Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 5 1 1 0
  Johnstone rf 0 0 0 0
Hershberger cf 4 2 2 1
Reichardt lf 5 1 1 0
Melton 3b 4 1 2 4
McKinney 2b 4 1 1 1
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Egan c 3 0 1 0
Alvarado ss 4 0 2 0
Horlen p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 2 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 0 2 1
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 1 0 0 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 1 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 1 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Chicago 000 105 0006100
Detroit 000 000 100181
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen  W (1-3) 9.0 8 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny  L (1-3) 5.1 7 6 5 1 7
  Denehy   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Niekro   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Timmermann   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
7

  E–Brinkman (11).  DP–Chicago 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Alvarado 2 (6,off Denehy,off Niekro), Detroit Horton (14,off Horlen).  3B–Detroit G Brown (2,off Horlen).  HR–Chicago Hershberger (1,4th inning off Kilkenny 0 on, 1 out); Melton (10,6th inning off Kilkenny 3 on, 0 out); McKinney (2,6th inning off Kilkenny 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Horton (5,2nd base by Horlen/Egan).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:11.  A–18,143.
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