| August 24,1971 Shortstop Eddie Brinkman helped lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota  Twins tonight with his bat as well as his glove. Ed had his best game of the season at the plate going 3 for 4 and driving in 3 runs. Brinkman has been a regular fixture in the Detroit lineup this season because of his defensive play but tonight it was his hitting, as well as his glove play, that earned Detroit the win. Besides starting 3 rally killing doubleplays Ed had the key hit in the bottom of the 8th, breaking a 2-2 tie. The Twins walked Aurelio Rodriguez loading the bases with 2 outs to pitch to Brinkman. Eddie then drove a pitch up the left-center field gap, clearing the bases and providing the Tigers with the winning margin. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1971 Minnesota Twins At 1971 Detroit Tigers 8/24/1971
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Tovar LF 4 0 0 0 .301 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 0 1 0 .227
R.Carew 2B 4 1 2 0 .320 A.Kaline RF 3 0 0 0 .270
T.Oliva RF 4 1 2 2 .286 G.Brown LF 3 1 0 0 .354
H.Killebrew 3B 3 0 2 0 .277 B.Denehy P 0 0 0 0 .250
R.Reese 1B 4 0 0 0 .216 N.Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 .288
L.Cardenas SS 4 0 1 0 .270 J.Northrup CF 3 2 2 1 .257
J.Nettles CF 4 0 1 0 .180 B.Freehan C 4 0 0 0 .274
G.Mitterwald C 4 0 0 0 .262 A.Rodriguez 3B 2 2 1 1 .212
J.Perry P 2 0 2 0 .217 E.Brinkman SS 4 0 3 3 .211
S.Williams P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Niekro P 2 0 1 0 .200
C-S.Braun PH 0 0 0 0 .235 A-D.Jones PH 1 0 0 0 .263
F.Scherman P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-W.Horton PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .284
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Totals 34 2 10 2 Totals 30 5 8 5
A-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Scherman In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 10 1
Tigers.......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 0
Twins (63-63) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Perry 6 2/3 6 2 2 4 4 0 110 2.71
S.Williams LOSS(8-7) 1 1/3 2 3 3 3 1 0 33 4.67
Totals 8 8 5 5 7 5 0
Tigers (83-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro 7 8 2 2 0 1 1 88 4.03
F.Scherman WIN(3-2) 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 4.33
B.Denehy SAVE(4th) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 1.83
Totals 9 10 2 2 3 1 1
ATTENDANCE- 46,326 DATE- Tuesday, August 24th 1971 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8 Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 2 Tigers: 3
ERRORS- H.Killebrew
DOUBLES- L.Cardenas(25th), D.McAuliffe(16th), J.Northrup(14th),
E.Brinkman(11th)
HOME RUNS- T.Oliva(18th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Northrup(8th)
WALKS- C.Tovar, H.Killebrew, S.Braun, D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, G.Brown,
J.Northrup, A.Rodriguez-2, W.Horton
STRIKE OUTS- G.Mitterwald, D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, G.Brown, N.Cash, J.Niekro
GIDP- T.Oliva, H.Killebrew, L.Cardenas, G.Brown, D.Jones
WILD PITCHES- S.Williams
Shortstop Ed Brinkman had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at Tiger Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins by the count of 5 to 2.
Fred Scherman(3-2) did the job in relief, and he got credit for the win. He
went 1 inning allowing 1 hit and 2 walks. Detroit totaled 8 hits on the
night.
Scherman got help from Bill Denehy who earned his 4th save. Stan
Williams(8-7) was hit with the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits and 3 walks
in 1 and 1/3 innings.
