Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 18, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1971 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Chicago White Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 3 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 2 1
Stanley cf 3 1 2 0
Brown 1b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 1 1
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Kelly rf 3 1 1 1
Andrews 1b 3 1 2 0
Melton 3b 4 1 2 2
Huntz 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 4 0 1 0
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
Morales ss 2 1 1 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Alvarado ss 1 0 0 0
Wood p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 3
Detroit 100 000 100271
Chicago 001 003 00x480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (13-7) 5.1 8 4 4 2 7
  Timmermann   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Perranoski   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (16-9) 9.0 7 2 2 2 9
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
9

  E–Horton (7).  DP–Detroit 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Kelly (5,off Coleman).  3B–Detroit Stanley (4,off Wood).  HR–Chicago Melton (26,6th inning off Coleman 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Horton (6,by Wood).  SH–Wood (12,off Coleman).  CS–Williams (3,Home by Coleman/Freehan).  HBP–Wood (4,Horton).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:28.  A–14,059.
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