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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1971-05-27 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 14518 · 55°F · 2:26

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 6th. Mickey Lolich earned the win. Willie Horton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	8
DET	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0		4	6

W: Mickey Lolich L: Fritz Peterson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	5	0	1	1	0	0
Thurman Munson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Roy White	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Murcer	3	1	1	1	1	1
John Ellis	4	1	1	1	0	1
Felipe Alou	4	1	2	0	0	0
Danny Cater	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Michael	3	0	2	0	1	0
Fritz Peterson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Woods	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Hansen	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ike Brown	3	1	0	0	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Kaline	4	1	2	1	0	1
Willie Horton	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	1	1	0	1
Norm Cash	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Stanley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	1	0	0	0	2	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Peterson	6.0	6	2	5
Gary Waslewski	2.0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Lolich	9.0	8	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: S7
Thurman Munson: K
Roy White: 7/L
Bobby Murcer: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Ike Brown: 53
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Al Kaline: K/C

Top 2

Bobby Murcer: K
John Ellis: K
Felipe Alou: S8
Danny Cater: 8

Bot 2

Willie Horton: HR/9
Bill Freehan: 7
Norm Cash: K
Mickey Stanley: 63

Top 3

Gene Michael: W
Fritz Peterson: 14/SH.1-2
Horace Clarke: 53
Thurman Munson: K/C

Bot 3

Ed Brinkman: 53
Mickey Lolich: W
Ike Brown: 7
Aurelio Rodriguez: K/C

Top 4

Roy White: K
Bobby Murcer: HR/89
John Ellis: HR/78
Felipe Alou: 6
Danny Cater: 9

Bot 4

Al Kaline: S7
Willie Horton: 64(1)3/GDP
Bill Freehan: 63

Top 5

Gene Michael: 13
Fritz Peterson: W
Horace Clarke: 16(1)/FO
Thurman Munson: HP.1-2
Roy White: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Norm Cash: 3/G
Mickey Stanley: 63
Ed Brinkman: 4

Top 6

Bobby Murcer: 8
John Ellis: 9
Felipe Alou: 3

Bot 6

Mickey Lolich: K
Ike Brown: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: S8/L.1-3
Al Kaline: S7.1-3;3-H
Willie Horton: S4.1-2;3-H
Bill Freehan: S7.1-2;2-H
Norm Cash: K/C
Mickey Stanley: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Danny Cater: 9
Gene Michael: D/89
Ron Woods: K
Horace Clarke: 63

Bot 7

Ed Brinkman: 43
Mickey Lolich: W
Ike Brown: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: 3/FL

Top 8

Thurman Munson: 4
Roy White: 4
Bobby Murcer: W
John Ellis: 53

Bot 8

Al Kaline: 8/L
Willie Horton: 63
Bill Freehan: K

Top 9

Felipe Alou: S7/G
Danny Cater: 9/FL
Gene Michael: S8/L.1-2
Ron Hansen: S4.1-2;2-3
Horace Clarke: 63.1-2;2-3;3-H
Thurman Munson: 8/L