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Orioles
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 17, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles, played on September 17, 1971 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 17, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 17, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave McNally |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Timmermann |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Russ Goetz 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Larry Napp |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Buford | Left Fielder |
| Tom Shopay | Right Fielder |
| Boog Powell | First Baseman |
| Merv Rettenmund | Center Fielder |
| Elrod Hendricks | Catcher |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Davey Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
| Dave McNally | Pitcher |
| Earl Weaver | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Ike Brown | Left Fielder |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Tom Timmermann | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 17, 1971
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Timmermann
Buford hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shopay vs. Timmermann
Shopay hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Timmermann
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. McNally
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Shopay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. McNally
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Shopay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McNally
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rettenmund vs. Timmermann
Rettenmund takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendricks vs. Timmermann
Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Timmermann
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. McNally
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. McNally
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with McNally covering, for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. McNally
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Timmermann
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Timmermann
Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Timmermann
McNally is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McNally
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. McNally
Brinkman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Timmermann vs. McNally
Timmermann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with McNally covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Timmermann
Buford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shopay vs. Timmermann
Shopay hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Timmermann
Powell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Stanley. Powell reaches second base with a double. Buford scores. Shopay goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rettenmund vs. Timmermann
Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Timmermann covering, for the out. Powell moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hendricks vs. Timmermann
Hendricks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Timmermann
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Powell scores. Hendricks moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Timmermann
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. Hendricks moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Belanger vs. Timmermann
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. McNally
Taylor hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Rettenmund who is chasing the ball. Taylor reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rodriguez vs. McNally
Rodriguez hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kaline vs. McNally
Kaline is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Freehan vs. McNally
Freehan takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cash vs. McNally
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Kaline scores. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. McNally
Stanley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hall
Dick Hall now pitching. Jim Northrup pinch hits for Ike Brown.
Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Hall
Brinkman hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Timmermann vs. Hall
Timmermann strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Timmermann
Jim Northrup now playing left field.
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Timmermann
Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shopay vs. Timmermann
Shopay hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Hall
Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hall
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Hall
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hall
Freehan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Timmermann
Powell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rettenmund vs. Timmermann
Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendricks vs. Timmermann
Hendricks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Northrup. Hendricks reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Timmermann
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hall
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Hall covering, for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hall
Stanley hits a line drive into right field. Shopay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hall
Northrup hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hall
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Timmermann
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Timmermann
Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Timmermann
Hall hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Stanley. Hall reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buford vs. Timmermann
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buford for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Timmermann vs. Hall
Timmermann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Hall
Taylor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Shopay. Taylor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Hall
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Hall
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Dukes
Tom Dukes now pitching.
Freehan takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cash vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanley vs. Jackson
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez scores. Kaline scores. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northrup vs. Jackson
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shopay vs. Timmermann
Shopay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Timmermann
Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shopay moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rettenmund vs. Timmermann
Rettenmund takes first base on ball four. Shopay moves to third. Powell moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching. Frank Robinson pinch hits for Elrod Hendricks.
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shopay tags and scores. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Perranoski
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Boswell
Andy Etchebarren now catching. Dave Boswell now pitching.
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perranoski vs. Boswell
There goes Brinkman. The throw from Etchebarren and he is out, Belanger applying the tag. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perranoski vs. Boswell
Perranoski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Boswell
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perranoski
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Perranoski
Belanger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etchebarren vs. Perranoski
Etchebarren hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buford vs. Perranoski
Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Belanger moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Motton vs. Perranoski
Curt Motton pinch hits for Tom Shopay.
Motton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Motton for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/17/1971, game 1 -- Baltimore at Detroit (N)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Buford D, lf 5 1 2 0 Taylor T, 2b 5 2 3 0
Shopay T, rf 4 2 2 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 1 1 0
Motton C, ph 1 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 3 2 1 1
Powell B, 1b 3 1 2 2 Freehan B, c 2 1 0 0
Rettenmund M, cf 2 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 4 1 1 2
Hendricks E, c 2 0 1 0 Stanley M, cf 4 1 2 5
Robinson F, ph 0 0 0 1 Brown I, lf 1 0 0 0
Boswell D, p 0 0 0 0 Northrup J, ph-lf 3 1 2 1
Robinson B, 3b 4 0 1 1 Brinkman E, ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Timmermann T, p 3 0 0 0
Belanger M, ss 4 0 1 0 Perranoski R, p 1 0 0 0
McNally D, p 1 0 0 0
Hall D, p 2 0 1 0
Dukes T, p 0 0 0 0
Jackson G, p 0 0 0 0
Etchebarren A, c 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 10 4 34 9 11 9
Baltimore 000 300 010 -- 4
Detroit 000 501 30x -- 9
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
McNally D (L) 3.1 3 5 5 1 0
Hall D 3.0 6 4 4 0 1
Dukes T* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Jackson G 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Boswell D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann T (W)+ 7.0 8 4 4 3 2
Perranoski R (S) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Baltimore 7, Detroit 4
2B -- Powell B, Hendricks E, Hall D, Taylor T
3B -- Taylor T
HR -- Stanley M, Northrup J
CS -- Brinkman E
SF -- Robinson F
HBP -- by McNally D (Kaline A), by Timmermann T (Powell B)
T -- 2:17
A -- 0
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