A four-run rally in the sixth inning lifted the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The winning surge began with a leadoff triple by Ricky Peters and RBI single by Alan Trammell, who moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a double by Steve Kemp, who tallied on a single by Champ Summers. Summers advanced on a walk to Kirk Gibson and flyout by Lance Parrish and came home on a single by Lou Whitaker. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Saturday, April 18, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Blue Jays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Peters cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .313 Griffin ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .194 Trammell ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .290 Moseby cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .250 Kemp lf 2 1 2 1 2 0 .481 Velez dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .250 Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .152 Iorg pr,dh 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Summers dh 3 1 1 1 0 0 .235 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Brown ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stieb pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibson rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .412 Macha 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cowens ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Upshaw rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Parrish c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Bosetti ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelleher 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .174 Woods lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .120 Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .345 Bonnell ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Petry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ainge 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .154 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitt c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .192 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 8 4 5 4 Totals 33 3 7 2 6 4 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 16,294 Left on Base: Tigers 6, Blue Jays 10 DP: Tigers 1, Blue Jays 3 Errors: Hebner Doubles: Kemp (3), Griffin (3), Mayberry (1), Moseby (3), Iorg (1) Triples: Peters (3) Sacrifice Hits: Woods (1) GIDP: Trammell (2), Hebner (3), Ainge (1) Hit by Pitch: Trammell (2,by Clancy) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Petry 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0.00 Schatzeder W(1-0) 5.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 20 0.00 Lopez SV(2) 3.1 6 2 2 1 3 0 17 2.45 Totals 9 7 3 3 6 4 0 40 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(1-1) 5.2 5 4 4 5 3 0 26 2.84 Garvin 3.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.35 Totals 9 8 4 4 5 4 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Clancy (1) Wild Pitches: Schatzeder (1), Clancy (3) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman TIGERS 1ST: Peters flied to left; Trammell was hit by a pitch; Kemp walked [Trammell to second]; Hebner walked [Trammell to third, Kemp to second]; Summers lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Hebner out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Moseby walked [Griffin to second]; Velez walked [Griffin to third, Moseby to second]; SCHATZEDER REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Schatzeder threw a wild pitch [Griffin scored, Moseby to third, Velez to second]; Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Upshaw popped to catcher in foul territory; Woods flied to left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 2ND: Gibson struck out; Parrish flied to right; Kelleher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Garcia singled to shortstop; Ainge grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garcia out at second]; Whitt walked; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker flied to left; Peters singled to right; Trammell grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Peters out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby struck out; Velez flied to left; Mayberry popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; Hebner flied to center; Summers flied to center; Gibson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Upshaw walked; Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Upshaw to second]; Garcia grounded out (third to first); Ainge flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 5TH: Parrish struck out; Kelleher grounded out (third to first); Whitaker flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Whitt flied to center; Griffin grounded out (catcher unassisted); Moseby flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 6TH: Peters tripled to center; Trammell singled to center [Peters scored]; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Trammell to second]; Kemp doubled to right [Trammell scored]; Hebner grounded out (second to first) [Kemp to third]; Summers singled to right [Kemp scored]; Gibson walked [Summers to second]; Parrish flied to center; Kelleher walked [Summers to third, Gibson to second]; GARVIN REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Whitaker singled to left [Summers scored, Gibson out at home (left to catcher), Kelleher to second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry flied to right; BOSETTI BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Bosetti reached on an error by Hebner (assist by Kelleher) [Bosetti to first]; BONNELL BATTED FOR WOODS; LOPEZ REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Bonnell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 7TH: BOSETTI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Peters grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Trammell singled to right; Kemp singled to center [Trammell to second]; Hebner grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Ainge struck out; Whitt singled to right; Griffin doubled to center [Whitt to third]; Moseby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Brown popped to third; COWENS BATTED FOR GIBSON; Cowens was called out on strikes; Parrish flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Velez walked; IORG RAN FOR VELEZ; Mayberry doubled to left [Iorg to third]; STIEB RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell flied to right; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 9TH: IORG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MACHA REPLACED STIEB (PLAYING 1B); Kelleher flied to right; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Peters lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ainge was called out on strikes; Whitt was called out on strikes; Griffin singled to center; Moseby doubled [Griffin to third]; Iorg doubled to left [Griffin scored, Moseby scored]; Macha grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3.

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