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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 6, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 6, 1971 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 6, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 6, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Culp |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 32,108 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Merle Anthony 2B: George Maloney 3B: Hank Soar |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
George Scott | First Baseman |
Joe Lahoud | Right Fielder |
Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
Ray Culp | Pitcher |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 6, 1971
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Culp
McAuliffe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Culp
Kaline strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Culp
Horton hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Coleman
Griffin hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Coleman
Aparicio hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline throws the ball in to Brinkman who tags Smith trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Culp
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Culp
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Culp
Freehan takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Culp
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Northrup moves to third. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brinkman vs. Culp
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Coleman
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Coleman
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Coleman
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lahoud vs. Coleman
There goes Scott. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Brinkman applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Culp
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Culp
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Culp
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Culp
Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Coleman
Lahoud hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Coleman
Montgomery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Culp vs. Coleman
Culp bunts towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with McAuliffe covering, for the out. Montgomery moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Coleman
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Culp
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Culp
Northrup hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Culp
Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to third. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rodriguez vs. Culp
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brinkman vs. Culp
Brinkman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Montgomery settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Coleman vs. Culp
Coleman hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Coleman
Aparicio strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Coleman
Yastrzemski is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Culp
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Culp
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Culp
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Coleman
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Coleman
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lahoud vs. Coleman
Lahoud hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montgomery vs. Coleman
Montgomery hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Culp
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Culp
Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Culp
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Culp
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culp vs. Coleman
Culp is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Coleman
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Coleman
Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Culp
Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Culp
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Culp
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Coleman
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Coleman
Petrocelli hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Coleman
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Culp
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Culp
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Culp
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Culp
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Culp
Freehan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Coleman
Lahoud hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Coleman
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fiore vs. Coleman
Mike Fiore pinch hits for Ray Culp.
Fiore strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Lee
Bill Lee now pitching.
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brinkman vs. Lee
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground for an out. Brinkman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Lee
Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brinkman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McAuliffe vs. Lee
There goes Brinkman. The slide. Montgomery applies the tag. Brinkman is out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Coleman
Griffin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Coleman
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aparicio for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/6/1971 -- Detroit at Boston (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 0 Aparicio L, ss 4 0 1 0 Horton W, lf 4 1 1 0 Smith R, cf 4 0 1 0 Cash N, 1b 3 1 1 2 Yastrzemski C, lf 2 0 0 0 Northrup J, cf 3 0 2 0 Petrocelli R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 3 0 1 0 Scott G, 1b 2 0 1 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lahoud J, rf 3 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 4 0 0 0 Montgomery B, c 3 0 1 0 Coleman J, p 4 0 0 0 Culp R, p 1 0 0 0 Fiore M, ph 1 0 0 0 Lee B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 7 2 27 0 4 0 Detroit 000 000 020 -- 2 Boston 000 000 000 -- 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Coleman J (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 9 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Culp R (L) 8.0 6 2 2 3 5 Lee B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Detroit 7, Boston 3 2B -- Rodriguez A HR -- Cash N CS -- Scott G, Brinkman E SH -- Culp R T -- 2:11 A -- 32108
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