jones (1,Home by Austin/Fosse).  HBP–Austin (2,Freehan).  IBB–Austin (2,Kaline).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:58.  A–4,284.
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