Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
May 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 0, Detroit Tigers 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 0 1 0
Allen 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 2 0 0 0
  Maddox pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Howard lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Biittner rf 2 0 0 0
  Billings ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 0 0 0
  Wert ph 1 0 0 0
Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Janeski p 2 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Foy 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Northrup cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
Cash 1b 2 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 1 2 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 1
Chance p 2 0 0 0
  Scherman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 5 1
Washington 000 000 000030
Detroit 000 010 00x150
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Janeski  L (1-3) 5.2 4 1 1 2 3
  Grzenda   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  W (1-6) 7.2 3 0 0 6 5
  Scherman  SV (4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
6
8

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Jones (1,off Janeski); Brinkman (5,off Janeski).  HBP–McAuliffe (3,by Janeski).  SB–Foy (4,2nd base off Chance/Freehan).  CS–Jones (2,2nd base by Lindblad/Casanova).  HBP–Janeski (3,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:06.  A–25,833.
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