1971 AL Replay-July 15 Det. vs. Oak.

July 15, 1971

Play resumed after the All-Star break with Detroit at Oakland for the start of a 3 game series between the 2 teams that lead their respective divisions. Tonight the Tigers won 4-2, getting a fine pitching performance from Mickey Lolich who got his 11th complete game of the season. Lolich struck out 8 and allowed 5 hits, one of which was a home run in the 1st inning by Reggie Jackson that accounted for both Oakland runs. He shut the A's down the rest of the way and upped his W-L record to 15-6. Mickey got off to bad start in April going 2-5 with a 4.81 era. He then reeled off an 11-1 record over his next 17 starts and lowered his era to 2.63. At one point, from May 19 to May 31, he pitched 31 concecutive scoreless innings.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1971 Detroit Tigers At 1971 Oakland A's                   7/15/1971

 

  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG

  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  1  2  1 .230     L.Brown SS          4  1  2  0 .278  

  J.Northrup CF,LF    3  1  0  0 .237     J.Rudi RF           4  0  0  0 .219  

  A.Kaline RF         4  0  1  0 .265     B.Locker P          0  0  0  0 .000  

  N.Cash 1B           4  0  1  0 .313     R.Jackson CF        3  1  1  2 .288  

  W.Horton LF         4  1  2  1 .265     T.Davis LF          3  0  2  0 .314  

B-M.Stanley CF        0  0  0  0 .265     S.Bando 3B          4  0  0  0 .284  

  B.Freehan C         2  0  0  0 .286     M.Epstein 1B        4  0  0  0 .241  

  A.Rodriguez 3B      3  0  1  1 .235     D.Duncan C          3  0  0  0 .263  

  E.Brinkman SS       4  1  1  0 .206     D.Green 2B          4  0  0  0 .235  

  M.Lolich P          3  0  1  0 .214     C.Dobson P          2  0  0  0 .206  

                                        A-G.Hendrick PH,RF    1  0  0  0 .125  

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      32  4  9  3                 Totals      32  2  5  2

 

A-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 7th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Horton In 9th Inning

 

Tigers.......... 2 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  4  9  2

A's............. 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0

 

Tigers (57-31)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

M.Lolich WIN(15-6)        9       5   2   2   3   8   1 129   2.53

Totals                    9       5   2   2   3   8   1

 

A's (56-32)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

C.Dobson LOSS(7-5)        7       9   4   4   5   2   0 114   3.32

B.Locker                  2       0   0   0   0   2   0  17   2.51

Totals                    9       9   4   4   5   4   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 11,370 DATE- Thursday, July 15th 1971 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- Larry McCoy, John Rice, Jim Odom, Marty Springstead

T- 2:35

LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  A's: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  A's: 3

ERRORS- D.McAuliffe-2

DOUBLES- D.McAuliffe(11th), W.Horton(14th), M.Lolich, L.Brown(7th)

HOME RUNS- R.Jackson(25th)

STOLEN BASES- R.Jackson(12th), T.Davis(1st)

SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich

WALKS- J.Northrup-2, A.Kaline, B.Freehan, A.Rodriguez, R.Jackson, T.Davis,

       D.Duncan

HIT BY PITCH- B.Freehan

STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline-2, N.Cash, M.Lolich, L.Brown, J.Rudi, R.Jackson-2,

             M.Epstein-3, D.Green

GIDP- N.Cash, W.Horton, E.Brinkman, S.Bando-2

WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich

 

Mickey Lolich went the distance at Oakland Coliseum as the phenomenal Detroit

Tigers beat the Oakland A's by the count of 4 to 2.

 

Lolich(15-6) had a strong outing.  He didn't allow much, just 5 hits and 3

walks in 9 innings.  Detroit rapped out 9 hits for the night.  

 

Chuck Dobson(7-5) was hit with the loss.  The winning ways continue for

Detroit.  They now have a record of 9-1 in recent days.  With the loss, the

Oakland ballclub's record is 56-32.

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