July 4, 1971

The 1st place Detroit Tigers completed a 3 game sweep at home against the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles by defeating the birds 8-2 on this sunny holiday afternoon. Aurelio Rodriguez led the hitting attack against the Orioles and wound up with 6 hits in 11 ab, 2 hr, and 9 rbi in the series. The Tigers now lead the Orioles 6 games to 5 in head to head games this year and have opened up their lead in the AL East pennant race.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1971 Baltimore Orioles At 1971 Detroit Tigers              7/4/1971
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Buford LF         4  0  0  0 .308     T.Taylor 2B         5  2  4  0 .364  
  M.Belanger SS       4  0  0  0 .287     M.Stanley CF        4  1  1  2 .277  
  M.Rettenmund CF     4  0  0  0 .290     A.Kaline RF         3  2  2  1 .278  
  B.Robinson 3B       3  1  0  0 .288     W.Horton LF         4  0  0  0 .262  
  B.Powell 1B         4  0  0  0 .176     B.Freehan C         3  1  0  0 .290  
  E.Hendricks C       3  1  1  1 .288     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  1  2  5 .233  
  D.Johnson 2B        4  0  2  1 .321     I.Brown 1B          4  0  1  0 .233  
  T.Crowley RF        3  0  0  0 .250     C.Gutierrez SS      4  1  1  0 .265  
  M.Cuellar P         2  0  0  0 .109     J.Coleman Jr P      3  0  0  0 .159  
A-F.Robinson PH       1  0  1  0 .265                                          
  D.Boswell P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  P.Richert P         0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-C.Dalrymple PH      0  0  0  0 .273                                          
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         Totals      32  2  4  2                 Totals      34  8 11  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Richert In 9th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  1
Tigers.......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  4 1    -  8 11  2
 
Orioles (44-35)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Cuellar LOSS(7-10)      6       6   3   3   2   1   0 102   4.00
D.Boswell                 1 2/3   5   5   5   2   0   1  39   8.64
P.Richert                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6  13.50
Totals                    8      11   8   8   4   1   1
 
Tigers (51-30)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Coleman Jr WIN(12-5)    9       4   2   1   5   5   1 144   2.27
Totals                    9       4   2   1   5   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,666 DATE- Sunday, July 4th 1971 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bill Haller, Nick Avantz, Jake O'Donnell
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 8  Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- M.Belanger, M.Stanley, A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- D.Johnson(12th), T.Taylor(4th), A.Kaline(12th)
HOME RUNS- E.Hendricks(5th), A.Rodriguez(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Stanley, J.Coleman Jr
WALKS- D.Buford, B.Robinson, E.Hendricks, T.Crowley, C.Dalrymple, A.Kaline-2,
       W.Horton, B.Freehan
STRIKE OUTS- M.Belanger-2, D.Johnson, T.Crowley, M.Cuellar, J.Coleman Jr
BALKS- J.Coleman Jr
 
Third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez connected with a 'big fly' and had 5 RBI and
Joe Coleman Jr was able to finish what he started and was credited with a
complete game at Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore
Orioles by the count of 8 to 2.
 
Rodriguez enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He lined a one-base hit plating two
runs in the 1st inning and lost the ball over the fence for three runs (his
8th of the season) in the 7th inning.  Detroit had 11 hits for the afternoon.
 
Coleman Jr(12-5), allowing 2 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Mike
Cuellar(7-10) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 6 innings giving up 6 hits
and 2 walks.

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