Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
July 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Oakland Athletics 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 5 2 2 1
Kaline rf 2 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 2 2 2
Horton lf 3 1 2 2
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 1
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 1 2 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 0
  Timmermann p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 5 0 2 2
Rudi rf 3 0 1 2
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Jackson cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 0
  Monday cf 1 1 1 1
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 2 0
  Odom pr 0 1 0 0
Duncan c 4 2 2 1
Green 2b 4 1 1 1
Dobson p 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 1 1 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph,cf,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 12 7
Detroit 002 010 1307113
Oakland 000 023 0038122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   7.0 9 5 4 4 3
  Timmermann  L (4-5) 1.2 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.2
12
8
7
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   4.1 5 3 3 6 4
  Locker   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Roland   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Fingers   2.0 5 4 3 1 1
  Knowles  W (4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
8
6

  E–Rodriguez (15), Horton (5), Brinkman (12), Jackson (4), Davis (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Detroit Freehan (17,off Fingers); Northrup (18,off Fingers).  HR–Oakland Monday (9,9th inning off Timmermann 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lolich 2 (9,off Dobson,off Roland).  IBB–Cash (5,by Dobson); Kaline (6,by Roland); Green (7,by Lolich).  SF–Rudi (4,off Lolich).  CS–Freehan (7,2nd base by Dobson/Duncan); Bando (4,Home by Lolich/Freehan).  IBB–Lolich (2,Green); Dobson (4,Cash); Roland (2,Kaline).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–3:02.  A–5,979.
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