Tigers @ Twins
May 31, 1971

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Tigers 1 6 0
Twins 6 6 0
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Twins 6 6 0

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .220
OBP .333 .263
At Bats 3 182
Hits 1 40
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 15

Jim Kaat Season Stats

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3 3 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 31, 1971
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Home Run
Jim Kaat
George Mitterwald
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Steve Braun
Leo Cardenas
Cesar Tovar
Jim Holt
Tony Oliva
Aurelio Rodriguez
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rich Reese now playing first base. Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliva strikes out.
Bottom 8 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Holt now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing left field. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kaat strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Braun strikes out.
Bottom 7 Alyea hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lolich is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Brinkman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Horton hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaat hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Northrup hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lolich bunts between the mound and first base. Kaat scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lolich for the out. Stanley moves to second.
Top 5 Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald strikes out.
Bottom 4 Braun hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Freehan hits a line drive towards third. Braun reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kaline for the out.
Top 3 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Braun scores. Mitterwald moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alyea scores. Braun moves to third.
Bottom 2 Braun hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Braun reaches second base with a double. Cardenas scores. Alyea moves to third.
Bottom 2 Alyea takes first base on ball four. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lolich strikes out.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to third. Stanley moves to second.
Top 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Freehan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Freehan reaches second base with a double. Oliva throws the ball in to Braun who tags Freehan trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Horton goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.
Top 1 Brown strikes out.