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Tigers
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
May 1, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the California Angels and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 1, 1971 at Anaheim Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 1, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
California Angels
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 1, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | California Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dean Chance |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Andy Messersmith |
| Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium |
| City | Anaheim |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 12,838 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Russ Goetz 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Dave Phillips |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Dean Chance | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
California Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Tony Conigliaro | Right Fielder |
| Roger Repoz | Center Fielder |
| Ken McMullen | Third Baseman |
| Syd O'Brien | Shortstop |
| John Stephenson | Catcher |
| Andy Messersmith | Pitcher |
| Lefty Phillips | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
May 1, 1971
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Messersmith
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Messersmith
Kaline hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Messersmith
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Messersmith
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Messersmith
Cash is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Chance
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Chance
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Chance
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Chance
Conigliaro hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Messersmith
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Messersmith
Rodriguez hits a line drive towards short. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Messersmith
Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repoz vs. Chance
Repoz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMullen vs. Chance
McMullen is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Chance
O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Repoz moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephenson vs. Chance
Stephenson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Stephenson reaches second base with a double. Repoz scores. O'Brien moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Messersmith vs. Chance
Messersmith strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alomar vs. Chance
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman misplays the ball. That's an error on Brinkman. O'Brien scores. Stephenson scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Chance
Spencer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Northrup. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Alomar goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Denehy
Bill Denehy now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Conigliaro vs. Denehy
Conigliaro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repoz vs. Denehy
Repoz takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to third. Conigliaro moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McMullen vs. Denehy
McMullen hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denehy vs. Messersmith
Denehy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Messersmith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Messersmith
McAuliffe hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Messersmith
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Denehy
O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Denehy
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stephenson for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Messersmith vs. Denehy
Messersmith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Messersmith
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Messersmith
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on O'Brien. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Messersmith
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Freehan vs. Messersmith
Freehan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Denehy
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Denehy
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Denehy
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Messersmith
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Messersmith
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Messersmith
Kevin Collins pinch hits for Bill Denehy.
Collins strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Hannan
Jim Hannan now pitching.
Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repoz vs. Hannan
Repoz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMullen vs. Hannan
McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Hannan
There's a wild pitch. McMullen moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Hannan
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Messersmith
McAuliffe hits a line drive towards first. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Messersmith
Kaline is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Messersmith
Mickey Stanley pinch runs for Al Kaline.
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Messersmith
Horton takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Messersmith
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Hannan
Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Jim Northrup now playing right field.
Stephenson hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Messersmith vs. Hannan
Messersmith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Hannan
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hannan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Messersmith
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Messersmith
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Messersmith
Brinkman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Patterson
Daryl Patterson now pitching. Jim Price now catching.
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Patterson
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Patterson
Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. Johnson goes all the way around to score. Conigliaro moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Repoz vs. Patterson
Repoz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Patterson covering, for the out. Conigliaro scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullen vs. Patterson
McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez juggles the ball. That's an error on Rodriguez. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Patterson
O'Brien is hit by the pitch. McMullen moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephenson vs. Patterson
Stephenson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northrup. Stephenson reaches second base with a double. McMullen scores. O'Brien goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Messersmith vs. Patterson
Messersmith hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Messersmith
Ken Berry now playing center field. Roger Repoz now playing right field. Gates Brown pinch hits for Daryl Patterson.
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Messersmith
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Messersmith
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Messersmith
Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Messersmith
Dalton Jones pinch hits for Willie Horton.
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Timmermann
Dalton Jones now playing third base. Gates Brown now playing left field. Tom Timmermann now pitching. Cesar Gutierrez now playing second base.
Alomar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Timmermann
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Timmermann
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Messersmith
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Messersmith
Price hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Price reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Messersmith
Ike Brown pinch hits for Tom Timmermann.
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brinkman vs. Messersmith
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Price moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Messersmith
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/1/1971 -- Detroit at California (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI California AB R H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Alomar S, 2b 4 1 0 0
Gutierrez C, 2b 0 0 0 0 Spencer J, 1b 5 1 2 1
Kaline A, rf 2 0 0 0 Johnson A, lf 5 1 3 1
Stanley M, pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Conigliaro T, rf 3 1 1 1
Northrup J, cf-rf 3 0 1 1 Berry K, cf 0 0 0 0
Horton W, lf 2 0 1 0 Repoz R, cf-rf 1 1 0 1
Jones D, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 McMullen K, 3b 4 1 0 0
Cash N, 1b 4 0 0 0 O'Brien S, ss 3 2 1 0
Freehan B, c 3 0 0 0 Stephenson J, c 4 1 2 3
Price J, c 1 0 1 0 Messersmith A, p 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0
Timmermann T, p 0 0 0 0
Brown I, ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman E, ss 4 0 1 0
Chance D, p 0 0 0 0
Denehy B, p 1 0 0 0
Collins K, ph 1 0 0 0
Hannan J, p 0 0 0 0
Patterson D, p 0 0 0 0
Brown G, ph-lf 1 1 0 0
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32 1 4 1 33 9 9 7
Detroit 000 000 010 -- 1
California 050 000 40x -- 9
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Chance D (L) 1.2 4 5 1 1 2
Denehy B 2.1 2 0 0 2 0
Hannan J 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Patterson D 1.0 3 4 2 0 0
Timmermann T 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
California IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith A (W) 9.0 4 1 1 3 7
E -- Johnson A, Brinkman E, O'Brien S, Rodriguez A
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 8, California 6
2B -- Stephenson J 2, Spencer J, Johnson A, Conigliaro T, Price J
HBP -- by Messersmith A (Kaline A), by Patterson D (O'Brien S)
WP -- Hannan J
T -- 2:32
A -- 12838
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