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Baltimore Orioles 3 Detroit Tigers 5

September 17,1971

Visiting Team

Baltimore Orioles (90-56)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (87-66)

Game Date

September 17,1971

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

29,458

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Russ Goetz [1B]: Dave Phillips [2B]: Larry Napp [3B]: Jerry Neudecker

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**Protest=V**
4th inning: 3/BP **Brooks Robinson intentionally dropped the bunt trying**
4th inning: 3/BP **for double play; umpires ruled one out only; Orioles**
4th inning: 3/BP **manager Earl Weaver protested the game**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	90-56		0	0	0		2	0	1		0	0	0			3	6	1		1	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	87-66		0	0	0		3	0	0		1	1	x			5	11	0		2	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Baltimore Orioles - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Blair	cf	27.228	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.256		131	966
2	Merv Rettenmund	rf	28.103	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.312		131	363
3	Frank Robinson	1b	36.017	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.283		124	2309
4	Brooks Robinson	3b	34.122	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.270		146	2186
5	Curt Motton	lf	30.358	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.157		36	254
6	Davey Johnson	2b	28.230	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.284		133	868
7	Andy Etchebarren	c	28.089	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.274		64	528
8	Mark Belanger	ss	27.101	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.266		144	672
9	Dave Leonhard	p	30.238	R	3	0	1	0		0	2	.294		12	105
	Chico Salmon	ph	30.288	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.171		35	634
Totals

Errors: Andy Etchebarren

2B: Paul Blair (21), Andy Etchebarren (8)

HR: Frank Robinson (27), Davey Johnson (17)

RBI: Frank Robinson (91), Davey Johnson (68), Andy Etchebarren (25)

HBP: Mark Belanger (6)

GDP: Chico Salmon (2)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick McAuliffe	2b	31.292	L	4	1	2	1		1	1	.213		122	1422
2	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	23.263	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.247		145	568
3	Gates Brown	lf	32.138	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.360		75	696
4	Norm Cash	1b	36.311	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.281		131	1774
5	Bill Freehan	c	29.292	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.274		141	1225
6	Jim Northrup	rf-lf	31.297	L	3	2	2	3		1	0	.277		130	923
7	Mickey Stanley	cf	29.059	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.296		129	845
8	Ed Brinkman	ss	29.283	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.229		151	1293
9	Fred Scherman	p	27.054	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.208		67	119
Totals

2B: Jim Northrup (26)

HR: Dick McAuliffe (18), Jim Northrup (16)

RBI: Dick McAuliffe (56), Jim Northrup 3 (68)

GDP: Aurelio Rodriguez (13)

Baltimore Orioles - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Leonhard	R	L 2-3	6.2	9	4	4	2	2	2		2.32	1.21		11	102
2	Pete Richert	L		1.1	2	0	0	2	1	0		3.94	1.28		32	316
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Leonhard (0-0-0), Pete Richert (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fred Scherman	L	W 11-6	9.0	6	3	3	4	3	2		2.78	1.26		67	119
Totals				0.0

HB: Fred Scherman (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fred Scherman (0-0-0)