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Baltimore Orioles @ Detroit Tigers

1971-09-17 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 29458 · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Baltimore Orioles 5–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 4th. Fred Scherman earned the win. Jim Northrup went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	6
DET	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1		5	11

W: Fred Scherman L: Dave Leonhard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Russ Goetz · 1B: Dave Phillips · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Jerry Neudecker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Blair	5	0	2	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Brooks Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Motton	2	1	0	0	2	0
Davey Johnson	4	1	1	1	0	1
Andy Etchebarren	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Belanger	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Leonhard	3	0	1	0	0	2
Chico Salmon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	4	1	2	1	1	1
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Gates Brown	4	0	1	0	0	0
Norm Cash	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Northrup	3	2	2	3	1	0
Mickey Stanley	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Brinkman	4	0	2	0	0	1
Fred Scherman	3	0	0	0	1	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Leonhard	6.2	9	2	2
Pete Richert	1.1	2	2	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Scherman	9.0	6	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Blair: 9
Merv Rettenmund: 8
Frank Robinson: 7

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: 54(1)3/GDP
Gates Brown: 41

Top 2

Brooks Robinson: 3/L
Curt Motton: W
Davey Johnson: 4/FL
Andy Etchebarren: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Norm Cash: 5
Bill Freehan: 8
Jim Northrup: W
Mickey Stanley: K

Top 3

Mark Belanger: 3/FL
Dave Leonhard: K/C
Paul Blair: D/78
Merv Rettenmund: 5/FL

Bot 3

Ed Brinkman: 1/P
Fred Scherman: 43
Dick McAuliffe: S8
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9.1-3
Gates Brown: 8

Top 4

Frank Robinson: HR/7
Brooks Robinson: 2/FL
Curt Motton: W
Davey Johnson: 4
Andy Etchebarren: D8.1-H
Mark Belanger: IW
Dave Leonhard: K/C

Bot 4

Norm Cash: S9
Bill Freehan: S8.1-2
Jim Northrup: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Mickey Stanley: 63
Ed Brinkman: S7
Fred Scherman: 3/BP
Dick McAuliffe: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Paul Blair: 9
Merv Rettenmund: 5/FL
Frank Robinson: 63

Bot 5

Aurelio Rodriguez: 8
Gates Brown: 43
Norm Cash: 7

Top 6

Brooks Robinson: 9
Curt Motton: 7
Davey Johnson: HR/7
Andy Etchebarren: 6

Bot 6

Bill Freehan: 63
Jim Northrup: 43
Mickey Stanley: 8

Top 7

Mark Belanger: 4
Dave Leonhard: S8
Paul Blair: S7.1-2
Merv Rettenmund: 8
Frank Robinson: W.2-3;1-2
Brooks Robinson: 7

Bot 7

Ed Brinkman: K
Fred Scherman: 31
Dick McAuliffe: HR/9
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9
Gates Brown: S8.1-2
Norm Cash: 63

Top 8

Curt Motton: 53
Davey Johnson: K/C
Andy Etchebarren: 53

Bot 8

Bill Freehan: 63
Jim Northrup: D7
Mickey Stanley: IW
Ed Brinkman: S8.2XH(8E2)(UR);1X3(25);B-3(TH)
Fred Scherman: W
Dick McAuliffe: K/C

Top 9

Mark Belanger: HP
Chico Salmon: 64(1)3/GDP
Paul Blair: 7

Notes & reviews

Protest=V
Brooks Robinson intentionally dropped the bunt trying for double play; umpires ruled one out only; Orioles manager Earl Weaver protested the game

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