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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 12, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 12, 1971 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 12, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 12, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Stan Williams |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 27,497 |
Time of Game | 3 hours |
Umpires | HP: Don Denkinger 1B: Art Frantz 2B: Bill Deegan 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
Brant Alyea | Left Fielder |
Tom Tischinski | Catcher |
Danny Thompson | Third Baseman |
Stan Williams | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Dalton Jones | Third Baseman |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 12, 1971
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Lolich
Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Lolich
Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Lolich
Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliva vs. Lolich
Oliva hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenas vs. Lolich
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Williams
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Williams
Kaline hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Williams
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Lolich
Alyea strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tischinski vs. Lolich
Tischinski hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Lolich
Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Williams
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Williams
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Williams
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Williams
Freehan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Williams
Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Williams
Lolich is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lolich
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Lolich
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Lolich
Carew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Lolich
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Williams
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Williams
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Williams
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Williams
Horton strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Lolich
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Lolich
Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Lolich
Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Williams
Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Williams
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Williams
Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Williams
Brinkman strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tischinski vs. Lolich
Tischinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Lolich
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Lolich
George Mitterwald pinch hits for Stan Williams.
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching.
Lolich is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Perranoski
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Perranoski
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Lolich
Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Lolich
Carew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Lolich
Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Lolich
Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Lolich
Cardenas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Lolich
Alyea strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Perranoski
Jim Holt now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing left field. Ike Brown pinch hits for Dalton Jones.
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Perranoski
Horton takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Perranoski
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Perranoski
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Corbin
Ray Corbin now pitching.
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brinkman vs. Corbin
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tischinski vs. Lolich
Ike Brown now playing third base.
Tischinski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Lolich
Thompson hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Lolich
Steve Braun pinch hits for Ray Corbin.
Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Lolich
Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Lolich
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Hall
Steve Braun now playing second base. Tom Hall now pitching.
Lolich is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hall
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Hall
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Hall
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Hall
Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Lolich
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Lolich
Oliva hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Lolich
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hall
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hall
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hall
Freehan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tischinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Hall
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Lolich
Cesar Gutierrez now playing third base. Rick Renick pinch hits for Jim Holt.
Renick is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tischinski vs. Lolich
Tischinski hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Lolich
Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Lolich
Braun takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching.
Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Scherman
Rich Reese pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Braun scores. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Scherman
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Oliva vs. Scherman
Oliva hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Perry
Cesar Tovar now playing center field. Rich Reese now playing left field. Jim Perry now pitching. Gates Brown pinch hits for Fred Scherman.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Braun scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Perry
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Perry
Kaline strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/12/1971 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Tovar C, cf-lf-cf 5 1 4 1 McAuliffe D, 2b 5 0 2 0 Carew R, 2b 3 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 5 0 1 0 Hall T, p 0 0 0 0 Jones D, 3b 2 0 0 0 Reese R, ph-lf 1 0 1 1 Brown I, ph-3b 1 1 0 0 Killebrew H, 1b 4 0 1 0 Gutierrez C, 3b 0 0 0 0 Oliva T, rf 5 1 1 2 Horton W, lf 2 1 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 4 1 1 1 Cash N, 1b 4 1 1 2 Alyea B, lf 3 0 0 0 Stanley M, cf 4 0 2 1 Holt J, cf 0 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 1 2 1 Renick R, ph 1 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 4 0 0 0 Perry J, p 0 0 0 0 Lolich M, p 3 0 0 0 Tischinski T, c 4 0 1 0 Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0 Thompson D, 3b 4 1 1 0 Brown G, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams S, p 1 0 0 0 Mitterwald G, ph 1 0 0 0 Perranoski R, p 0 0 0 0 Corbin R, p 0 0 0 0 Braun S, ph-2b 1 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 5 11 5 35 4 8 4 Minnesota 000 003 002 -- 5 Detroit 030 001 000 -- 4 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Williams S 4.0 4 3 3 1 3 Perranoski R 1.1 1 1 1 2 2 Corbin R 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Hall T (W) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 Perry J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lolich M (L) 8.2 9 5 5 2 7 Scherman F 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Minnesota 8, Detroit 7 HR -- Cash N, Freehan B, Oliva T, Cardenas L T -- 3:00 A -- 27497
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