Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 6, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 3 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 3 0 0 0
Bradford cf 3 1 1 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Machemehl p 0 0 0 0
  Dunning p 0 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 1 1
  Pascual p 0 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Northrup 1b 4 2 1 2
Horton lf 4 1 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
Stanley cf 3 2 1 1
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 1
Lolich p 3 0 1 1
Totals 29 8 9 6
Cleveland 000 110 000260
Detroit 022 300 01x891
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 2 0
  Machemehl   1.0 2 3 3 4 0
  Dunning   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Pascual   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lamb   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Austin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
7
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
8

  E–Northrup (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Cleveland Nettles (1,off Lolich), Detroit Horton (1,off Hargan).  3B–Cleveland R Foster (1,off Lolich); Bradford (1,off Lolich), Detroit Northrup (1,off Machemehl).  SH–Lolich (1,off Lamb).  SF–Brinkman (1,off Machemehl).  HBP–Rodriguez (1,by Hargan).  IBB–Freehan (1,by Machemehl); Stanley (1,by Machemehl).  SB–McAuliffe (1,2nd base off Lamb/Fosse).  CS–Horton (1,2nd base by Dunning/Fosse); Kaline (1,2nd base by Pascual/Fosse).  WP–Hargan (1), Lamb (1).  BK–Machemehl (1).  HBP–Hargan (1,Rodriguez).  IBB–Machemehl 2 (2,Freehan,Stanley).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Nick Avants, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:44.  A–54,089.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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