Tigers @ Yankees
June 23, 1971

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Bottom 13 R H E
Tigers 5 11 0
Yankees 5 9 0
Bottom 13 R H E
Tigers 5 11 0
Yankees 6 10 0

Gene Michael Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .237
OBP .600 .336
At Bats 3 194
Hits 1 46
• Singles 1 39
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 28
RBI’s 0 21

Fred Scherman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 12
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Yankee Stadium - June 23, 1971
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Home Run
Fred Scherman
Gene Lamont
Norm Cash
Dick McAuliffe
Cesar Gutierrez
Ed Brinkman
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
Gene Michael

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 11 0 10
New York Yankees 6 10 0 10
Winning Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Losing Pitcher Fred Scherman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Michael
Attendance 11,949
Time of Game 3 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Michael hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Lyttle hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Ron Hansen now playing third base. Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Fred Scherman now pitching. Ron Hansen pinch hits for Jerry Kenney. Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 12 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Murcer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 12 Alou bunts towards third. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Lamont strikes out.
Top 12 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 11 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Clarke hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 McDaniel hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Kaline strikes out.
Top 11 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Denehy moves to second.
Top 11 Denehy takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Gutierrez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke catches it and throws to first to double up Brinkman.
Top 11 Brinkman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 10 Lyttle takes first base on ball four. Kenney moves to second.
Bottom 10 Kenney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Cater hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Gene Lamont now catching. Norm Cash now playing first base. Alou strikes out.
Top 10 Stanley bunts towards the mound. McDaniel has Horton trapped. There's the throw to Munson and over to Kenney, who tags Horton for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 10 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Bill Freehan. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Horton moves to third.
Top 10 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Norm Cash pinch hits for Ike Brown. Cash strikes out.
Top 10 There's a wild pitch. Horton moves to second.
Top 10 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops it up and throws to first, with Denehy covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Cesar Gutierrez now playing third base. Bill Denehy now pitching. Dick McAuliffe now playing second base. Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Tony Taylor. McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jack Aker now pitching. Gates Brown pinch hits for Aurelio Rodriguez. Brown hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Cesar Gutierrez pinch hits for Tom Timmermann. Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Brinkman moves to second.
Top 9 Brinkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second.
Top 9 Stanley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Brown scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Peterson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Michael takes first base on ball four. Lyttle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cater scores. Kenney moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kenney takes first base on ball four. Cater moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cater hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a line drive towards first. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Kaline bunts towards third. Kenney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taylor moves to second.
Top 8 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Jerry Kenney now playing third base. Danny Cater now playing first base. Jim Lyttle now playing right field. Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lyttle scores. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 7 Peterson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jim Lyttle pinch runs for Danny Walton. Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timmermann fields it and throws to first for the out. Lyttle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jerry Kenney pinch runs for John Ellis. Tom Timmermann now pitching. Walton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kenney scores.
Bottom 7 Ellis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Ellis reaches second base with a double. Cater scores.
Bottom 7 Cater hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Stanley who is chasing the ball. Cater reaches third base with a triple. Alou goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kilkenny strikes out. Munson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kilkenny out.
Top 7 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanley strikes out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clarke for the out.
Top 6 Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. Kaline moves to third.
Top 6 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Top 6 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Peterson hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Michael takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Walton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 Kilkenny strikes out. Munson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kilkenny out.
Top 5 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Murcer strikes out.
Top 4 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Brown strikes out.
Top 4 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clarke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Michael moves to third.
Bottom 3 Peterson bunts in front of the plate. Freehan fields it and throws to first for the out. Michael moves to second.
Bottom 3 Michael hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Walton hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walton. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Kilkenny hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brinkman strikes out.
Top 2 Stanley is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Horton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clarke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.