Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender lf 4 0 0 0
Pinson cf 3 0 0 0
Foster rf 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
Fosse c 3 0 1 0
Leon 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
Farmer p 2 0 1 0
  Ballinger p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 2 3 1
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 0 0
Brown lf 3 2 2 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 1
Cash 1b 4 1 3 4
Northrup cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Cleveland 100 000 000141
Detroit 100 030 20x6100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farmer  L (5-2) 4.2 8 4 4 1 1
  Ballinger   2.1 1 2 1 2 1
  Hennigan   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (15-8) 9.0 4 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
3

  E–Stanley (4).  DP–Detroit 1.  HR–Cleveland R Foster (13,1st inning off Coleman 0 on, 2 out), Detroit McAuliffe (17,5th inning off Farmer 0 on, 0 out); Cash (27,5th inning off Farmer 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Coleman (7,off Hennigan).  SF–Kaline (5,off Farmer).  CS–Uhlaender (4,2nd base by Coleman/Freehan); Pinson (5,2nd base by Coleman/Freehan).  WP–Ballinger (5).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:19.
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