Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf,lf,cf 5 1 4 1
Carew 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Killebrew 1b 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 5 1 1 2
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 1
Alyea lf 3 0 0 0
  Holt cf 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Tischinski c 4 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 4 1 1 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 2 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 0
Jones 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph,3b 1 1 0 0
  Gutierrez 3b 0 0 0 0
Horton lf 2 1 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 2
Stanley cf 4 0 2 1
Freehan c 4 1 2 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Lolich p 3 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Minnesota 000 003 0025110
Detroit 030 001 000480
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   4.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Perranoski   1.1 1 1 1 2 2
  Corbin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hall  W (2-4) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Perry  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (9-6) 8.2 9 5 5 2 7
  Scherman   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  HR–Minnesota Oliva (13,6th inning off Lolich 1 on, 2 out); Cardenas (7,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Cash (14,2nd inning off Williams 1 on, 0 out); Freehan (5,2nd inning off Williams 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–3:00.  A–27,497.
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