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| First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Cleveland Stadium, Attendance: Not Given |
Sunday, June 21, 1970 Time of Game: 2:44 |
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Tigers
7
32-30
Won 1
3rd, 8½ GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Tigers 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 8 2
Indians 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
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Indians
2
29-33
Lost 1
5th, 12½ GB
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Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details D McAuliffe 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 .275 .811 1 3 I Brown 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .389 1.411 0 0 M Stanley CF 5 0 2 2 0 2 .259 .671 6 0 2B J Northrup RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .876 2 0 W Horton LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .319 .927 0 1 N Cash 1B 3 2 1 1 1 1 .227 .807 7 1 HR B Freehan C 2 2 1 0 2 0 .217 .741 7 0 2B E Maddox 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .231 .693 1 0 2B K Szotkiewicz SS 3 1 0 0 1 2 .130 .515 3 3 L Cain P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .040 .080 0 0 J Niekro P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .509 0 0 T Timmermann P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 Totals 34 7 8 0 5 8 27 8
Cleveland Indians AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details J Heidemann SS 5 0 1 2 0 1 .214 .557 2 3 E Leon 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .217 .601 1 2 V Pinson CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .311 .831 1 0 R Fosse C 5 0 1 0 0 1 .300 .866 9 1 T Horton 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241 .734 10 1 R Foster LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .257 .763 0 0 C Hinton RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .310 .813 1 0 G Nettles 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .204 .700 2 2 R Hand P 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .357 0 1 R Rollins PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 .622 0 0 S McDowell PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .495 0 0 D Higgins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 0 0 L Klimchock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184 .463 0 0 GDP P Hennigan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .778 1 0 M Paul P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 T Uhlaender PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .640 0 0 Totals 33 2 6 0 7 7 27 10
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA L Cain 3.1 3 2 2 5 4 0 4.03 19 - · · 4· 3· 3· 3 45 - 1.55 -0.11 J Niekro, W (7-6) 3.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.46 13 - · · 1· 6· 1· 3 2-0 1.90 0.39 T Timmermann, S (6) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.86 8 - · · 5· 1· 0· 0 0-0 0.87 0.15 Totals 9 6 2 2 7 7 0 40 - · · 10·10· 4· 6 2-0
Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA R Hand, L (2-6) 4 5 3 3 1 2 1 4.56 17 - · · 5· 4· 1· 5 41 - 0.80 -0.14 D Higgins 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 5.74 8 - · · 1· 2· 1· 0 0-0 1.02 0.10 P Hennigan 2.2 3 4 4 2 3 0 4.02 13 - · · 3· 2· 0· 3 0-0 0.96 -0.05 M Paul 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.61 1 - · · 0· 1· 0· 0 1-0 0.05 0.00 Totals 9 8 7 7 5 8 1 39 - · · 9· 9· 2· 8 1-0
Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians 1. Dick McAuliffe 2B 1. Jack Heidemann SS 2. Mickey Stanley CF 2. Eddie Leon 2B 3. Jim Northrup RF 3. Vada Pinson CF 4. Willie Horton LF 4. Ray Fosse C 5. Norm Cash 1B 5. Tony Horton 1B 6. Bill Freehan C 6. Roy Foster LF 7. Elliott Maddox 3B 7. Chuck Hinton RF 8. Ken Szotkiewicz SS 8. Graig Nettles 3B 9. Les Cain P 9. Rich Hand P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| b6 | 0 | 12- | OO | 18% | 63% | 2-3 | CLE | L. Klimchock | J. Niekro | Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B; Hinton to 3B | |
| b4 | 1 | 123 | RR | -15% | 53% | 0-3 | CLE | J. Heidemann | L. Cain | Single to CF; Foster Scores; Hinton Scores; McDowell to 2B | |
| t4 | 1 | -23 | RR | 12% | 83% | 1-0 | DET | E. Maddox | R. Hand | Double to CF; Cash Scores; Freehan Scores | |
| t9 | 2 | 123 | RR | 11% | 97% | 3-2 | DET | D. McAuliffe | P. Hennigan | Single to RF; Freehan Scores; Maddox Scores; Szotkiewicz to 3B; McAuliffe to 2B/Adv on throw | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | R | 11% | 59% | 0-0 | DET | N. Cash | R. Hand | Home Run |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians' Rich Hand facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | DET | D. McAuliffe | R. Hand | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t1 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 46% | 0-0 | DET | M. Stanley | R. Hand | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t1 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 45% | 0-0 | DET | J. Northrup | R. Hand | Foul Flyball: 1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Les Cain facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | -4% | 42% | 0-0 | CLE | J. Heidemann | L. Cain | Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Heidemann to 1B | ||
