Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 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 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Horton lf 5 1 1 2
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 5 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
Freehan c 5 0 3 0
Brinkman ss 5 1 1 0
Coleman p 3 0 1 1
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 6 0 1 1
Pinson cf 5 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 5 0 0 0
Fosse c 5 0 2 0
Foster R. lf 4 1 1 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 2 0
  Colbert pr 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 1 0 0 0
Leon 2b 5 0 1 1
Camilli ss 1 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 2 1 0 0
Foster A. p 2 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 3 9 3
Detroit 100 000 200 025111
Cleveland 000 011 001 00390
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   8.2 7 3 3 3 7
  Timmermann   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Scherman  W (2-0) 2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
4
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   7.0 9 3 3 0 4
  Hennigan   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Mingori  L (1-1) 2.0 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
11.0
11
5
5
2
9

  E–Jones (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Coleman (1,off A Foster), Cleveland Fosse (6,off Coleman).  HR–Detroit Cash (8,7th inning off A Foster 0 on, 0 out); Horton (8,11th inning off Mingori 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Pinson (2,6th inning off Coleman 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Kaline (1,2nd base off A Foster/Fosse).  CS–Freehan (3,2nd base by A Foster/Fosse).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:08.  A–3,311.
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