Tommy McCraw tripled with two out in the tenth inning and scored on Dave Nelson's infield hit as the Senators gained a 4-3 decision over the Tigers. Following McCraw's smash, Tom Timmerman walked Frank Howard and Elliott Maddox.

Ed Brinkman fielded Nelson's high hopper, but his throw to second was too late to force Maddox, as McCraw scored. The Senators staked starter Bill Gogolewski to a 3-0 lead, but the Bengals picked up a run in the seventh and tied the score in the eighth on a two-run homer by Norm Cash. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      11, 1971 (Day game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0    0  -   3  9  2
Senators     0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jones lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .269      Unser cf,rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .282
  Timmermann p        1   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Randle 2b             4   1   2   2     0   2   .255
Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .303      Mincher 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .285
Northrup cf,lf        4   0   1   0     1   0   .285        McCraw pr,lf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .236
Freehan c             4   1   1   0     1   1   .277      Howard lf,1b          4   0   1   1     1   1   .294
Cash 1b               5   1   2   2     0   1   .293      Biittner rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .242        Maddox cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .171
McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Allen 3b              1   0   0   0     1   1   .244
  Taylor ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Nelson 3b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .314
Brinkman ss           4   1   0   0     0   0   .204      Billings c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .245
Chance p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Harrah ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .240
  Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Gilbreth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Lindblad p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Stanley ph,cf       2   0   1   1     0   0   .300        Cox p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .087
                                                            Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   3   9   3     3   6             Totals               33   4   9   4     6   7

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 10,674
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Senators 9
DP: Tigers 2, Senators 1
Errors: Chance 2, Nelson
Doubles: Stanley (8), Freehan (16), Randle 2 (7)
Triples: McCraw (3)
Home Runs: Cash (20)
Caught Stealing: Jones (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Gogolewski (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Randle (1)
GIDP: Howard 2 (19)
Hit by Pitch: Billings (4,by Gilbreth)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Chance                  5     6   3   2   3   3   0  22   3.09
Gilbreth                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.85
Timmermann L(4-4)       3.2   3   1   1   3   4   0  16   3.79
Totals                  9.2   9   4   3   6   7   0  42

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              5.2   4   0   0   3   5   0  22   2.65
Lindblad                2.1   4   3   2   0   1   1  12   2.83
Cox                     1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.22
Riddleberger W(3-1)     0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.60
Totals                 10     9   3   2   3   6   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Gilbreth (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont


TIGERS 1ST: Jones singled to right; Kaline struck out; Northrup
flied out to left; Freehan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (first to pitcher); Randle
doubled; Randle was picked off second but was safe on an error
by Chance [Randle to third]; Randle was out trying to advance to
home (shortstop to catcher); Mincher grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash popped to shortstop; Rodriguez struck out;
McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Howard struck out; Biittner grounded out (pitcher
to first); Allen walked; Billings forced Allen (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman popped to third in foul territory; Chance
was called out on strikes; Jones singled to left; Jones was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Harrah singled to center; Gogolewski out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; Unser
walked; Randle doubled to left [Harrah scored, Unser to third];
Mincher reached on a fielder's choice [Unser out at home (second
to catcher), Randle to third]; Howard singled to center [Randle
scored, Mincher to second]; Biittner grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline flied out to center; Northrup walked; Freehan
lined into a double play (third to first) [Northrup out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Allen struck out; Billings walked; Harrah forced
Billings (shortstop to second); Gogolewski struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Cash singled to center; Rodriguez flied out to
right; McAuliffe struck out; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 2.

SENATORS 5TH: On a bunt Unser singled to pitcher [Unser to third
(error by Chance)]; Randle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Unser
scored (unearned)]; Mincher singled to right; Howard grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mincher out
at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 3.

TIGERS 6TH: MADDOX REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING CF); UNSER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); NELSON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 3B);
HOSLEY BATTED FOR CHANCE; Hosley grounded out (third to first);
Jones flied out to center; Kaline walked; Northrup singled to
right [Kaline to second]; Freehan walked [Kaline to third,
Northrup to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING);
Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 3.

SENATORS 6TH: GILBRETH REPLACED HOSLEY (PITCHING); Maddox flied
out to left; Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Billings
was hit by a pitch; Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Senators 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez reached on an error by Nelson [Rodriguez
to first]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Taylor grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Rodriguez to second]; Brinkman reached on
a fielder's choice [Rodriguez out at third (pitcher to
shortstop)]; STANLEY BATTED FOR GILBRETH; Stanley doubled to
left [Brinkman scored (unearned)]; Jones flied out to center; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 3.

SENATORS 7TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TIMMERMANN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING);
NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lindblad flied out to
center; Unser flied out to left; Randle was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Kaline popped to second; Northrup flied out to
right; Freehan doubled to left; Cash homered [Freehan scored];
Rodriguez singled to left; Taylor flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 3.

SENATORS 8TH: Mincher singled to left; MCCRAW RAN FOR MINCHER;
Howard grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[McCraw out at second]; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 3.

TIGERS 9TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HOWARD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); COX REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley grounded out
(first unassisted); Timmermann singled to shortstop; Kaline
forced Timmermann (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Senators 3.

SENATORS 9TH: Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Billings
struck out; Harrah walked; Cox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 3.

TIGERS 10TH: Northrup flied out to center; Freehan popped to
second; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Cash grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 3.

SENATORS 10TH: Unser flied out to center; Randle was called out
on strikes; McCraw tripled to left; Howard was walked
intentionally; Maddox walked [Howard to second]; Nelson singled
to shortstop [McCraw scored, Howard to third, Maddox to second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 4.