| b1 | 0 | 1-- | O | 3% | 45% | 0-0 | CLE | E. Leon | L. Cain | Strikeout | |
| b1 | 1 | 1-- | -3% | 42% | 0-0 | CLE | V. Pinson | L. Cain | Single to LF; Heidemann to 2B | ||
| b1 | 1 | 12- | O | 4% | 46% | 0-0 | CLE | R. Fosse | L. Cain | Lineout: CF | |
| b1 | 2 | 12- | -3% | 43% | 0-0 | CLE | T. Horton | L. Cain | Walk; Heidemann to 3B; Pinson to 2B | ||
| b1 | 2 | 123 | O | 7% | 50% | 0-0 | CLE | R. Foster | L. Cain | Lineout: CF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians' Rich Hand facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | DET | W. Horton | R. Hand | Foul Flyball: 1B | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | R | 11% | 59% | 0-0 | DET | N. Cash | R. Hand | Home Run | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 57% | 1-0 | DET | B. Freehan | R. Hand | Groundout: P-1B | |
| t2 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 56% | 1-0 | DET | E. Maddox | R. Hand | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Tigers' Les Cain facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 59% | 0-1 | CLE | C. Hinton | L. Cain | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | -3% | 56% | 0-1 | CLE | G. Nettles | L. Cain | Walk | ||
| b2 | 1 | 1-- | -4% | 52% | 0-1 | CLE | R. Hand | L. Cain | Walk; Nettles to 2B | ||
| b2 | 1 | 12- | O | 5% | 57% | 0-1 | CLE | J. Heidemann | L. Cain | Lineout: CF | |
| b2 | 2 | 12- | O | 5% | 62% | 0-1 | CLE | E. Leon | L. Cain | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Indians' Rich Hand facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 59% | 1-0 | DET | K. Szotkiewicz | R. Hand | Strikeout Looking | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 58% | 1-0 | DET | L. Cain | R. Hand | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t3 | 2 | --- | 1% | 59% | 1-0 | DET | D. McAuliffe | R. Hand | Single to CF | ||
| t3 | 2 | 1-- | 3% | 62% | 1-0 | DET | M. Stanley | R. Hand | Single to CF; McAuliffe to 3B | ||
| t3 | 2 | 1-3 | O | -5% | 57% | 1-0 | DET | J. Northrup | R. Hand | Lineout: CF | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Tigers' Les Cain facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 60% | 0-1 | CLE | V. Pinson | L. Cain | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 62% | 0-1 | CLE | R. Fosse | L. Cain | Strikeout | |
| b3 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 63% | 0-1 | CLE | T. Horton | L. Cain | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Indians' Rich Hand facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 61% | 1-0 | DET | W. Horton | R. Hand | Foul Flyball: C | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | 2% | 63% | 1-0 | DET | N. Cash | R. Hand | Walk | ||
| t4 | 1 | 1-- | 9% | 72% | 1-0 | DET | B. Freehan | R. Hand | Double to LF; Cash to 3B | ||
| t4 | 1 | -23 | RR | 12% | 83% | 1-0 | DET | E. Maddox | R. Hand | Double to CF; Cash Scores; Freehan Scores | |
| t4 | 1 | -2- | O | -3% | 80% | 3-0 | DET | K. Szotkiewicz | R. Hand | Baserunner Out Advancing; Maddox out at 3B/C-3B | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 80% | 3-0 | DET | K. Szotkiewicz | R. Hand | Strikeout | |
| 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Tigers' Les Cain facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | -4% | 75% | 0-3 | CLE | R. Foster | L. Cain | Single to CF | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | -7% | 69% | 0-3 | CLE | C. Hinton | L. Cain | Walk; Foster to 2B | ||
| b4 | 0 | 12- | -3% | 65% | 0-3 | CLE | G. Nettles | L. Cain | Wild Pitch; Foster to 3B | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-3 | O | 7% | 72% | 0-3 | CLE | G. Nettles | L. Cain | Strikeout | |
| Rich Rollins pinch hits for Rich Hand (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b4 | 1 | 1-3 | -5% | 68% | 0-3 | CLE | R. Rollins | L. Cain | Walk; Hinton to 2B | ||
| Sam McDowell pinch runs for Rich Rollins (PH) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b4 | 1 | 123 | RR | -15% | 53% | 0-3 | CLE | J. Heidemann | L. Cain | Single to CF; Foster Scores; Hinton Scores; McDowell to 2B | |
| Joe Niekro replaces Les Cain pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b4 | 1 | 12- | O | 6% | 59% | 2-3 | CLE | E. Leon | J. Niekro | Lineout: CF | |
| b4 | 2 | 12- | O | 6% | 64% | 2-3 | CLE | V. Pinson | J. Niekro | Flyball: CF | |
| 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Indians' Dennis Higgins facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Higgins replaces Sam McDowell (PR) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 62% | 3-2 | DET | J. Niekro | D. Higgins | Strikeout | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 60% | 3-2 | DET | D. McAuliffe | D. Higgins | Lineout: RF | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 59% | 3-2 | DET | M. Stanley | D. Higgins | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Tigers' Joe Niekro facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 63% | 2-3 | CLE | R. Fosse | J. Niekro | Flyball: RF | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 65% | 2-3 | CLE | T. Horton | J. Niekro | Popfly: SS | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 67% | 2-3 | CLE | R. Foster | J. Niekro | Popfly: 2B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Indians' Dennis Higgins facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 64% | 3-2 | DET | J. Northrup | D. Higgins | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | 3% | 67% | 3-2 | DET | W. Horton | D. Higgins | Walk | ||
