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Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 21, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 21, 1970 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 21, 1970 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 21, 1970 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Les Cain |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rich Hand |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Marty Springstead 2B: Larry Barnett 3B: Larry Napp |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Elliott Maddox | Third Baseman |
Ken Szotkiewicz | Shortstop |
Les Cain | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jack Heidemann | Shortstop |
Eddie Leon | Second Baseman |
Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
Ray Fosse | Catcher |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Roy Foster | Left Fielder |
Chuck Hinton | Right Fielder |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Rich Hand | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 21, 1970
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hand
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heidemann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hand
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heidemann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hand
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heidemann vs. Cain
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox juggles the ball. That's an error on Maddox. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Cain
Leon strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Cain
Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heidemann moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fosse vs. Cain
Fosse hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Cain
Horton takes first base on ball four. Heidemann moves to third. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Foster vs. Cain
Foster hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hand
Horton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hand
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hand
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hand fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Hand
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Cain
Hinton 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, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Cain
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hand vs. Cain
Hand takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heidemann vs. Cain
Heidemann hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leon vs. Cain
Leon 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
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Szotkiewicz vs. Hand
Szotkiewicz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Hand
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heidemann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hand
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Hand
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Northrup vs. Hand
Northrup hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Cain
Pinson 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, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Cain
Fosse strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Cain
Horton strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hand
Horton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fosse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hand
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hand
Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Freehan reaches second base with a double. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Maddox vs. Hand
Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Cash scores. Freehan scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Szotkiewicz vs. Hand
Szotkiewicz strikes out. There goes Maddox. The throw from Fosse and Maddox is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Cain
Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hinton vs. Cain
Hinton takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Cain
There's a wild pitch. Foster moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nettles vs. Cain
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rollins vs. Cain
Rich Rollins pinch hits for Rich Hand.
Rollins takes first base on ball four. Hinton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heidemann vs. Cain
Sam McDowell pinch runs for Rich Rollins.
Heidemann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foster scores. Hinton scores. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leon vs. Niekro
Joe Niekro now pitching.
Leon hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pinson vs. Niekro
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. Higgins
Dennis Higgins now pitching.
Niekro strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Higgins
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Higgins
Stanley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Niekro
Fosse hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Niekro
Horton hits a popup towards short. Szotkiewicz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Niekro
Foster hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Higgins
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Higgins
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Higgins
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Higgins
Freehan takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Higgins
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Niekro
Hinton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Niekro
Nettles takes first base on ball four. Hinton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Klimchock vs. Niekro
Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Dennis Higgins.
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Hinton moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heidemann vs. Niekro
Heidemann is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Szotkiewicz vs. Hennigan
Phil Hennigan now pitching.
Szotkiewicz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. Hennigan
Niekro is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hennigan
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Niekro
Leon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Niekro
Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Niekro
Fosse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Pinson trying to get to third. Horton throws the ball in to Maddox, who tags Pinson for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Niekro
Horton 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, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hennigan
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hennigan
Northrup hits a popup towards short. Heidemann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hennigan
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Timmermann
Tom Timmermann now pitching.
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Timmermann
Hinton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Szotkiewicz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Timmermann
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hennigan
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops it up and throws to first, with Hennigan covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hennigan
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Hennigan
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Szotkiewicz vs. Hennigan
Szotkiewicz takes first base on ball four. Freehan moves to third. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Timmermann vs. Hennigan
Timmermann is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McAuliffe vs. Hennigan
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan scores. Maddox scores. Szotkiewicz moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanley vs. Hennigan
Stanley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Stanley reaches second base with a double. Szotkiewicz scores. McAuliffe scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Paul
Mike Paul now pitching.
Northrup hits a popup towards short. Heidemann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Timmermann
Ike Brown now playing second base. Ted Uhlaender pinch hits for Mike Paul.
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heidemann vs. Timmermann
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Szotkiewicz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leon vs. Timmermann
Leon hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pinson vs. Timmermann
Pinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fosse vs. Timmermann
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Szotkiewicz fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/21/1970, game 1 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI McAuliffe D, 2b 5 1 2 2 Heidemann J, ss 5 0 1 2 Brown I, 2b 0 0 0 0 Leon E, 2b 5 0 0 0 Stanley M, cf 5 0 2 2 Pinson V, cf 4 0 2 0 Northrup J, rf 5 0 0 0 Fosse R, c 5 0 1 0 Horton W, lf 3 0 0 0 Horton T, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 2 1 1 Foster R, lf 4 1 1 0 Freehan B, c 2 2 1 0 Hinton C, rf 3 1 1 0 Maddox E, 3b 4 1 2 2 Nettles G, 3b 2 0 0 0 Szotkiewicz K, ss 3 1 0 0 Hand R, p 0 0 0 0 Cain L, p 1 0 0 0 Rollins R, ph 0 0 0 0 Niekro J, p 2 0 0 0 McDowell S, pr 0 0 0 0 Timmermann T, p 1 0 0 0 Higgins D, p 0 0 0 0 Klimchock L, ph 1 0 0 0 Hennigan P, p 0 0 0 0 Paul M, p 0 0 0 0 Uhlaender T, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 7 8 7 33 2 6 2 Detroit 010 200 004 -- 7 Cleveland 000 200 000 -- 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Cain L 3.1 3 2 2 5 4 Niekro J (W) 3.2 3 0 0 1 2 Timmermann T (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Hand R (L) 4.0 5 3 3 1 2 Higgins D 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 Hennigan P 2.2 3 4 4 2 3 Paul M 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Maddox E, Brown I DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 1 LOB -- Detroit 5, Cleveland 11 2B -- Freehan B, Maddox E, Stanley M HR -- Cash N WP -- Cain L T -- 2:44 A -- 0
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