Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
June 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1971 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
  Brown G. ph 1 1 1 3
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 0
Horton lf 6 0 3 0
Brown I. 1b 4 1 1 0
  Cash ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamont c 1 0 0 0
Stanley cf 5 1 1 1
Brinkman ss 5 1 1 0
Kilkenny p 3 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph,3b 3 1 1 1
Totals 47 5 11 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 1
Munson c 6 0 0 0
Murcer cf 5 0 0 0
Alou lf 6 1 1 0
Cater 3b,1b 6 2 2 1
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 1
  Kenney pr,3b 1 1 1 0
  Hansen ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Walton rf 3 0 1 1
  Lyttle pr,rf 2 1 1 1
Michael ss 4 1 2 1
Peterson p 3 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 10 6
Detroit 000 000 005 000 05110
New York 000 000 410 000 16100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   6.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Timmermann   2.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Denehy   3.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Scherman  L (5-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.1
10
6
6
6
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson   8.1 9 4 4 3 8
  Aker   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  McDaniel  W (3-6) 4.0 0 0 0 3 4
Totals
13.0
11
5
5
7
12

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, New York 3.  2B–Detroit Horton (15,off Peterson); Rodriguez (8,off Peterson), New York Ellis (6,off Kilkenny).  3B–New York Cater (3,off Kilkenny).  HR–Detroit G Brown (2,9th inning off Aker 2 on, 1 out), New York Michael (1,13th inning off Scherman 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Stanley (4,by Peterson).  SH–Peterson (6,off Kilkenny).  WP–Kilkenny (2), Peterson (2), Aker (2).  IBB–Peterson (4,Stanley).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:46.  A–11,949.
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