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Minnesota Twins 3 Detroit Tigers 1

August 24,1971

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (57-69)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (68-60)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,058

Time of Game

2:05

Umpires

[HP]: Lou DiMuro [1B]: Bill Haller [2B]: Jake O'Donnell [3B]: Frank Umont

Minnesota Twins 3 Detroit Tigers 1

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9th inning: K/C **George Mitterwald and Twins Manager Bill Rigney ejected**
9th inning: K/C **by HP umpire Lou DiMuro**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	57-69		0	0	0		2	0	0		1	0	0			3	9	1		5	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	68-60		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	4	1		2	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	lf	31.052	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.305		123	915
2	Rod Carew	2b	25.327	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.284		118	555
3	Tony Oliva	rf	33.035	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.352		105	1174
4	Harmon Killebrew	3b	35.056	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.242		115	1967
5	Rich Reese	1b	29.329	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.206		104	637
6	Leo Cardenas	ss	32.250	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.284		125	1602
7	Jim Nettles	cf	24.175	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.241		46	59
8	George Mitterwald	c	26.078	R	3	1	1	1		0	1	.244		109	309
9	Jim Perry	p	35.298	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.192		31	482
Totals

Errors: Tony Oliva

2B: Cesar Tovar (24), Leo Cardenas (20)

RBI: Cesar Tovar (32), Jim Nettles (17), George Mitterwald (35)

SF: Jim Nettles (2), George Mitterwald (4)

GDP: Tony Oliva 2 (15)

CS: Jim Nettles (2)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick McAuliffe	2b-ss	31.268	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.206		107	1407
2	Al Kaline	rf	36.248	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.290		105	2461
3	Gates Brown	lf	32.114	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.374		60	681
4	Norm Cash	1b	36.287	L	2	0	0	0		1	1	.281		106	1749
5	Jim Northrup	cf	31.273	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.279		109	902
6	Bill Freehan	c	29.268	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.280		118	1202
7	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	23.239	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.240		120	543
8	Ed Brinkman	ss	29.259	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.224		126	1268
	Kevin Collins	ph-2b	25.020	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.250		27	193
9	Joe Niekro	p	26.290	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.143		28	171
	Dalton Jones	ph	27.257	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.246		74	819
Totals

Errors: Aurelio Rodriguez

HR: Al Kaline (12)

RBI: Al Kaline (41)

GDP: Jim Northrup (12), Dalton Jones (3)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Perry	R	W 14-14	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	1		4.21	1.36		33	494
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Perry (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 6-6	6.2	8	2	2	1	0	0		4.31	1.50		28	177
2	Fred Scherman	L		1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.75	1.32		60	112
3	Tom Timmermann	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		4.14	1.43		44	136
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Fred Scherman (0-0-0), Tom Timmermann (0-0-0)