Detroit Tigers (4) Minnesota Twins (2)

| 1971

Date of Game: Monday, August 23, 1971
Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Minnesota Twins (AL)	Detroit Tigers (AL)
Record: 56-69	Record: 68-59
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Attendance: 27,576 Time of Game: 2:39

Game Notes:

Les Cain - 13 Strikeouts

None listed
Best at-bats

Dick McAuliffe HR in 3rd inning (35.72)

George Mitterwald 1B in 6th inning (8.93)

Gates Brown 1B in 5th inning (7.92001)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0
Detroit Tigers	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	x	4	5	0

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Cesar Tovar	cf-lf	31.051	4	0	1	0	1	0	.305	122	914	1	31	15
Rod Carew	2b	25.326	4	1	2	0	0	2	.280	117	554	2	39	5
Harmon Killebrew	3b	35.055	3	0	0	0	1	1	.244	114	1966	15	87	2
Tony Oliva	rf	33.034	3	0	0	0	1	1	.356	104	1173	21	73	4
Leo Cardenas	ss	32.249	2	1	1	0	2	0	.282	124	1601	16	65	3
Brant Alyea	lf	30.258	3	0	0	1	0	2	.182	73	332	2	15	1
Jim Nettles	cf	24.174	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	45	58	5	16	1
George Mitterwald	c	26.016	4	0	1	1	0	2	.243	108	308	11	34	2
Rich Reese	1b	29.328	3	0	0	0	0	1	.205	103	636	7	31	7
Danny Thompson	ph	24.203	1	0	0	0	0	1	.280	39	135	0	7	0
Steve Luebber	p	22.045	2	0	0	0	0	2	.067	11	11	0	0	0
George Thomas	ph	33.267	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	29	682	0	2	0
Jim Strickland	p	23.072	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	17	17	0	0	0
Phil Roof	ph	30.171	1	0	0	0	0	1	.206	56	599	1	14	0
Totals:			31	2	5	2	5	13	.161	1062	8986

Detroit Tigers Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Dick McAuliffe	2b	31.268	4	2	2	3	0	0	.208	106	1406	16	53	3
Al Kaline	rf	36.247	2	0	0	0	2	0	.290	104	2460	11	40	2
Gates Brown	lf	32.113	3	0	1	1	0	0	.378	59	680	7	19	2
Mickey Stanley	cf	29.034	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279	104	820	2	20	1
Norm Cash	1b	36.286	4	0	0	0	0	1	.283	105	1748	26	68	1
Jim Northrup	cf-lf	31.273	4	0	1	0	0	2	.279	108	901	11	56	6
Bill Freehan	c	29.267	3	0	0	0	1	0	.282	117	1201	17	57	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	23.239	2	1	1	0	1	0	.240	119	542	13	32	4
Ed Brinkman	ss	29.260	1	1	0	0	1	0	.225	125	1267	1	34	1
Les Cain	p	23.223	2	0	0	0	0	0	.119	18	53	0	1	0
Totals:			26	4	5	4	5	3	.192	965	11078

Game Stats

2B: Dick McAuliffe (14)
HR: Dick McAuliffe (16)
RBIs: Brant Alyea (15), Gates Brown (19), Dick McAuliffe 3 (53), George Mitterwald (34)
SB: George Mitterwald (2), Cesar Tovar (15)
SH: Les Cain (2)
GDP: Bill Freehan (11), Harmon Killebrew (18), Aurelio Rodriguez (12)

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Steve Luebber (L 2-4)	22.045	6	4	4	4	3	2	1	4.67	1.63	0	0	0	11	11
Jim Strickland	23.072	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.50	1.29	0	0	0	17	17
Pitching Totals:		8	5	4	4	5	3	1			0	0	0	28	28

Detroit Tigers Pitching Stats

Detroit Tigers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Les Cain (W 6-8)	23.223	9	5	2	2	5	13	0	4.25	1.45	0	0	0	20	57
Pitching Totals:		9	5	2	2	5	13	0			0	0	0	20	57

Other Game Information

Balks: Les Cain;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Luebber 0-0-0; Jim Strickland 0-0-0; Les Cain 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Steve Luebber 25; Jim Strickland 8; Les Cain 37;
Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 27,576
Umpires: Home: Frank Umont 1B Lou DiMuro 2B Bill Haller 3B Jake O'Donnell

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