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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

1971-08-25 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 19011 · 73°F, night · 2:58

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 6–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Mickey Lolich earned the win. Al Kaline went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
DET	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		6	10

W: Mickey Lolich L: Jim Kaat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Haller · 1B: Jake O'Donnell · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Lou DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	0	2	0	0	0
Rod Carew	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	3	1	2	2	1	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	0	0	1
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Mitterwald	4	0	1	0	0	2
George Thomas	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jim Nettles	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Kaat	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Kaat	6.0	7	1	4
Ray Corbin	1.0	3	1	1
Jim Strickland	0.0	0	1	0
Bob Gebhard	1.0	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Lolich	9.0	8	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: S7
Rod Carew: S8.1-2
Harmon Killebrew: S9.2-3;1-2
Tony Oliva: K
Leo Cardenas: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
George Mitterwald: K

Bot 1

Aurelio Rodriguez: S8
Tony Taylor: 4
Al Kaline: HR/7.1-H
Willie Horton: K
Bill Freehan: 4/P

Top 2

George Thomas: 53
Jim Nettles: W
Jim Kaat: 2/FL
Cesar Tovar: 4/P

Bot 2

Ike Brown: 4/P
Mickey Stanley: S8
Ed Brinkman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Rod Carew: S8
Harmon Killebrew: HR/7.1-H
Tony Oliva: 5/FL
Leo Cardenas: 63
George Mitterwald: K

Bot 3

Mickey Lolich: K/C
Aurelio Rodriguez: K23
Tony Taylor: S6
Al Kaline: SB2
Al Kaline: 5/L

Top 4

George Thomas: 9
Jim Nettles: 8
Jim Kaat: 43

Bot 4

Willie Horton: 13
Bill Freehan: 63
Ike Brown: K

Top 5

Cesar Tovar: S7
Rod Carew: 64(1)/FO
Harmon Killebrew: CS2(24)
Harmon Killebrew: W
Tony Oliva: 4/P

Bot 5

Mickey Stanley: 9
Ed Brinkman: 8
Mickey Lolich: 13

Top 6

Leo Cardenas: K
George Mitterwald: 53
George Thomas: W
Jim Nettles: 8

Bot 6

Aurelio Rodriguez: S7
Tony Taylor: CS2(26)
Tony Taylor: 63
Al Kaline: W
Willie Horton: S4.1-2
Bill Freehan: D8.2-H;1-H;B-3(TH)
Ike Brown: 63

Top 7

Danny Thompson: 9
Cesar Tovar: 8
Rod Carew: 63

Bot 7

Mickey Stanley: E6.B-2
Ed Brinkman: K
Mickey Lolich: D9.2-H(UR)
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Tony Taylor: 43

Top 8

Harmon Killebrew: 53
Tony Oliva: S8
Leo Cardenas: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Al Kaline: S6
Willie Horton: W.1-2
Bill Freehan: S5.2-3;1-2
Norm Cash: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mickey Stanley: K
Ed Brinkman: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Mickey Lolich: K

Top 9

George Mitterwald: S7
George Thomas: W.1-2
Jim Nettles: K
Brant Alyea: 6/P
Cesar Tovar: 3/P