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Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 24, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on September 24, 1971 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 24, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 24, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mel Stottlemyre |
Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 11,037 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Ron Luciano 3B: John Rice |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
Roy White | Left Fielder |
Ron Blomberg | Right Fielder |
John Ellis | First Baseman |
Ron Hansen | Third Baseman |
Frank Baker | Shortstop |
Mel Stottlemyre | Pitcher |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 24, 1971
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Coleman
Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Coleman
Munson hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Coleman
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Coleman
There goes Murcer. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Brinkman applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Stottlemyre
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Stottlemyre
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Baker reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Coleman
White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Coleman
Blomberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ellis vs. Coleman
Ellis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hansen vs. Coleman
Hansen strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Coleman
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Stottlemyre
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Stottlemyre
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Stottlemyre
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stottlemyre vs. Coleman
Stottlemyre is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Coleman
Clarke hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Coleman
Munson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Coleman
Murcer takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Coleman
White hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Clarke scores. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blomberg vs. Coleman
Blomberg takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ellis vs. Coleman
Ellis hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Murcer scores. White scores. Blomberg moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hansen vs. Coleman
Hansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blomberg scores. Ellis scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Coleman
Baker 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
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Stottlemyre
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Stottlemyre
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Stottlemyre
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Clarke fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Stottlemyre
McAuliffe hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Murcer, who is chasing the ball. McAuliffe reaches third base with a triple. Coleman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rodriguez vs. Stottlemyre
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stottlemyre vs. Coleman
Dalton Jones now playing second base.
Stottlemyre hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Coleman
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Coleman
Munson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Coleman
Murcer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Stottlemyre, and towards Clarke, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Stottlemyre
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis fields the ball and throws to Stottlemyre covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Stottlemyre
Northrup hits a popup towards short. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Stottlemyre
Freehan hits a popup towards the mound. Stottlemyre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Coleman
White hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Coleman
Blomberg is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Coleman
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Stottlemyre
Cash hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Stottlemyre
Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Stottlemyre
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Coleman
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Coleman
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stottlemyre vs. Coleman
Stottlemyre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Coleman
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Stottlemyre
Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Stottlemyre
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Murcer. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Stottlemyre
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Coleman
Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Coleman
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball and throws to Coleman covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Coleman
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blomberg vs. Coleman
Blomberg hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ellis vs. Coleman
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Stottlemyre
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Stottlemyre
Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Stottlemyre
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brinkman vs. Stottlemyre
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. Freehan scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Stottlemyre
Kevin Collins pinch hits for Joe Coleman.
Collins hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Murcer. Collins reaches second base with a double. Brinkman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Stottlemyre
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Collins moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Stottlemyre
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Collins scores. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Stottlemyre
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Northrup vs. Closter
Al Closter now pitching.
Northrup hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Northrup reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. Kaline scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Closter
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen juggles the ball. That's an error on Hansen. Northrup moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Taylor vs. Closter
Tony Taylor pinch hits for Norm Cash.
Taylor hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Scherman
Tony Taylor now playing second base. Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Fred Scherman now pitching. Ike Brown now playing first base. Jim N
Hansen strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Scherman
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman misplays the ball. That's an error on Brinkman. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Scherman
Rusty Torres pinch hits for Al Closter.
Torres is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Scherman
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Gardner
Rob Gardner now pitching.
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Brinkman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Gardner
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Gardner
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Gardner
There goes Brinkman. The throw from Munson and he is out, Hansen applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Gardner
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Scherman
Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Scherman
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Scherman
White hits a line drive into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/24/1971 -- New York at Detroit (N) New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Clarke H, 2b 5 1 2 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 2 0 1 1 Munson T, c 5 0 1 0 Jones D, 2b 2 1 1 0 Murcer B, cf 4 1 1 0 Brown I, 1b 0 0 0 0 White R, lf 5 1 3 1 Rodriguez A, 3b 5 1 2 1 Blomberg R, rf 3 1 1 0 Brown G, lf 4 1 1 1 Ellis J, 1b 4 1 1 2 Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0 Hansen R, 3b 4 0 1 2 Kaline A, rf 4 1 2 1 Baker F, ss 4 0 0 0 Northrup J, cf-lf 4 0 1 2 Stottlemyre M, p 3 0 1 0 Freehan B, c 4 1 1 0 Closter A, p 0 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 0 1 0 Torres R, ph 1 0 0 0 Taylor T, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Gardner R, p 0 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 4 1 2 1 Coleman J, p 2 1 0 0 Collins K, ph 1 1 1 1 Stanley M, cf 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 5 11 5 37 8 13 8 New York 005 000 000 -- 5 Detroit 001 000 70x -- 8 New York IP H R ER BB SO Stottlemyre M (L) 6.2 11 8 8 0 2 Closter A 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Gardner R 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Coleman J (W) 7.0 11 5 5 2 5 Scherman F (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 E -- Hansen R, Brinkman E LOB -- New York 8, Detroit 6 2B -- Ellis J, Rodriguez A, Collins K, Kaline A, Northrup J, Brinkman E 3B -- McAuliffe D CS -- Murcer B, Brinkman E T -- 2:36 A -- 11037
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