Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 11, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 1, Detroit Tigers 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Alyea lf 3 1 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 2 0
  Tischinski c 0 0 0 0
  Kaat pr 0 0 0 0
Thompson 3b 4 0 2 1
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 1
Kaline rf 2 1 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 1 1
  Gutierrez 3b 1 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 2
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Minnesota 010 000 000162
Detroit 012 010 00x460
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (6-8) 6.0 5 4 4 1 8
  Hall   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
2
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny  W (1-2) 9.0 6 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
4

  E–Carew (8), Alyea (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Jones (4,off Blyleven); Horton (12,off Blyleven).  HR–Detroit Horton (12,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); McAuliffe (8,5th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tischinski (1,by Kilkenny).  SB–Tovar (10,2nd base off Kilkenny/Freehan).  HBP–Kilkenny (2,Tischinski).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:08.  A–33,733.
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