Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 28, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brown I. 1b 4 1 2 0
  Cash ph,1b 4 0 1 2
Taylor 2b 7 0 1 1
Kaline rf 7 2 5 2
Horton lf 7 1 2 0
Freehan c 5 1 1 2
  Northrup ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamont c 1 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 7 0 1 0
Stanley cf 6 1 3 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,ss 0 1 0 0
Lolich p 5 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 1 0 1
Totals 60 9 16 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 7 0 0 0
Blair cf 6 1 2 0
Rettenmund lf 4 1 1 0
Robinson F. rf 5 0 1 1
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell p 0 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 6 1 1 3
Powell 1b 6 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 6 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 6 0 1 0
McNally p 2 0 1 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 0 1 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Crowley rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 51 4 7 4
Detroit 002 000 200 000 0059160
Baltimore 000 000 004 000 000472
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   13.0 7 4 4 2 12
  Scherman  W (6-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
15.0
7
4
4
2
14
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   6.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Dukes   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Watt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hall   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Richert  L (0-4) 1.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Boswell   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
15.0
16
9
9
5
8

  E–Belanger 2 (10).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline 2 (11,off McNally,off Hall), Baltimore Blair (12,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Freehan (6,3rd inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out); Kaline (8,7th inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore B Robinson (8,9th inning off Lolich 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Stanley (3,off Hall).  IBB–G Brown (2,by Hall).  SF–F Robinson (4,off Lolich).  HBP–Rettenmund (4,by Lolich).  HBP–Lolich (5,Rettenmund).  IBB–Hall (6,G Brown).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–John Rice.  T–4:25.  A–17,034.
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