Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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."

"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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Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 2 3 0
Brown lf 4 1 3 1
  Kaline rf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Freehan c 3 1 1 3
Northrup rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
Lolich p 4 0 2 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 0 2 1
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund lf 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Etchebarren c 3 1 1 0
Palmer p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit 000 004 1106121
Baltimore 000 010 000160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (24-11) 9.0 6 1 1 1 9
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (18-8) 6.1 11 5 5 0 1
  Jackson   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Richert   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
1
3

  E–Rodriguez (23).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez 2 (26,off Palmer 2).  3B–Baltimore Blair (8,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Freehan (20,6th inning off Palmer 2 on, 0 out); Stanley (6,8th inning off Jackson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Palmer (11,off Lolich).  CS–G Brown (2,2nd base by Jackson/Etchebarren); Blair (11,2nd base by Lolich/Freehan).  SB–Rettenmund (15,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:18.  A–11,605.
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