| t6 | 1 | 1-- | O | -3% | 64% | 3-2 | DET | N. Cash | D. Higgins | Strikeout | |
| t6 | 2 | 1-- | 2% | 66% | 3-2 | DET | B. Freehan | D. Higgins | Walk; Horton to 2B | ||
| t6 | 2 | 12- | O | -5% | 61% | 3-2 | DET | E. Maddox | D. Higgins | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Tigers' Joe Niekro facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | -6% | 55% | 2-3 | CLE | C. Hinton | J. Niekro | Single to CF | ||
| b6 | 0 | 1-- | -9% | 45% | 2-3 | CLE | G. Nettles | J. Niekro | Walk; Hinton to 2B | ||
| Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Dennis Higgins (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | 12- | OO | 18% | 63% | 2-3 | CLE | L. Klimchock | J. Niekro | Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B; Hinton to 3B | |
| b6 | 2 | --3 | O | 7% | 70% | 2-3 | CLE | J. Heidemann | J. Niekro | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Indians' Phil Hennigan facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Phil Hennigan replaces Lou Klimchock (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 68% | 3-2 | DET | K. Szotkiewicz | P. Hennigan | Popfly: 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 66% | 3-2 | DET | J. Niekro | P. Hennigan | Strikeout Looking | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 65% | 3-2 | DET | D. McAuliffe | P. Hennigan | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Tigers' Joe Niekro facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 5% | 69% | 2-3 | CLE | E. Leon | J. Niekro | Strikeout Looking | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | -5% | 64% | 2-3 | CLE | V. Pinson | J. Niekro | Single to RF | ||
| b7 | 1 | 1-- | O | 6% | 70% | 2-3 | CLE | R. Fosse | J. Niekro | Single to LF; Pinson out at 3B/LF-3B | |
| b7 | 2 | 1-- | O | 5% | 75% | 2-3 | CLE | T. Horton | J. Niekro | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Indians' Phil Hennigan facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 73% | 3-2 | DET | M. Stanley | P. Hennigan | Strikeout | |
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 71% | 3-2 | DET | J. Northrup | P. Hennigan | Popfly: SS | |
| t8 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 70% | 3-2 | DET | W. Horton | P. Hennigan | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Tigers' Tom Timmermann facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| Tom Timmermann replaces Joe Niekro pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 6% | 77% | 2-3 | CLE | R. Foster | T. Timmermann | Strikeout | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | O | 4% | 81% | 2-3 | CLE | C. Hinton | T. Timmermann | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b8 | 2 | --- | O | 3% | 84% | 2-3 | CLE | G. Nettles | T. Timmermann | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Indians' Phil Hennigan facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 83% | 3-2 | DET | N. Cash | P. Hennigan | Groundout: 1B-P | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | 2% | 84% | 3-2 | DET | B. Freehan | P. Hennigan | Walk | ||
| t9 | 1 | 1-- | 2% | 86% | 3-2 | DET | E. Maddox | P. Hennigan | Single to LF; Freehan to 2B | ||
| t9 | 1 | 12- | 4% | 90% | 3-2 | DET | K. Szotkiewicz | P. Hennigan | Walk; Freehan to 3B; Maddox to 2B | ||
| t9 | 1 | 123 | O | -5% | 85% | 3-2 | DET | T. Timmermann | P. Hennigan | Strikeout Looking | |
| t9 | 2 | 123 | RR | 11% | 97% | 3-2 | DET | D. McAuliffe | P. Hennigan | Single to RF; Freehan Scores; Maddox Scores; Szotkiewicz to 3B; McAuliffe to 2B/Adv on throw | |
| t9 | 2 | -23 | RR | 2% | 99% | 5-2 | DET | M. Stanley | P. Hennigan | Double to CF; Szotkiewicz Scores; McAuliffe Scores | |
| Mike Paul replaces Phil Hennigan pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 2 | -2- | O | -0% | 99% | 7-2 | DET | J. Northrup | M. Paul | Popfly: SS | |
| 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-7, Tigers' Tom Timmermann facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Ike Brown replaces Dick McAuliffe playing 2B batting 1st; Ted Uhlaender pinch hits for Mike Paul (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | -1% | 98% | 2-7 | CLE | T. Uhlaender | T. Timmermann | Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Uhlaender to 2B | ||
| b9 | 0 | -2- | O | 1% | 99% | 2-7 | CLE | J. Heidemann | T. Timmermann | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b9 | 1 | -2- | O | 1% | 100% | 2-7 | CLE | E. Leon | T. Timmermann | Flyball: CF | |
| b9 | 2 | -2- | -0% | 100% | 2-7 | CLE | V. Pinson | T. Timmermann | Walk | ||
| b9 | 2 | 12- | O | 0% | 100% | 2-7 | CLE | R. Fosse | T. Timmermann | Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Indians 2. | |||||||||||
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