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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
July 7, 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 July 7, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 7, 1971 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherMike Kekich  
Losing PitcherBill Denehy  
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Game Winning RBIBobby Murcer 

Game Info

DateJuly 7, 1971 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherFritz Peterson  
Home Starting PitcherMike Kilkenny  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance18,204 
Time of Game3 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Art Frantz
1B: Bill Deegan
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Don Denkinger

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Horace Clarke  Second Baseman 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Bobby Murcer  Center Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Felipe Alou  First Baseman 
Ron Swoboda  Right Fielder 
Gene Michael  Shortstop 
Jerry Kenney  Third Baseman 
Fritz Peterson  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Tony Taylor  Second Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Ed Brinkman  Shortstop 
Mike Kilkenny  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
July 7, 1971

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         Game of 7/7/1971 -- New York at Detroit (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Clarke H, 2b          6  1  3  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       5  0  0  0   
Munson T, c           5  2  2  0   Taylor T, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Murcer B, cf          5  1  4  3   Kaline A, rf          5  0  1  0   
White R, lf           4  1  1  0   Horton W, lf          3  1  0  0   
Alou F, 1b            5  0  1  0   Freehan B, c          3  2  2  3   
Swoboda R, rf         0  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            5  0  2  0   
Blomberg R, ph-rf     5  0  0  1   Stanley M, cf         4  0  1  0   
Michael G, ss         5  0  2  1   Brinkman E, ss        4  0  0  0   
Kenney J, 3b          5  0  1  0   Kilkenny M, p         0  0  0  0   
Peterson F, p         3  0  0  0   Chance D, p           1  0  0  0   
Kekich M, p           2  0  1  0   Gutierrez C, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Timmermann T, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Brown I, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Scherman F, p         1  0  0  0   
                                   Denehy B, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Niekro J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Jones D, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5 15  5                        38  3  6  3

New York         300 000 000 02 --  5
Detroit          010 000 200 00 --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Peterson F*           6.0  3  3  3  2  1
Kekich M (W)          5.0  3  0  0  4  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kilkenny M            0.1  3  3  3  1  0
Chance D              4.2  5  0  0  1  2
Timmermann T          2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Scherman F+           2.0  5  0  0  1  1
Denehy B (L)          1.2  2  2  2  1  0
Niekro J              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 10th

DP -- New York 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 11, Detroit 9
2B -- Murcer B 3, Clarke H
HR -- Freehan B 2
SB -- Murcer B
CS -- Alou F
HBP -- by Kekich M (Freehan B)
T -- 3:17
A -- 18204

    

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