Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf,lf 4 0 1 2
Hershberger cf 4 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
McKinney 2b 4 1 1 0
Melton 3b 4 0 1 0
Reichardt lf,cf 4 0 1 1
Andrews 1b 4 1 1 0
Egan c 4 1 1 1
Alvarado ss 3 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Bradley p 2 0 1 0
  Huntz ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  Morales ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 1
Brown lf 3 1 2 1
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 2 0 1 1
Northrup rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Cain p 2 2 2 1
  Jones ph 0 1 0 0
  Kaline rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Chicago 100 102 0004101
Detroit 002 010 20x591
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley   5.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Johnson  L (7-9) 1.1 1 2 1 4 1
  Kealey   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Romo   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  W (7-8) 7.0 8 4 2 4 5
  Timmermann   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Scherman  SV (18) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
2
5
5

  E–Andrews (20), Cash (8).  DP–Chicago 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Chicago Andrews (16,off Cain).  HR–Detroit Cain (1,5th inning off Bradley 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Hershberger (5,2nd base off Cain/Freehan); G Brown (3,2nd base off Bradley/Egan).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:50.  A–11,417.
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