New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 25, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 0
Munson c 4 0 1 0
White lf 3 1 2 0
Murcer cf 5 1 1 0
Cater 1b,3b 5 0 1 1
Alou rf 5 1 1 0
Kenney 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hansen ph,ss 1 0 0 1
Michael ss 2 0 1 1
  Baker pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Ellis ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0
  Gibbs ph 0 0 0 0
  Kekich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 1 0 1 1
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Horton lf 3 1 2 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 2 2 2 2
Freehan c 2 1 1 1
  Brown ph 1 1 0 1
  Price c 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 3 2
Coleman p 2 0 1 0
  Scherman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
New York 000 101 2004101
Detroit 030 000 40x7120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen   3.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Kekich   2.0 1 0 0 4 0
  Waslewski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel  L (2-6) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Aker   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
6
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   6.1 9 4 4 3 3
  Scherman  W (3-0) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
3

  E–Bahnsen (2).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 1.  2B–New York Lyttle (2,off Coleman), Detroit Horton (6,off Bahnsen); Brinkman (6,off Kekich).  3B–Detroit Freehan (1,off Bahnsen).  SF–Hansen (2,off Scherman).  HBP–White (2,by Coleman); Michael (2,by Coleman).  IBB–Ellis (2,by Scherman).  CS–Horton (4,2nd base by Kekich/Munson).  HBP–Coleman 2 (2,White,Michael).  IBB–Scherman (2,Ellis).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:44.  A–10,842.
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