Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 5 0 2 1
Hershberger cf 3 0 0 0
  Stroud cf 1 0 0 0
  Richard ph 1 0 0 0
Reichardt lf 4 1 1 1
Melton 3b 4 2 3 1
  Morales 3b 0 0 0 0
McKinney 2b 4 0 2 0
May 1b 3 1 0 1
Egan c 4 0 1 0
Alvarado ss 4 1 2 1
Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 3 0 1 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Eddy p 0 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1
Taylor 2b 5 1 1 0
Kaline rf,cf 4 2 3 2
Horton lf,rf 3 0 0 1
Brown I. 1b 1 0 1 0
  Cash ph,1b 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez pr 0 1 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
  Brown G. ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Stanley cf 2 0 0 0
  Northrup ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 1
Lolich p 3 0 0 0
  Price ph,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Chicago 001 210 0105121
Detroit 300 010 02x6101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Forster   0.1 3 3 2 1 0
  Johnson   6.2 5 2 2 3 9
  Romo  L (1-5) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Eddy   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kealey   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
5
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (10-6) 8.0 11 5 5 0 3
  Scherman  SV (9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
0
3

  E–Egan (3), Rodriguez (11).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Alvarado (7,off Lolich); Melton (11,off Lolich); Williams (4,off Scherman), Detroit Taylor (2,off Forster); Kaline (9,off Johnson).  3B–Detroit Kaline (1,off Johnson).  HR–Chicago Melton (11,4th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out); Reichardt (8,5th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Kaline (5,1st inning off Forster 1 on, 0 out).  SF–May (2,off Lolich); Horton (3,off Johnson); Brinkman (3,off Eddy).  SH–Rodriguez (2,off Kealey).  SB–May (8,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  CS–I Brown (1,2nd base by Johnson/Egan).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:30.  A–18,799.
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